Anyone not interested in toilet training read no further.
So, Emily pee'd on the potty today. Well, she pee'd on the potty because I decided to put her on it, and she just happened to pee. Her first time sitting on the toliet. I praised her, but refrained from giving her a prize, although later she got frozen yogurt. But that was more because I was trying to get her to stop fussing through Project Runway, which we were watching because her dad is at work, and it was girls night.
She would have enjoyed a Japanese cartoon a lot better. That's what her dad watches with her.
At work (daycare) there is a little boy who is younger than Emily who has started going on the potty. And I said in my head: Emily is older than him. But I should wait until she is interested. Yeah, that's what I'll do. I just have to be patient.
Then after we got home, I had to use the bathroom, and she was interested. But she also likes to stick her hand down my shirt and pull up the bottom of my shirt to tickle me. She may just be interested in Mommy. I let her flush the toilet after I went, and then I said, hey why don't I put her on? And she pee'd. And we flushed the toilet again, which was fun for her (although she insisted on shutting the lid first, because I got into that habit once Emily could walk, and then I opened it a little to show her where the water goes) and then we washed hands, which she is a pro at--although today, she kept on getting more soap. Apparently (and the kids at daycare confirm) washing hands is fun to do.
So am I a bad mom for caving into my internal pressures and pushing my child to achieve non-age-appropriate behaviors (cause 1.5 is really too young to potty train) or a good mom for getting her used to the whole process before it becomes a big issue?
(Not that I really think I'm a bad mom. The lady at WIC told me I was a good mom because I don't give Emily honey or syrup yet. I mean, why start on syrup? Emily likes pancakes without them.)
I don't think 1.5 is too young developmentally to potty train. That is how old kids use to potty train before disposable diapers.
ReplyDeleteSooooo cute.
ReplyDeleteI say good thinking on holding off on the syrup. It's just a sticky mess in their hair. :)
ReplyDeleteSyrup is way too messy for me to think about giving to Jill! haha. It's not even about being healthy for me.
ReplyDeleteI have a wonderful friend in my ward who is a mother of 8. Every single one of her children is potty trained by the time they go to nursery.
But then I know other kids who are still fighting it at age 3. I do have to wonderful though if inconsistent parenting may have been part of the problem with that though. Surely before you're 4, you can handle it. (Unless you have a developmental/mental disorder of some sort.)
I don't think you're a bad mommy for whatever time you do it with Emily though. It isn't like it hurts her to keep using diapers. It will save you money though when you get to no longer buy them! And I must admit that I'm excited for the day that Jill starts wiping her own butt! I am very intimidated though about potty training.