Since I happen to know a few moms who are either in the midst of potty training or have successfully accomplished it with their budding toddlers, I thought I would give everyone an update of how our own budding toddler is doing and hope that someone has some advice. Chloe can go on the potty just fine. We'll put her on there, and if we happen to catch it when she has to go, she'll do it with no problems. Her biggest deterrent is the fact that she never, ever tells us that she has to go. We have to just guess and hope that we catch it. She is just as comfortable messing her diaper as she is going on the potty, either way doesn't seem to bother her. Most of the time I just have to read her facial expressions. I know she has to go when she suddenly gets that far off look in her eyes and her face starts to turn red just a little (I know you other moms out there know exactly what I'm talking about) and I say "Chloe, do you have to go potty?!" and she either says yes or no, but her answer is irrelevant because her face is far more telling than her words. I'm thinking I'm just going to have to wait two more months until summer where I can put her in underwear again and hope that this time wetting herself will bother her enough to tell me before she has to go so we can get her on the toilet (we did underwear once before and at first she hated wetting herself, and I was like "great! This will motivate her to actually want to go on the potty!" and then about a week later, she seemed to think that wetting her pants was just what you were supposed to do and then she had no problem with it. Needless to say I got sick of changing her clothes every hour and the underwear was packed away again).
Anyway, I'd love to hear some more mommy potty training success stories so I can learn from them. Anyone out there just not have time to potty train their kids and somehow got them to do it anyway? Where's the magic powder I can sprinkle on Chloe so she will learn over-night?
