# Chateau de la Tobler

## Saturday, September 26, 2009

### Murders and Potty Training

Jenafer, which Murder Mystery's are they? Tyler and I love them and are always looking for new ones to do, but we've done quite a few. We would love to borrow them if they're ones we haven't done before. =)
So, about a week ago Katy came up to me while I was feeding Brooke and said "Potty!" She's been doing this a lot lately, but she doesn't ever actually go. So I told her to wait until I was done feeding Brooke and then I would help her go "potty". She decided not to wait for me and a few minutes later was crying in the bathroom. When I went to go see what was going on, she was diaper-less and standing in a middle of a puddle of pee, some of it having gotten in the little potty, but most of it on the floor. I said "Yay, Katy! Good job going potty!" and we cleaned it up and went on with life. A few days later, she told me she needed to go potty again and when she sat down, she actually pooped for the very first time in the potty! We were so excited. We called Aunt Keryn (because it was too early to call Grandmas) and danced around and she got a lollipop and everything. But she hasn't done it since. Today we decided to go exclusively to panties and...well...we've gone through about three panties since noon. It's been frustrating, especially since Katy's younger cousin Madilyn was here visiting this weekend and she's completely potty trained already (she's four months older than Jayson). I know that each kid is different and she's still not as old as others have been when they were potty trained, but it still felt sort of like failure. But we're moving on and working hard and trying to get Katy motivated to be potty trained. Grandma Smith bought her a pack of Dora panties that she adores and wants to wear, but I won't let her yet. They're sitting in the bathroom, in plain sight but too high for her to get to them, as an incentive. When she can pee and poop in the potty for two days straight, then she gets to wear them. =) We'll see if it works. Anyway, I don't know how all of you have done this. I'm dreading the whole process. I'm halfway between wishing she could just stay in diapers and wanting desperately for her to be potty trained. *sigh* Wish us luck!

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