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Day 6: Isabelle often says, “wee wee potty” or<br />
“poo poo potty” so I know that she knows what<br />
to do, but for some reason she really doesn’t<br />
want to use the potty. Huff.<br />
Day 7: I managed to catch Isabelle in the act of<br />
doing a wee so I picked her up and tried to put<br />
her on the potty but she resisted so much that<br />
she started crying. It almost seemed like she<br />
was scared of the potty. It was rather<br />
distressing for both of us and left me with some<br />
cause for concern.<br />
Week 2<br />
This week continued in the same fashion as<br />
week one. Quite a few accidents, but worse<br />
still, Isabelle is refusing to sit on the potty<br />
altogether, which is making me very<br />
frustrated. In fact, I lost my temper with her and<br />
that was the last thing I wanted to do. HELP!!!<br />
I spoke to my mum and a close friend of mine<br />
and was advised to take a break from the potty<br />
training, as Isabelle might not have been ready<br />
for this huge change in her life. Therefore I put<br />
the potty out of sight, we took a fortnight off, and<br />
started again.<br />
Week 5<br />
Day 1: As before, Isabelle told me what she<br />
needed to do on the potty but refused to use<br />
it. However, we did have a<br />
breakthrough. Isabelle said she wanted to do a<br />
wee and when I took her to the potty she<br />
refused again so I asked her if she wanted to<br />
use the toilet, she said yes and she did a wee<br />
on the toilet!!! Hip hip hooray. I gave her lots of<br />
praise and we called Great Granny on the<br />
phone to tell her about Isabelle’s success.<br />
From this day forth we dispensed of the potty<br />
altogether and whenever Isabelle needed to do<br />
a wee or poo she would tell me and we would<br />
go straight to the toilet.<br />
By the end of the week Isabelle was taking<br />
regular trips to the toilet, regardless of whether<br />
she actually really needed to go or not. She<br />
really enjoys flushing the toilet and using the<br />
soap to wash her hands afterwards. Isabelle<br />
still had the odd accident but far fewer than<br />
when she was trying to use the potty.<br />
Week 6<br />
Things a coming along nicely, aided by rewards<br />
of a few chocolate buttons for a successful trip<br />
to the toilet. All I do now is remind Isabelle to<br />
tell mummy when she needs to go to the toilet<br />
once in a while and that’s it.<br />
We’re now doing short trips to the shops or the<br />
park without any accidents and I am so proud of<br />
my clever little girl, especially as she skipped<br />
the potty stage and went straight onto using the<br />
toilet, thus less work for mummy, yippee!
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