First Wedgie

Well I had to document this, the day Amaryllis experienced her FiRst wEdGie. A First Wedgie only happens once in your life, so it is important enough to write down.

Up until today, she has been wearing training panties which are more boy-cut and have some extra cushion in the bum.

But this morning, she noticed a pair of regular undies that I had been trying to hide (they are thin and not as absorbent, so I was hiding them until wet accidents weren't as often).

Being the upcoming 2 yr old that she is, lately she has gotten very picky about what she wears and SHE wants to pick things out. It's very annoying and I don't know how much longer I'll fight her on it.

Anyways, so she got to wear her her first big-girl undies. And by the way, these are not the white tighty granny pantys that we all grew up with (you know, the ones that go up to your belly button and down halfway to your thigh for maximum coverage). Apparently they don't make those things anymore. All toddler undies nowadays are slightly bikini-cut in style. Scandalous, I know.
I suppose because of the cut/style, that's why it hasn't happened until now. I noticed her walking towards me in that bow-legged, straddling weird walk with a grimace on her face, and I thought she had an accident. She kept saying "hurt" and pointing to her bum.

I checked her and, sure enough. Full on major wedgie. It made me laugh so hard.

Broke Our 9-Day Streak

Well we were doing so well and didn't have a single wet accident for quite awhile.

Then mom got lazy.

I'll take full blame. We were at a church Christmas party and I kept thinking I should take her, but then I thought "no she'll come tell me". She was quite wrapped up in her own little world and did not come get me. I only realized it when she walked over to me, all wide-legged with her legs straddled-like, and a very concerned expression on her face.

Let me tell you she was SOAKED. I realize now that her previous wet accidents weren't really even accidents (just little leaks). This completely soaked everything, dribbled down her legs, soaked her socks, etc.

And apparently pee burns because when I was wiping her legs it was stinging her. Her legs had a red rash the next day.

Bad mom. She had to walk around pantless like a white-trash redneck baby the rest of the party.

Anyways. We are back on track and I'm going to be more diligent when we are at events where it is easy to forget.

Also I did want to record that I love the Potette Plus portable potty. We have 2 other toilet seats for our bathrooms and I wish I would've just gotten Potettes for those ones as well. It is just so much smaller and can fold up nicely. Doesn't seem as cushy for the kid, but whatev.

I also want to say that the flushable wipes are quite useful, so have those on hand too.

And last but not least, surprisingly the Target pullups are even better then the name brand. They have a nice little velcro strip along the side so that, should the toddler poop in there, it is easier to undo instead of having to tear it. Keep in mind I don't use pullups as longterm diapers so I'm not sure how they fare on absorbency, but for the stage we are at I like them. Go Targy.

PS: Home Depot still wins at having the nicest, roomiest, cleanest bathroom. So sad that I have resorted to rating pottys all over Cary, but trust me we have visited them all.

3rd Week is a Charm

We are now in the 4th week of potty training (I think...it all seems to blur together).

By the 3rd week of undies something just clicked with Amaryllis, and we have not had a wet accident in over a week. The first day Amaryllis stayed dry was quite a nice pat-on-the-back for me, but I thought it was a fluke. Then she did it again the next few days and I realized that she just gets it now.

However, may I say during the 3rd week it is with me being the one to initiate going to the potty. I take her about once every hour.

More recently, the past few days, she comes running to me saying POTTY and so it is nice that she has taken the initiative to come tell me.

Thus, everything seems to come in stages. We rarely have anymore cry-fits when I sit her on the potty because she is learning to just pee and get it over with. It takes less than 1 minute. In hindsight, I realize I was forcing her to go too often, and sit on there too long during weeks 1 & 2. But who's to say that hurt or helped?

POOP: We have had a few success on the potty. We've had many accidents in the undies. We've mostly had poopy pull-ups during nap. Or she just doesn't poop for 2-3 days which is fine with me!

Poop in the undies is gross. That's all I can say about that. There's not really an easy way to clean it either.

She does get concerned and tell me she needs to poop, but when I put her on the potty she is impatient and won't wait around. So off she goes and within 5 minutes she's either back on the potty again (but still too impatient or uncomfortable to go), or back off and has gone in her pullup/undies.

All in all, we really don't worry about her wetting her undies anymore and it is a GOOD feeling! She can hold it up to 3-4 hrs (car trips or church). She still loves to go in public restrooms.

Now our main focus is getting her to consistently poop in the toilet. We are on the right track (she is verbal and tells us she has to go), we just need her to have patience and sit there!

I feel like potty training was really easy. Then I remind myself those first few days were exhausting. But it's funny how quickly you forget once you are reaping the benefit.