After the 3rd time of her coming out of her room totally naked and me getting her re-dressed and telling her to stay in bed; I was getting frustrated. So, I told her that if she does it again I am going to spank her bare booty. I like to remind her that a bare booty spanking hurts more than a diaper swat. Well, she did it again and I told her to get on her bed and turn over because I was going to spank her booty. So, she willingly rolled over and in a split second it occured to me that this isn't right. She is trying to tell me something and I can't spank a child for not wanting to wear a diaper. She is potty training...HELLO!!! So, I grabbed the diaper on the floor and sure enough, it was wet.
Instead of getting annoyed, I am chosing to think she is amazing. This girl potty trains herself and she knows when she is ready for stuff. Although I have not potty trained a toddler before, I am thinking that I'm lucky. She WANTS to do it and I think that is rare, so I need to be patient and listen to her cues. If she pees the bed, oh well. I have enough minky dot sheets to last a few days thanks to Nana Pam and I have chux pads from the hospital to protect the mattress.
My sweet little Amelie...you always know what you want and I love you for that. I will be waiting for you in the middle of the night whether it's "mommy, I have to go pee pee", or "mommy, I peed".
Do you guys get her up at night to pee? When we transfer the girls to night time trained we always take them to go one last time before we go to bed. It's proven to be really helpful to get them over the nighttime hump. (Usually they stay asleep while we take them, or go right back to sleep). Maybe you already do that?
ReplyDeletePS: I'm all for naked time too, but you might want to encourage undies for bed to prevent the "curious parts" stage from being too unruly :)
PPS: potty training is by far my least favorite parenting task!!
Good for you for listening to that Mommy instinct. Sometimes I find it hard to hear it when I'm feeling irritated and whatnot.
ReplyDeletehey, baby Weeldreyer...I am assuming this is sarah, but possibly Jay. Thanks for blog stalking me...I feel privileged :)
ReplyDeleteKim, she insisted on being naked again tonight so I made her promise that she doesn't cry when I wake her up in a few hours and make her go potty. Typically once she is asleep I can put a diaper on her and she is so dazed she doesnt fight it. But, every night is different...silly girl.
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