Potty Training Hell

With my daughter turning 4 in June of 2010, my resolution as "Supermom" was to potty train her in only a matter of days. (Those of you with experience don't laugh so hard, you might hurt yourselves) Needless to say, I fell on my face -HARD. Those of you who are endlessly optimistic would say to me that at least I fell forward, and as I get up and dust myself off, I will not have to look back at the place from which I fell.

MDLO(My Dear Little One) is less afraid of the toilet now than she was back then, so it is less traumatizing to an extent. Now I just need to convince her that wearing "Disney's Princesses" panties is the "Bomb-diggity". I won't lie, at times I wish I was that small again, I'd seriously be after Tinkerbell panties! For some reason, I always think the generations after me have the coolest stuff. At least I had Cabbage Patch Kids, Care Bears, Smurfs, and the ORIGINAL My Little Pony. Anyone remember those Polly Pocket playsets that folded up in to a heart?

If anyone ever asked me for potty training advice, I would tell them one thing whole heartedly. " Do NOT start trying to potty train in the evening! Start from the minute the little one gets up. I started training in the evening and it became stressful. MDLO and I were both tired and irritable. It just seemed over all harder to keep her attention. The next day she started potty training the minute she got up, and surprisingly began getting her potty seat ready and getting herself on it when it was "Potty Time". Hopefully within the next few days we have more of a schedule or rhythm rather than a haphazard chicken race.

Oh the joys of potty training.