Thursday, 28 July 2011

Stumped!

So I spent all day with Tegan in her training pants with no success. She did get used to having the potty in the bathroom and she came willingly with me every half an hour to have a sit down and hang out. We read books, sang songs, ate mini-freezies and made it through the day with no Franklin which was nice. But she stopped telling me when she has to pee, she never once peed in the potty the whole time we spent sitting in there and every time I checked her underwear were wet so she was just peeing in her training pants without a care. I had a waterproof liner on her today so I didnt have to change her pants every time and I was actually surprised it didnt bother her at all to be wearing it. But, she would be sitting in cloth underwear soaked in pee and not say a word.

 So at the end of the day I took her clothes off and let her have some naked time. I was doing something in the bedroom and she came to tell me she had to pee! I told her to go to the potty and she did and immediately peed! Big celebrations, 2 jelly beans (jelly beans rock her world and at some point I have to film the little dance she does when she can see me getting them off the top shelf). Why can she tell me when she's naked and not clothed in any fashion? So you'd think we could just let her be naked at home until she gets more confident in her potty-ing...well not so fast. I let her stay naked and about 10 mins later she came to tell me she had to go again. I told her to sit on the potty and she said no. She danced around the bedroom saying "pee-pee", grabbing her crotch and refusing to sit on the potty. I eventually broke down and asked her if she wanted a diaper, she said yes, we put one on and that's where she went.  

So what I have gathered from this week. Tegan can tell when she is going to pee when she's naked. If she wants to go in the potty she will and if she doesnt it doesnt matter how many jellybeans you promise her she will glare at you and then go pee somewhere else. If she is clothed she either cant sense when she has to pee or feels she doesnt need to because she has something to pee in and this goes for any kind of underwear, pants or pull up.  I went for a run this evening to figure out where to go from here (since out running is generally how I make most of my life decisions) and I'm stumped. I'm not sure other than providing her some naked time so she can go to the potty if she wants and waiting for her body to mature a bit and she can feel the pee signals stronger, if there is anything else to try.

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