Today had some ups and downs in the potty department. We did great in the morning going 5 for 7 pees in the potty. She also started to let us know when she has to pee by crossing her legs and grabbing her bits. This makes it easier to get her to the potty in time and it means she is recognizing the feeling of having to pee. The only concern in the morning was she got very upset at one of her accidents. She actually threw herself into my arms crying (dripping pee and all) and had to be consoled for a couple minutes. But other than that things were going great.
Then came dinner...Tegan started to melt down for unknown reasons. She told me she had to pee and then refused to sit on the potty. She ran away and peed in kitchen and then cried...a lot. She then started the whole routine again...saying she has to pee, hopping around and then refusing to sit on the potty. We couldnt figure out what was going on and then clued in that she hadnt pooped yet today so maybe that was the issue. I put a diaper and some pajamas on her and a couple minutes later she runs to the potty saying she has to pee and trying to pull off her pants. We get her clothes off and she doesnt want to sit on the potty again. Get her back in a diaper and a couple minutes later she poops. We declare all the fussing and confusion due to the poop and figure everything should be back to normal. Tegan once again tells me she has to pee and stands beside her potty trying to take her diaper off. I take her diaper off and try and sit her on the potty. She freaks out saying "no, no, no" and then runs down the hallway peeing in a long streak as she goes...
Why stand beside the potty, removing your clothes, announcing you have to pee if you dont want to pee in the potty? So confusing. The only bright side is that that is the most consistently she has told us that she has to go instead of us just picking up on her clues. I'm hoping she was just tired and overwhelmed and done with day. She seemed really tired and we put her to bed shortly after.
So during her nap time I was doing some more "research" (read googling baby groups/forums) on people who initially potty-trained naked and then made the transition to clothing. Previously when we had Tegan in a pull-up or training pants she seemed to feel this was close enough to a diaper and gave her license to pee. The suggestion from other moms was to start by trying her in loose pants and bare bum. Without having any underwear pressed against her she doesnt have anything she feels she can pee in and when she does have accidents she will be aware of the wet pants on her. It also gets her used to the concept of going to the potty and pulling down her pants and pulling them back up. The one thread I read the mom said to start the 1st clothed day with the idea in mind that you will go through ~10 pairs of pants...bring out the rinse pail, your naked days are numbered Tegan!
So that is the plan for tomorrow... fingers crossed. With potty training early she has very little warning from when she feels the urge to pee and when she goes so once we start layering clothes as obstacles in between her and the potty we could be headed for trouble. I am also hopeful a goodnight sleep will erase the issues of this evening and that it was not the start of a new phase where she refuses to sit on the potty.
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