Beds and words and milestones

[ailbhe]

Linnea went to bed at 21:30. That's early for us these days. but it went smoothly and stresslessly and well, so perhaps we've broken the pattern now.

She used a new word for Rob today - he called "Linnea!" from another room, and she responded "Wha'?"

He swears this is true. She's a teenager now. Gods.

She's also going to be potty-trained soon. She's not ready for it, of course - she takes her nappy off alright, before squatting over the floor and passing wind or water (so far, thank god, nothing more), then points at the orifice in a surprised fashion and tells me all about it - but she has no interest in the potty.

Nor in the toilet.

No, my baby is ready for that all-important phase: Carpet Training!

So I've got her a potty training book and I've ordered a potty training video and another book from the library and I'm hoping that we can interest her in the potty somehow. She's surely too young for this. No-one else we know is even considering potty training. But no-one else we know can get their nappy off from the inside of tights, dungarees, trousers, or a snap-crotch top and does it frequently before soiling the nappy. Though admittedly the nappy does tend to get caught, as it were, in the crossfire.

You may have overheard me today in John Lewis, saying "Sweetheart, you peed on your feet and that's why you're slipping. Let me [grunt grunt] dry you off. Please."

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[richtermom.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I'm doing it all wrong, because I'm not being super-strict or following some logical training program or something. When we have time, and when Squeaky is motivated, and when I'm motivated, I encourage her to sit on the potty shortly after food/drink. The first time, she sat on the chair for five seconds, got up, turned around and looked, sat again, got up, turned around, looked more carefully, and in doing so, squatted and pooped on the floor right in front of the potty.

But about a week or so ago, she actually did get pee in the potty. So there's something.

I'm torn between keeping the potty in the "library" -- where the TV and toys are -- or keeping it in the bathroom. How long should I have her sit there waiting to see if she's going to go? I figure I'm more patient with the dog because, well, she's on the lawn anyway, but with Squeaky, she just doesn't want to sit more than 10 seconds without hearing something hit the potty.