I love my daughter Neelah. She melts my heart with her smile, eyelashes and blonde curls. Have I mentioned that she is also the bain of my existence? But having said that, today she and I have reached a cease fire. In accordance to potty-training that is. I decided today, after some great encouragement from a friend, to go cold turkey. NO MORE DIAPERS FOR NEELAH.
The last 3 months Neelah has been pooping 5 or 6 times a day. Just a nuggett here, a nuggett there. Although small, they are quite foul smelling as most poops are and so I end up changing her diaper many, many times a day. I cannot afford her diaper changes. I figure that the cost of each diaper is aproximately 0.30 each. Times that by 5 times a day, seven days a week, 4.5 weeks a month...I am spending about $45 a month on Neelah's diapers!! Not to mention the cost of wipes!
In the last 6 months we have tried potty training. It hasn't worked. Just to give you a few examples of why I gave up...
1. She pooped on the table while we had guests over for dinner...and while we were EATING
2. She peed off the balcony and down onto the family room floor and couch
3. She has been known to touch the poop and smear it where ever
I don't list these things to someday embarrass her down the road...although they will. I just need some self assurance that I gave up for good reasons.
Today, I changed yet another nuggett diaper and then didn't replace it. I left her bare-bottomed and she cried in protest for about 20 min. Then she went about her playing. Unlike the other times, she didn't pee on the carpet right away. She held it until dinner. We were sitting at the table and she announces that she "doesn't want to get pee-pee on the chair." So we run into the bathroom to her little potty. She didn't scream and cry. She PEED!!
We congratulated and praised her to no end and I gave her a popsicle even though she didn't eat her dinner. Needless to say, she peed in the potty 3 times more tonight before going to bed. We did have a slight mishap with "toot poop" in her panties but we talked about it and are going from there. I am optimistic. Did I mention she didn't scream when she sat on the potty???!!!
Neelah and I are bonding over pee-pee and poo-poo. It might be the happiest day of my life!
Monday, February 01, 2010
Milestones
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LOVE IT! Good luck. Maybe the potty training force be with you!
That is good news! Her peeing at dinner will forever remain in my top ten greatest moments!!
I am so happy for you!!!! I hope that she continues to use the potty. Braxton in now officially potty trained and it is the BEST feeling in the world! To not have to change a 3 year olds diaper is so so so GREAT! Good luck :)
this is so exciting....and im laughing out loud at the fact that she pooped on the table while you were eating!!!!! good luck
Can I just say how much I love you?!?!?
Your daughter is poooooooing down the hall!
That's so awesome Heather!! I'm still at a loss with Adam.. He just doesn't seem to care about it... Oh well... one day!
So funny! Good luck to you. Girls can be so stubborn!
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