Ok moms, I need some help. You remember how hard it’s been to potty train Alyce. (Remember the whole, Alyce, why don’t you go on your potty? I don’t love my potty. I’d love a pink potty. Bought a pink potty, she didn’t love it either thing?) She just turned 3 in December for those who are just joining us. 
We finally have her in panties all day and she’s dry. She hasn’t had one accident for 2 weeks. She loves her pink potty finally.
The problem is that when she has to go poo, she runs into me and says, I need a diaper! And I say no, go sit on your potty. No, I need a diaper. So I take her to her potty and sit her there where she proceeds to do absolutely nothing. If I give in and put her in a diaper, she’ll immediately go in it. If I make her put her panties back on, she’ll hold it until she goes in those.
She knows she has to go, otherwise she wouldn’t run to me asking for a diaper, but she won’t go in the potty. What do I do? You’d think after potty training two others I would have this down, but I don’t.
I suppose I should just be grateful that she’s peeing in her potty after the battles we’ve had over that, right?
I don’t want to reinforce this behavior by putting a diaper on her when she asks, but I’m not a big fan of cleaning out stinky undies in the toilet and then the sink either. Not the highlight of my day.
Lord help me, only one more child to potty train. And he’s a boy. My last boy wasn’t potty trained until 4. That was tough. Jordan is one of the smartest kids I have ever seen (did I share that I got a letter asking him to take these tests at a college near by because he is in the top 5% of his class? It’s like the ACT for elementary kids.) but he just didn’t get potty training. I’m not looking forward to potty training Christiano just because of my potty training experience with Jordan. Katiana was a breeze. At 2 1/2 we put her in Dora undies and told her not to pee them or she’d drown Dora. She pee’d them once and was horrified that she got Dora wet and never did it again. I’m a sadistic kind of mom aren’t I? In my defense, I was just about ready to have Alyce and I so didn’t want 2 in diapers. I’ve had 2 in diapers for the last 10 months and not cheap I tell you. I should buy stock in Pampers diapers and wipes.
(Here’s an OT – Have you ever used cocoa butter stretch marks? I think I mean to say Cocoa Butter for stretch marks? I never found one that actually worked for me. I think I’m cursed by genetics.)
And on to a subject that is much more important than potty training my children. I know you all have heard about the earthquake in Haiti, send a prayer up or a thought or whatever it is that you do for a group of people who already lived a life that was so much harder than anything we could ever imagine.
Estimates of the number of dead from yesterday’s quake in Haiti are now running into the hundreds of thousands. AP photographers have captured the devastation. (Jan. 13)
If you want to help in a financial way here is some information taken from this site.
Just a day after a devastating earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, people are scrambling to provide disaster relief. Those who want to make an immediate contribution have been given a quick and easy way to do so. By texting “HAITI” to “90999″ a donation of $10 will be made to the Red Cross and charged to your cell phone bill. Other contributions can be made on the Red Cross and Mercy Corps web sites.
If you check the Red Cross website, this is a legitimate way to send help to them.
If you happen to be a medical personal with an ability to get away, they are looking for surgeons, nurses, and other medical persons to help too.
I wish there was more I could do to help. My heart hurt for the people of Haiti before the earthquake, it is broken for them now.
And the Ricky Martin tweet of the day is about the Haitians too.
The image is linked to the English version.
Also, please know that the free UPS shipping to Haiti rumors are false.
Hug your loved ones close.
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I snorted about drowning Dora! That was hilarious!!
Don’t get me started on the potty thing… I am in the process, but Sarah has decided she doesn’t “feeeeel like goin on da potty today”
I can understand that – sort of.
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I have ALWAYS been told, they will do it when they are ready. That has certainly been the case with my two!! GL hon!