Saturday, May 2, 2009

Woe is potty training..

So Emmaline is wanting to potty train...let me rephrase that...she is wanting to wear big girl underwear, but not sit on the potty.
So she has been taking off her pants and diaper in the morning or during nap and then will either have an accident in the bed or not.
It is so frustrating and I really don't know how to approach this another way because obviously what I am doing is not working.

Any suggestions or comments??
Emma & Daddy painting grand-Mother's Day gifts

On a funny note, Emma is so sweet and loving..
We tell her, "I love you!"
and she replies,
"I love me."
a little pronoun confusion but we get the message! :)
Taggies all around for these girls

Georgia is 7.5 months and really trying to crawl. She can go backwards and around in a circle but cannot get exactly where she wants to go...so she is frustrated. She eats a lot of table food now, like noodles, bits of turkey, green beans, etc.. and we have been making our own baby food too.. She is not picky so far and is a good eater. I am hoping that she will be off baby food and done nursing before her 1st birthday, like Emma. She is also talking a lot and trying to sound out things like Ds, Bs & Gs. Poor thing has eczema around her eyes and it looks so painful. I don't want to put anything on it because of how close it is to her eyes... and still no TEETH!! AHHHH..that is so annoying!the stare down..she loves this babydoll

2 comments:

Allison said...

Ugh! Potty Training stinks. Thank goodness mine have finally gotten over it and are back to kind of happily wearing diapers. Use duct tape during waking times to keep them on and then we put their sleep sacks on backwards during all naps and at night. It will pass, but it will probably make you almost crazy too! :)

The Harms said...

Just make sure that you get a mattress protector, and you'll be fine. You'll probably go through a ton of washer-loads of blankets, before she decides that having accidents isn't fun. Kylee has accidents in her panties, and ends up taking them off and walking around naked. When she's naked she makes it to the potty every time. When she has panties on, she usually can't hold it to get there. It's so psychological with this age. They will then get to a stage where they won't do it because YOU want them to do it. They are very clever little humans :-) Don't stress, because she is the one in control. No matter what you do, she is going to train you as to how SHE wants to go and not how you think she needs to go. You have to play the game of making her think anything you do is her idea. And I can assure you that you are doing everything right, because there is no right or wrong way with potty training. Oh, and some words of encouragement..She will be potty trained by the time she is 18, and Georgia will be completely different. Yay!