We have been working on potty training Riley for the past
week now. Every day I have been getting her on the potty as soon as she wakes
up in the mornings. She usually goes immediately. Then instead of a diaper, she
gets BIG GIRL PANTIES! She has an assortment of Hello Kitty, because she loves
cats, and one of her stuffed animals is a pink beanie baby cat she named “Pinky.” After going potty first thing, I begin to set the microwave timer every 20-30
minutes and when the timer goes off, she gets on the potty. I don’t ask her, “Do
you have to potty?” because she will tell me no, even if she does need to go. I
just tell her it’s time to potty, and we go!
The first two days, we did not
have any accidents! Yay! We even ran a couple errands in panties! (5 minute
drive to Grandma’s and even to the library sitting through story time!) Day 3,
seemed to be a disaster. She won’t poop in the potty yet and I don’t really
know how to address that. The first two days, Riley must have been having tummy
issues because she never pooped. Well, that 3rd day she had to.
Twice. And this mommy had to clean it up both times. (Why does this stuff never
happen when Matthew is home?? Grrr) Even though this day SUCKED, Riley still
had a pretty awesome day!
Yesterday (Sunday), I had enough confidence in her to
let her go to church in panties. I did pack two pants, another pair of panties,
and a couple diapers (JUST in case!) After
all, it was a new setting, there were lots of other kiddos, and I wasn’t sure
how the teachers would respond or be able to catch her signs. She did OK. I was
proud of her!
I must say, in the process of this past week, I did put her in a
diaper at nap time and bed time. I also quit buying Pampers diapers for Riley.
They are too expensive to buy just for her to wear two a day! We bought Target
brand for her. Much cheaper! So after a week of potty training, Riley has
become more compliant with sitting on the potty when she’s told to, however, I
don’t feel like she knows when she needs to go. Not once does she ever tell me
she needs to potty. Could be that I need to lengthen the time between sitting
on the potty. Maybe I’ll try that this week. I am one proud momma, though! I
can’t wait for no more diapers for Riley!!
Matt and I were given the Insanity workout by Shaun T. last
week. We started it on Tuesday evening. Gosh! That workout really IS insane!
But you know what? I feel better during the day! I have had sore joints ever
since being pregnant with Natalee. They just never went away and I never seemed
to have the energy to do anything to make myself feel better. All this past
week, I’ve been sore, but only muscularly! My joints have not been achy like
before! I feel GOOD! I did take all my measurements before starting it. I hope
I can see some visual results by the time our 60 days are up. As long as we do
it together, I feel like I will be able to complete the program. Matt is my motivation
and accountability partner!
No comments:
Post a Comment