Then I got the stomach bug one Saturday morning in January and I quarantined myself to my bedroom in an attempt to keep it from spreading. Brandon took care of everything with the kids - if a mom has to get sick, it might as well be on a Saturday. It was a small price to pay for an awesome weekend and a complete break from day-to-day life!! I am serious. I watched movies, caught up on the blog, slept, read, and threw up quite a few times, but like I said - a small price to pay.
On Sunday, I felt much better, but didn't want to get anyone at church sick, so I opted to stay home and Brandon took all the kids to church - bless his sweet heart. For 3 hours I had the house all to myself (one of my favorite things) and then he also took them to family dinner and I stayed home (again, so awesome). I may have milked it just a little bit, but no one else got it, so I'm calling it a huge success! I felt rejuvenated and ready to conquer the world!
When I woke up on Monday morning with a renewed sense of energy and determination, I decided it would be a good week to potty train Kendall. We cleared our schedule, pulled out the panties that I had been hiding because she kept asking to wear them, and stopped by the store for lots of juice and potty treats and poo poo prizes. Andrew was excited too when he saw all the treats I bought, and he was very encouraging and helpful since he also got a treat every time she went!
Kendall loved the panties and had a great time running to the toilet and getting stickers and treats!! After following her around and playing with her for every second of the first day, she finally said, "Mom, why you keep following me?"
The first day, she had 4 pee pee accidents, which kind of surprised me. She had lots of successes too, but she did not have clear cues for needing to go pee like the other kids did. I was catching her mid-accident, but couldn't figure out what she'd do before she'd pee. She also ran to the toilet about 50 times for every.single.tute. What a little lady! Ugh! Potty training is enough to send a mother to the loony bin, I tell ya. The second or third day (it's all a blur now), she did better with potty and only had one pee accident; however, I knew she need to go #2 but was dancing around trying not to go all day long. She finally pooped at 4:30p in the afternoon and I was all sorts of relieved!
Overall, she's been amazing at the potty training! She hasn't ever had an accident at a store or in the car - thank you for that. She occasionally will get lazy while playing and pee in her pants, but always feels badly about it. I pretty well left her to her own devices half way through day 4, which was sooner than the other kids it seems. I am so glad to have it done and am so proud of her for doing so well!
Update: After a few weeks of basically dry pull ups at night, she has asked her wear panties to bed and has kept them dry for three nights in a row! And that is with zero effort on our part. Wow! You go, girl!
Update #2: Last night she wet the bed, so we shall see.
we painted toes and she even painted mine :)
