There’s 2 big things on my plate before Slade makes his much anticipated debut in just a mere two months: A) Get Zoe potty trained, and 2) transition to a toddler bed/get the kids room together. The toddler bed/get the kids room together I’m not altogether rushed about, probably because I think that Slade will begin sleeping in our room until we get him to sleep through the night. So, we still have a few months there.
The potty training? I have absolutely no desire to juggle potty training a toddler and a newborn schedule. Call me crazy.
So, we’re going to start tomorrow.
Maybe.
See, here’s the thing. I’m actually really hesitant to potty train Zoe. Maybe because I’ve never done it before. Maybe because it’s daunting. Maybe because I wonder if Zoe’s still too young, even though she has so many signs that she’s ready.
It just feels like a really big deal.
I guess I just have to pull up my big girl pants and get this show on the road. I keep pushing it back because my motivation level is practically nonexistent. Not just towards potty training, but to life in general most days. It’s just that 3rd trimester exhaustion coupled with insomnia that has me like a walking zombie most days. But, the truth remains that Zoe tells me every single time she pees and poos, asks to change her diaper immediately, asks to go potty all day long, takes her diaper off all day long, takes her baby dolls to the potty, wakes up from naps dry… the list goes on.
Here’s another problem though, I have no idea what to do to reward her for going on the potty. I mean, I can get pretty wild and crazy with a potty dance, I don’t mind doing that. But, there’s no incentive with wearing “big girl” panties… she doesn’t give a rats behind about that. Sticker charts won’t work. Neither will M&M’s or anything like that after each time… she’ll just want them all at the same time. On second thought, I guess I can try that and see if it works….
Ugh.
I’ve been trying to give myself a pep talk about this all week, but it’s just not working. I think my plan is to try it and see if it works… and if not, well then… I’ll just be potty training with a newborn hanging around.
I’ll let you know how it goes, obviously.
Happy Thursday Ya’ll!
We’re starting next week with the potty training and the toddler bed. I already bought stickers and M&Ms for a chart.
Oh, and we’re going to work on slowly saying goodbye to the binky. So, just know that you aren’t alone. 
I say don’t stress so much about it! My kids are now 15 & 12 years old & I don’t remember potty training being an issue, and I know they were both out of diapers around age 2. I know that sounds crazy and I know I was blessed. We didn’t use stickers or M&Ms. My oldest had a cast on her leg for 2 weeks when she was 18 months old. We have video of her with the cast on & we’re doing the excited potty dance after she used the potty. I know with her I was nervous, but we read books (“Once upon a potty”), put the potty chair in sight in the bathroom, & our daycare provider was great about working on training her too. With my 2nd, I was cleaning our storage room, saw the potty chair & thought ‘we’ll probably need that soon’ when he was about 18 months old, so I moved it to the bathroom closet. He found it day or two later & that’s when we started with him. I had heard boys were harder to train, and not to worry if he wasn’t trained by age 3, but we had no issues. I know I was lucky, but just wanted to tell you not to stress so much about it. I think the stressed out parent part only makes it worse (for everyone). Also, I was prepared mentally for it to be a long process, but fortunately it wasn’t. Best of luck to you!
thanks Rachel!!
Look up Potty Training Parties online. We did that for our older one. He potty-trained in a day. (second one, not so much, but he’s just a different child and broke the mold the day he was born.)
will do! thanks!
I totally get the potty training thing… We want to potty train Selah before next baby arrives too. Today she came to me totally naked with a poop filled diaper in her hand and said “ah-ah” (poop in German). However, I too have no motivation to get this done. Partly because that means I have to actually go to the store with 3 kids in tow, look for panties in her size (difficult), buy pull ups or something and think of a treat. And the worst, me actually thinking of taking her to the potty every hour or so until she understands she needs to pee/poop on the toilet so there aren’t a bunch of messes all over the house. I simply don’t have the energy for that with 2 other kids and being pregnant. I seriously don’t know how Jessica does it.
I’ve thought that so many times!!!!! She just laughs about it =)