Whenever someone asks if we've started potty training the girls, I'm
not quite sure what to say. In a way, yes, I guess we have. We try to
get them to sit on the potty before bedtime and naptime, which they're
usually amenable to, as long as they've got a couple of books to read.
Every once in a while, they actually produce something, and they seem
proud of themselves. But they seem just as happy to go in the diapers.
Elsa does ask to sit on the potty now and then, but more often
than not, it's a stalling technique -- she doesn't want to go to sleep
or go upstairs and get ready for bed. Still, i's hard to say "no, you
don't need to sit on the potty right now." Because every once in a
while, she actually does go. She's the girl who cried potty.
During
the day, however, when they're happily engaged in playing, the girls
have no interest in potty breaks. They like to announce when they're
making (or about to make?) a pee-pee or poo-poo, but when I ask or
suggest sitting on the potty, they resist. And I'm thinking it's
probably not a good idea (not to mention physically impossible) to
*force* them, screaming and crying, to sit on the pot.
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