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April 19, 2004
Hi Everyone!
We've started the potty training endeavor again! This is it, we aren't going back to diapers now.
On Easter Sunday, Josh got a nice basket of goodies from the Easter Bunny. Included in the basket were three packages of "big boy" underwear. Josh was so excited to see Spider man, Thomas the Tank engine and Bob the Builder underpants. We weren't planning to start potty training until the following week, but he wanted to put on his new big boy pants, and I didn't want to discourage him. I explained to him that he could wear a pair of his choice, but when he had them on he had to go in the toilet because he wasn't wearing a diaper anymore. He agreed, so we put him in his new pants and off we went to visit some friends for an egg hunt and Easter brunch. It wasn't the ideal time to start potty training because we had plans to be with friends that afternoon and with my parents that evening. We weren't going to be home all day. Josh did better than I expected. From morning to night, he only had 3 accidents. This was much better than the first time we tried potty training, so I was happy and felt like this was a successful beginning. I also have to add that I have been sitting Josh on the toilet to pee. It never occurred to me that he would be able to stand up and pee at his age. Well, Josh informed me Easter afternoon that I was doing it the wrong way. He showed me how to lift the lid and go standing up! I kept thinking, where did he learn that? But, I am sure he has seen John go and he probably sees other kids at school going while standing up. It was very funny. Since then Josh has had an average of 2 to 3 accidents a day. He even went one day accident free!
Potty training is a longer process than I ever thought. Understand that my Boss gave me a book that she raved about and said it worked great for both of her kids. The book is titled: "Toilet training in less than a day". I read the book and it basically said most children who followed their technique were toilet trained in about 4 hours. So, when I thought about potty training, I was thinking that I could have it done in a weekend. Wrong!
For the most part, I thought the book had some good information and I did take some of what I learned by reading the book and used it when training Josh. I just couldn't follow it completely. One of the things it did say is to voice disapproval when your child has an accident. That is something I just can't do. Josh often gets very upset and appears to be embarrassed by his accidents and my instinct is to comfort him, not reprimand him. It may take me a lot longer to potty train him, but I'll feel better about my approach.
This morning, I got a call from Josh's daycare saying he had had a bad accident. He pooped in his pants and somehow it soiled his shoes pretty badly. They called to have me bring him a clean pair of shoes. I agreed to bring something by as soon as possible, but my mind was racing. The only other pair of shoes I have for him is at home (30 minute drive from work). I thought it would be better to go to an inexpensive local shoe store and just buy him a pair to use in emergencies. I get to the store and can't remember what size shoe my Son wears! Instead of guessing, I ended up just driving all the way home to get his other pair of shoes. What a mess (literally) that was!
Josh had a great Easter! I think he likes Easter as much as Christmas. He gets so excited when he talks about the Easter Bunny and having him leave a basket of treats while he is sleeping. I love that part of the holiday. The look in his eyes when he sees that basket is priceless! We also had a lot of fun dying eggs. Josh hasn't quite gotten the hang of using that wire tool to gently put each egg in the colored dye. Instead he picks them up and drops them into the dye, which usually results in a cracked egg. Oh well, cracks and all our eggs turned out great and we all had fun dying them. Easter has also helped with potty training. I used all the plastic eggs that we had and filled them with small treats (3 M&M's, or 1 Hershey's kiss, etc). Now when he uses the toilet he can choose 1 egg from the basket. He loves it and I can still limit the amount of sugar he gets without taking away his Easter candy.
As for TTC, AF showed up this morning after a negative HPT on Friday. This whole process feels like one disappointment after another. I'm not having a pity party, just growing accustomed to disappointment and that is a bummer. So, we are onto cycle 19 (day 1). Dr H says we will be more aggressive this time around, which means more ultra sounds, more injectable medication and of course more money. I'm not worried about the money so much, I just got a small bonus at work that will cover a portion of this cycle's expenses and I can't think of a better way to spend this money. What concerns me more is the numerous doctor's appointment that I have made and the additional appointments for this cycle. For every appointment I have had to take time off work. I will probably have 6 appointments in the next 30 days. I am very thankful that I have an understanding boss!
Well, that's all for this week. Thanks for reading!
Janet and Josh
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