Why?

Why we are potty-training early (or what the majority of people seem to feel is early...those doing elimination communication have us beat by a long shot!)? Tegan is very interested in everything about the potty. She loves to sit on the potty...either her little stand alone one or on her Dora the Explorer ring that fits in our toilet. She tells us often throughout the day when she is peeing “oooh pee-pee!”  She tells us right away when she has pooped (so that she can blow kisses and wave bye-bye to it as it’s being flushed down the toilet).  She hates wearing a diaper...Tegan is a nudist at heart and seems genuinely upset/annoyed when it comes time to put her diaper back on.  One of the main reasons though to try potty training right now is I have 10 days off work with no plans other than to give it a serious try!

Disadvantages to our plan – Tegan cannot undress herself yet. This means if potty training is successful it still wont be independent. We will have to take her to the potty every single time to help her get her pants off and on....unless of course she is hanging out naked, which when potty-training in July this is definitely a possibility.  Tegan is also going through a phase where she hates a lot of her clothing. This includes all her dresses, most of her shorts and every pair of underwear/training pants/pull-ups/cloth diaper/swim diaper that she owns. If she has to have something on it will be her regular diaper and a pair of pants or fear the wrath...

   So using the bribe of wearing “big-girl” underwear isn’t going to work here.  All the training pants I so thoroughly researched online she wont go near. If I put her in a pull-up diaper she lays in a heap on the floor moaning “no, no, no.” So it’s a either a regular diaper or nothing for us...I have feeling we will be cleaning up lots of accidents!