All Aboard the Potty Train

Well it's been a while. If you read my last post, you know we have been potty training Beccabu. With all of the last week of school activities and all the trips to the potty and cleaning up all the missed trips to the potty and getting ready to leave town, the blogging kind of fell to the wayside. I have been trying to stay faithful with my study time, but even that didn't happen while I was in Dallas...the trip that almost didn't happen.

Last Monday was an especially trying day and I came very close to canceling the whole trip because I just couldn't imagine dealing with the PT process anywhere but my own home. I' ll spare you the gory details, but let's just say that a sluggish digestive system has added several degrees of difficulty that I didn't have when potty training my first daughter.

Well I didn't cancel the trip and I am so glad I didn't. We had so much fun with my sister and her girls. It took some brain storming to come up with activities that would appeal to an eight-year-old, be fun for an almost 2 year-old, provide quick access for one potty trainer and her mom and not be too hard on a 5 month old and her mommy. We got lucky with the weather and were able to enjoy a picnic at the park and a Frisco Rough Riders baseball game. We went to Chuck-E-Cheese and swimming at the Allen Natatorium. A trip to Blockbuster provided afternoon entertainment for the 8 year-old while the little ones napped.




And the good news....I think we made significant progress in our PT efforts! My sister discovered that she has a gift for getting little ones to go. I wouldn't go so far as to say we're done and I'm still thankful for pull-ups in public situations, but as Rebecca would say, "We go on Potty Train" and I'm confident we'll eventually reach our final destination.