It’s About Time
I did it, I finally made the decision to toilet train Sara Ellen. I had been planning on, and hoping for some time now that she would decide when she was ready and it would happen. I hoped she would realize diapers were gross, or that all her friends were out of them. What happened? She just didn’t care and I had to take action.
I don’t expect a certain time frame. I didn’t know her patterns. I expected there would be accidents.
It’s been about five days, but I’m not counting anymore. It’s going reasonably well. I’m just glad she’s not in diapers. I’ll take this frustration that seems to be going somewhere. I learned that she does actually have a pattern in one way, it’s just quite surprising. We have to make her sit on the toilet in the morning, it usually takes about ten minutes, and it helps if we read so she can relax. She doesn’t go again until about dinner time! Sadly, she doesn’t have a bowel routine. It could be any time of day, she can go for days without, and then go more than once in a day. I have to keep my eye on her because when she starts to hide, that’s the clue.
I’m really happy to have made this decision. My first baby keeps getting bigger, it’s time for her to be a “big girl” in this way too, in addition to all the other ways she’s already achieved. I feel better now feeling I’ll have one daughter in underpants and just one in diapers.
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