According to all those guides of readiness, Kate has been ready to potty train for a few years. Unfortunately, she is not on board with that assessment.
Which means that any attempt (as seen below) is only a flirtation with disaster.
MY REFRAIN: I will not force the issue. She will do it on her own.
THE PART THAT MAKES THIS CHOICE OKAY: If you don’t force it, it will be easy when it happens.
ALSO: Go out and buy a ton of diapers. That will ensure she potty trains as quickly as possible.
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In other news, it’s Gwen‘s birthday! She’s 21 in hex, too. And I can prove it. See this picture of us, taken last week? Young vixens.
head lima bean | 22-Apr-09 at 11:37 am | Permalink
🙂
thanks for the flashback to child free and potty training free days!
Georgia | 22-Apr-09 at 5:40 pm | Permalink
Thanks for this post Holly –
we are equally
“emotionally ready” –
“Physically ready”
” Cognitively ready” and
“behaviorally ready”
at our house…..except that “very ready” little person has ZERO, and I mean ZERO interest in pottying.
May I add “financially ready” to the list? – or is that just on my own list?
I’m at the “back off and say or do nothing” phase of it, where I just let her live pressure free, and lead the way….but she seems to be leading us to college graduation in a diaper at this rate.
Oy.
Lucy | 22-Apr-09 at 8:30 pm | Permalink
Oh, I feel for you guys but just wait until you have teenagers then you will wish you were struggling over potty training again (lol)
Hang in there. This too shall pass and on to the next phase!
CityGirl | 23-Apr-09 at 6:14 am | Permalink
Peer pressure will take care of this…just you watch. :o)