The beginning

Here we are, almost 2 years to the day since my sweet little boy was born. It has been a crazy and wonderful 2 years. And for some reason I have decided that he is ready to start potty training!! I know most of you are staring at the screen mouths gaping saying "Are you crazy he isnt even 2 yet!!!!!!" And you are probably right, I am nuts. But hey, I can at least admit it right? Maybe? No? Well of maybe we should just move on. We actually tried to attempt the great potty training feat a couple of weeks ago, and it wasnt going so well, so when my husband looked at me like I was nuts one day, and said why are you doing this if its so bad, I stopped and wondered the same question. And that was just the push I needed to stop. There was no reason, he has been showing signs for awhile now that he was ready to start trying, but apparently I wasnt. I mean come on, no one tells you that you must pre-pare yourself mentally for this. No one tells you that you are going to want to crawl into a hole and never come out after just the 1st day. Everything you read is all about your child, and how to approach the subject of peeing and pooping in the potty. Dont force it, just do it, dont scold, dont baby them, underwear, no underwear, pull-ups vs going cold turkey. OH MY GOSH!! Information overload! How do you know what is the best way. My sister has now sucessfully potty trained 3 of her 4 kids. And she always said how much she hated it how awful it was. And I knew that it couldn't be fun, but come on,seriously, how bad is it to go put the kid on the pot and wait till they pee. Well let me tell you, it sucks!!!! I never thought about the kid who doesnt actually want to sit on the potty, or is to distracted to care to do anything but sit there. I find that potty training is some what like being pregnant. You remember? All those people telling you all these wonderful things, all the good that is going to happen when you have this baby. Those feelings you have, that when this baby is finally born you are going to live in complete harmony and nothing is ever going to go wrong again? Maybe it was just me. And then the baby arrives, and you realize that you forgot to listen to all the "other" things that people were actually telling you. The sleep when you can advice, dont wake a sleeping baby, they spit up all the time, your laundry is going to double because of this little 7 lb kid. Well, that is potty training: It's all wonderful this thought of no more changing diapers, no more leaking diapers, no more wiping dirty bottoms. HA! Not really. Now you change wet underwear and the clothes they were wearing when it happened, I mean all of them even the socks. And you still have to wipe dirty bottoms. That skill apparently comes later. So like I said I tried this a couple of weeks ago and gave up after just 2 days (I blame it on the husband, love ya honey). The 1st day was just frusterating. I put him on the potty like clock work and he NEVER went. But had accidents galore. I mean we ran out of underwear he had so many. And day 2 was really no better, except for the 1 successful pee we had. Which, I know, you are thinking "that is progress" but what I didnt mention to you was that was after a screaming fit of "NOOOOOOOOOO" as I tried to get him to sit on the potty. But after our 2 week break, I have decided that I quit not because he doesnt want to sit on the potty, or that he is to young. But because I was way to stressed about it, putting to much pressure, and I don't like the feeling of failure. This has nothing to do with my little boy, and all to do with me!! My sweet boy is super smart, and has been asking to sit on the potty on and off for months now. So why should I deprive him, well I shouldn't. So starting today we are at it again! And this time we will be successful! Stay tuned to see how it turns out!