Mary tells me now every time she peepees, but she doesn't hold it in until we get to the potty - she just tells and goes right where she is. We've talked and talked about the potty, and she gets it in her head. She knows that peepee goes in the potty, she knows it. But she doesn't, or can't, control it. Did we start too early?? Mary usually hits the physical development milestones later than other little girls, so I am worried that we started too early. For example, she didn't walk until 18 months old, she has yet to learn to jump or spit out toothpaste. Maybe this is just something else that is going to take longer...
But can we stop? I mean, even if we started too early, can we really go back to diapers? If we're home, she's in regular panties, and if we go somewhere she's in Pull-Ups. Won't putting her in diapers again confuse her? That's kind of where I'm at right now. Cleaning up lots of accidents, trying to be patient and just love on her lots - potty or no potty. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm open. We do incentives, we use a wall chart, we have parades. She loves all these little extras, and she does feel bad when she has an accident (she gets really quiet and puts her head down usually after she tells me she's going).
She has two stickers on her potty chart, and if she gets another one today we get to go to the library. She's pretty excited about that, but we've been at two stickers for over a day now (and we really need to return library books this week, so I'm hoping for at least one more sticker today!). Please keep us in your prayers as we continue on this adventure! :)
Happy Tuesday!
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Hi Melody! When we started potty training, we read a book (can't remember which one) : ) that recommended to not get too stressed out about potty training. It said to try for a week, and if there was no real progress to just stop and wait one month to give them a chance to mature a little more. We did this, and both of mine were around 2 1/2 before they really started getting serious. I know others potty trained sooner, but that's how it was for us, and we just didn't stress to much about it. There is no right or wrong. You can read your child better than anyone else, and you'll make the best decisions for her. Good luck! : )
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