The Daughter: Big Potty
!! Dear Whomever Gives A Damn !!
Isabella has not used the potty in quite some time, and we're not quite sure why. She has her sticker chart up on the wall, so everyone can see. She has two under cleaned up. She tends to leave her blocks everywhere, so when we ask her to pick them up, and only have to ask once, we give her a sticker. Or if she throws her own pull up out, or other things like that. She only has two on the chart because other times she wanted the sticker herself. Under potty, she has four (that is obvious what it's for) and listened. If we tell her to do something, or ask her to do something and we only have to ask or tell her once then she gets a sticker. She's getting better at listening. I don't know how many are under there, lots I suppose.
She has her princess potty anyway, and for some reason, every time she tells us she has to use the potty - she says she "doesn't want to". We don't know why exactly. We've never forced her to use the potty. We've never yelled at her about the potty or her pull ups or anything. We're just not sure why she is deciding to not use the potty. I remember when I worked at the day care, there was a little girl who stopped using the potty close to the time that her baby brother was going to be born. I'm beginning to wonder if that is why she's not using the potty as much? She senses that it's only a few more weeks before the baby will be here? I mean, I do only have about 66 days left. I'm 30 weeks and 4 days today - so - in about 6 pregnancy weeks, I could be having this baby. So, it could be that she senses baby is coming?
Well, last night, she was up as I was getting into bed myself. She came to the baby gate across her door and asked for me. I said it was time for bed, and that Mommy was going too. She said okay, asked for a kiss and a hug. Then she asked if I would close the door for her after she got into bed. I said sure. She was just about to climb into bed, and she had the blankets up to her knees and she looks at me and says "poop". I asked if she had to, and she said yes Mommy, please. I said okay, c'mon over, hurry up. She hopped out of bed, came running over to me. I picked her up (which I probably shouldn't be anymore) and I took her into the bathroom. I told her we'd have to use the "big potty" because her little potty is downstairs. She said okay. I pulled down her pull up (usually she does it, but she sounded like she really, really had to go so I helped her) and held her on the "big potty". If I would have let her go, she would have fallen in, for sure.
She sat there, and I talked to her. Asked her if she was excited for Christmas, that sort of thing. Some would find it sort of creepy, talking to your kid while they're using the "potty" - but I find if I don't talk to Isabella and keep her mind occupied - she freaks out. I remember the first couple of times she used her princess potty - she freaked out because I wasn't sitting there. So I sat there next to her, and read her some stories and would talk to her. She did great. So, we're sitting there, and she's talking about how she's using the "big potty" and that she was finished. I asked if she was sure, and she said yes. I held her in place, and asked her again, she said no. So I held her there a bit longer, then she said she was done. Took her off, she had used the "big potty". Gave her high five, like we always do, and "knuckles". She was super excited because she got to flush it and everything.
I'm extremely proud of her. She used the "big potty" and before she was terrified to go anywhere near it. She knows that I'm proud of her. Instead of using her sticker chart, because that's going to fill up super fast (already is) - I've got an empty scrap book that I've yet to use for anything, that I'm going to start letting her put her stickers into. Kind of like a sticker book. I'm not going to put labels like "potty" or "cleaned up" or anything - I'm just going to let her stick the stickers in it when she earns them. She always loves to put her own stickers on her sticker chart now when she does something good - so - I figured this would be great.
But I'm so proud of her, very, very proud of her. I gave her high fives and "knuckles" like crazy last night and gave her a hug. Even before I put her back in her room I let her go tell Daddy what she did. But he was so exhausted, I don't think he really paid much attention. Understandable. But he was proud of her, none the less.
ox (! Tw!nkers !) xo
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Isabella has not used the potty in quite some time, and we're not quite sure why. She has her sticker chart up on the wall, so everyone can see. She has two under cleaned up. She tends to leave her blocks everywhere, so when we ask her to pick them up, and only have to ask once, we give her a sticker. Or if she throws her own pull up out, or other things like that. She only has two on the chart because other times she wanted the sticker herself. Under potty, she has four (that is obvious what it's for) and listened. If we tell her to do something, or ask her to do something and we only have to ask or tell her once then she gets a sticker. She's getting better at listening. I don't know how many are under there, lots I suppose.
She has her princess potty anyway, and for some reason, every time she tells us she has to use the potty - she says she "doesn't want to". We don't know why exactly. We've never forced her to use the potty. We've never yelled at her about the potty or her pull ups or anything. We're just not sure why she is deciding to not use the potty. I remember when I worked at the day care, there was a little girl who stopped using the potty close to the time that her baby brother was going to be born. I'm beginning to wonder if that is why she's not using the potty as much? She senses that it's only a few more weeks before the baby will be here? I mean, I do only have about 66 days left. I'm 30 weeks and 4 days today - so - in about 6 pregnancy weeks, I could be having this baby. So, it could be that she senses baby is coming?
Well, last night, she was up as I was getting into bed myself. She came to the baby gate across her door and asked for me. I said it was time for bed, and that Mommy was going too. She said okay, asked for a kiss and a hug. Then she asked if I would close the door for her after she got into bed. I said sure. She was just about to climb into bed, and she had the blankets up to her knees and she looks at me and says "poop". I asked if she had to, and she said yes Mommy, please. I said okay, c'mon over, hurry up. She hopped out of bed, came running over to me. I picked her up (which I probably shouldn't be anymore) and I took her into the bathroom. I told her we'd have to use the "big potty" because her little potty is downstairs. She said okay. I pulled down her pull up (usually she does it, but she sounded like she really, really had to go so I helped her) and held her on the "big potty". If I would have let her go, she would have fallen in, for sure.
She sat there, and I talked to her. Asked her if she was excited for Christmas, that sort of thing. Some would find it sort of creepy, talking to your kid while they're using the "potty" - but I find if I don't talk to Isabella and keep her mind occupied - she freaks out. I remember the first couple of times she used her princess potty - she freaked out because I wasn't sitting there. So I sat there next to her, and read her some stories and would talk to her. She did great. So, we're sitting there, and she's talking about how she's using the "big potty" and that she was finished. I asked if she was sure, and she said yes. I held her in place, and asked her again, she said no. So I held her there a bit longer, then she said she was done. Took her off, she had used the "big potty". Gave her high five, like we always do, and "knuckles". She was super excited because she got to flush it and everything.
I'm extremely proud of her. She used the "big potty" and before she was terrified to go anywhere near it. She knows that I'm proud of her. Instead of using her sticker chart, because that's going to fill up super fast (already is) - I've got an empty scrap book that I've yet to use for anything, that I'm going to start letting her put her stickers into. Kind of like a sticker book. I'm not going to put labels like "potty" or "cleaned up" or anything - I'm just going to let her stick the stickers in it when she earns them. She always loves to put her own stickers on her sticker chart now when she does something good - so - I figured this would be great.
But I'm so proud of her, very, very proud of her. I gave her high fives and "knuckles" like crazy last night and gave her a hug. Even before I put her back in her room I let her go tell Daddy what she did. But he was so exhausted, I don't think he really paid much attention. Understandable. But he was proud of her, none the less.
ox (! Tw!nkers !) xo
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