I tell you what…potty training is not for the weak! This girl has her own agenda, and it is not telling me when she needs to go potty. I have done some research and have slowly been working on potty training. It started with her having a potty to “play” with. If momma went potty, she wanted to sit and pretend to go as well. Then we started to have her sit on the potty at night before bedtime and cheered when she went. This was not always a quick process either and involved lots of tears!

So jump ahead to three days ago. I decide we are going to do it. We are going to potty train her. She is almost two years old, so it is time. I read you should keep the babies naked for three days. Then when they pee on themselves, they know they have to go. Well, this naked baby enjoyed running around the house naked and actually would go on the potty every time she had to go. Then she would yell in her own toddler version, “I went potty!” We would cheer, and she would do a happy dance. I decided on day three that instead of her staying naked all day; I would try to have her tell me to go potty. I talked to my sister and told her about how Avery sat in a puddle of pee at dinner in her bumbo seat because she refused to tell me she had to go potty. Even when I asked her, she would say no, she didn’t have to go.

My sister gave me the idea of putting underwear on her, then a diaper over it. That way, she could feel how uncomfortable it was, but we didn’t have to do any of the clean up…Sounds promising, right? Of course, I poorly planned this potty training event and didn’t have underwear, but I have the next best thing, shorts. I put her in shorts and a diaper over them. We have breakfast, and then every 15 minutes, I ask her if she needs to go potty. She sounded like she was getting aggravated with me and kept saying no. Then I noticed her pulling at her diaper. I again asked her, and she just looked at me, and I looked at her diaper, which started to have a blue line appear. I ripped her diaper off and her shorts and sat her on the toilet, and you know what she said to me? She goes, “all done!” I can’t. I tell you what. These toddlers are ruthless. Potty training is another level of parenting, and so far, I am not passing it.

I need more ideas! Comment with what worked for your babies, please and thank you.