So we've finally decided to potty train DD this weekend. We would have tried earlier but had lots going on in our lives (illness, house move, change of nursery) so there was never a good time.
Now we're at home for 4 days so decided to give it a go. We've got lovely big-girl knickers and training pants, we've got stickers, we've got all the frigging gear. We try to get her on the potty first thing in the morning, we give her lots of drinks, we take her to the potty in regular intervals, we praise, bla bla bla.
But oh my god I'm tearing my hair out.
I don't mind changing clothes, wiping pee, cleaning poo... if there was a little bit of progress. By progress I mean catching at least one or two wees per day in the potty?? By now I have a sense when she needs to go, so I sit her on the potty, she will sit for a while but pees on the floor as soon as she gets up.
I had to hide in the loo this morning and cry. It's day 3 and I was trying to catch the morning pee in the potty, we cuddled in bed, I told her we'll go on the potty after the cuddle (she won't go straight after she wakes up), she said ok, then when she got up she wanted to play, I said potty first, she said potty later, and then she proceeds to wee on the floor. The potty was right there, she didn't even try to go on it.
What on earth is going on? Is this some kind of potty stage fright? As I said I don't mind wet clothes and wee on the floor, if only I could see some effort on her part???
How do we break this cycle?