"Trin? Do you need to go potty?"
"Noooooooooooooooo!"
I bought her one of those musical potty chairs. So, if she felt inclined to pee in it, it would play a little congratulatory song for her and she could be all proud of herself. See how nice I am? But, you see, she didn't know it would do this, so I had to show her. Seeing as how I am too big to pee in her potty (and thankfully have more sense than that), I poured a little water into it for her so she could her the aforementioned song. And I was right in my assumption that she would like it. What I hadn't foreseen (shockingly) was that she would follow my lead and continuously pour water into it to hear the song as opposed to actually peeing in it. After cleaning up the bathroom floor numerous times, I forbade her to ever again pour water into her potty. She gave me this lovely little look that basically said Ha-ha Mommy, see how you lost? And I did. I saw exactly how I had been outsmarted by my three year old daughter.
Potty ~ 0
Triniti ~ 1
During this time, I had learned that it wasn't a matter of putting water into the potty since it wasn't a wetness sensor, but rather a motion sensor. So, I didn't need to pour water or another fluid into the potty to get the song, I only had to move my hand in front of it and it would play the little song. So, back to the potty we go. I move my hand in front of the little sensor and then explain to my daughter that if she goes pee in the potty, it will play that little song for her! Isn't that exciting Trin? She, being smart, realized why pee in it, when I can just move my hand in front of the potty? And she was right. So, I would put her in the bathroom to do her business and then come and check on her a few minutes later when I started hearing the song and she would have several toys in the potty chair compartment that her pee should have been in. She'd be sitting in the ground putting toys into her potty and clapping when the song came on for them. Potty ~ 0
Triniti ~ 2
Triniti is a little tall for her age... which is surprising since her father is only like five-ten and I am only five-five... Neither of our parents are abnormally tall... Anyway, with her being a little taller than average, I realized that she has outgrown this little musical potty and since she wasn't using it anyway, I gave it away. I thought that it would be great to just lead by example. I mean, why would she want to go potty on something when no one else does right? So, I bought her one of those soft kid tops that go on top of the regular lid. This one has Dora The Explorer on it and it says "Let's go!" and "vamanos!" all over it. (Maybe that's too much pressure?) And she likes it. But you know what she likes more? She likes to go into the bathroom when one of her sisters is... doing her business and say "Go pee-pee in the potty!" This causes whichever sister is on the potty to make that right now?? face and get up so Trin can go. She then gets the little Dora lid and climbs on and sits there while her sister stands off to the side waiting to finish. I know what you are thinking right now. "She's evil." Right? Yeah, I thought so. We are kind of starting to agree. Anyway she will sit on the big potty and she had pooped in it one time! But, she won't go pee in it. She still pees in her panties.
Potty ~ o
Triniti ~ 3
The ladies at daycare have been helping me with my potty training of my daughter since
Potty ~ 0
Triniti ~ 4
My love life ~ -64,146
The fucked up thing is that Amanda and Emilee were cake to potty train. It probably had a lot to do with my being around full time when they were little. But still, they understood the concept or possessed the bladder control or didn't get off quite as much as Trin when it comes to torturing me. I mean, I am not pushing her, I am just encouraging her. I know that all kids learn things at different rates and apparently Trin has decided to put off learning to control her bladder in lieu of memorizing every word in every Dora the Explorer episode. And that's cool, you know? She is prioritizing, and I am all about prioritizing. I just want her to have this whole using-the-toilet thing down before she has to start kindergarten. She is the only three year old still in the two year old class for crying out loud (they won't move her up until she starts using the potty). And considering that she is so tall, she looks way out of place :) I am just trying to avoid my daughter ever having to ride the short bus...
