Potty training has always been pretty terrifying for me. I haven't started yet, but my husband is making me do it I think I should start at 18 months. Avery is 17 months old now. I've kinda been trying not to think about it, but the diaper I changed yesterday changed my life. For the worse.
The amount of straight up man shit poo-poo that was in this thing was unbelievable. Literally every corner of the diaper was soaked in chunky, sour-smelling, rotten tar and I was looking into Avery's big blue eyes saying "why?" and "what have I done in my life to deserve this?". Her pants were ruined, and the whole house smelled like a subway. I used hundreds of thousands of wipies and when I closed the diaper genie to dispose of the evil package, the battery light turned off.
That's right, my diaper genie committed suicide right in front of my eyes. Poor lil guy couldn't take it anymore.
So, yeah, I'm over it. I'll keep you all posted on the potty training. Any tips on training an 18 month old?
when it was time to potty train aiden, we used m&m's. He is a chocoholic, so it worked REALLY well. Anytime he went potty on the big boy potty he got 1 piece of candy. it was great incentive for him. I also used m&m's to teach him his colors. he had to tell me what color it was before he could eat it. not the most nutritious way to do either, but it worked!
ReplyDeleteThats a good idea! Avery is a jelly-bean-a-holic, so that is perfect! Thanks Ashlie
ReplyDeletei also have a friend that used otter pops
ReplyDeletei just set out the potty and put zoie on before baths, or whenever we were in the bathroom. if i was going pee i would have her sit on her potty and "try" i used rubber panties bc i feel pull ups are still diapers. let her kinda go at her own pace. im getting ready to start kaija. she has been telling me when she needs her diaper changed... good luck!!
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you mommies handle daily dealings with THE POO. I mean, I'd be an awful mom for many reasons, but mainly because there'd be this pile of partially liquidated poo, all stinky and defying the laws of colour and density, freshly expelled from your baby's derriere, then on top of all that, there'd be this enormous pile of vomit, complete with bits of carrots you don't even remember eating, because I'd have taken one whiff of that poop-fest and it would have been pukesville.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. :)
Tiecha: What are rubber panties?? Sounds kinky.
ReplyDeleteVeggie Killer: I needed that. Thanks. Especially the carrots part. Lovely!
We're just about to get on board with the potty training. I've gotten suggestions such as-
ReplyDelete1. The M&M/candy reinforcement, which allegedly works wonders.
2. Drizzle cold water on their tummy (once they're on the toilet) which is supposed to make them want to pee. Insert suggestion #1 right after they do go.
Godspeed!
Amanda: I'm following your blog to check on your progress with the potty training.. Here we gooooo!
ReplyDeleteHehehe, and this is going to be a loooong process. I can feel it in my bones. They say boys are harder to potty train, and given the fact that most grown men can barely pass at being officially potty trained, I can forsee days of me crying with my hands outstretched holding M%M's and cursing the Gods Of Toilet Training.
ReplyDeleteI shall entitle the journey "Great Expectations". Wait...
Haha! I've heard the same about boys, and I've cleaned my husband's pee off the floor and wall. THE WALL! I just don't understand. Good luck to both of us... !
ReplyDeleteDiaper Genies are the dumbest inventions- Just steal a roll of grocery baggies from the store and tie the poopies up in them. That's what we do (actually, denise brings them home for us) but they last forever.
ReplyDeleteI always hated the diaper genie. You can TOTALLY potty train her, I think she's ready.
so as i was reading this I was thinking..."hmm Sofia always puts a picture in her blogs....I really hope she doesn't put a picture in this blog"
ReplyDeleteThank You!
Hilarious as usual... love the poo description..