Potty potty potty

This past weekend we celebrated my sweet boy turning ONE.  It was an awesome party, a joined party with his cousin, Justus, only 5 days younger.  Many of our sweet, sweet friends joined us as we remembered one year ago, and how fast time has past.  My sister has all the pics, of course, but I will post soon.  Maybe.  Hopefully.

And he got a super handsome haircut....

LAZY sunday afternoon


OK!  Major potty training post.  Stop reading now if you have no interest in personal info or in potty training talk... For real.....




Ok, on to something else.  Potty training.  I need some advice.  I have potty trained MANY children in my years of preschool/daycare experience. i have seen so many young children accomplish potty victories, and i can not help but take some credit for their accomplishments.  I was with some of these kids 40 plus hours a week and worked hard to see them accomplish this milestone.  So, now that I am beginning to potty train my OWN child, I am lost.  LOST.  I don't even know what to do.

When it comes to Annabelle, I have seen her surprise us in her accomplishments.  We hesitate to make certain goals, or work on certain milestones thinking, "she's just not ready for that ".  Then, she often surprises us and is TOTALLY ready for "THAT".  This potty training thing is something that I have been telling myself for probably about a year, that "she is just not ready for".  And, I still don't know. I am LOST when it comes to training my OWN child.  Give me yours for a week in a preschool class and we ill accomplish some major goals, but my own, what?!?!?

Today was our first official day of training.   We have sat on the potty many times, nothing has happened.  But, today, we threw the diaper for the entire day, and operated on JUST pants.  I went through probably 10 pairs of pants.  We were in the bathroom at LEAST every 20 minutes.  Sat for around 10-15 min at a time.  Still had THAT many accidents, yes.  Is she not ready?  What am I doing wrong?  I know it was the first day, but I was so tired by noon.  We spent most of our day in the bathroom.  sitting and reading, and singing and watching little shows on the iPhone, etc...

When I was  a teacher my advice was always just to put the kiddo in undies, and ditch the diaper.  COLD TURKEY was my take on it.  So, i tried what I had advised and it was so exhausting.  Again, it's only the first day, so I still have some optimism and still have some patience left.  I think Annabelle is smarter than I give her credit for sometimes.  I really do.  So, I am hopeful.  But, today seemed like a bust.  And I am tired.  I will take ANY advice.  HELP.  How do I help my sweet girl?


Anyways.  I am determined, so will keep working.  There is always Gin at the end of the day. J/K.  (only a little bit kidding).....;)