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Have you ever met a mom who bragged that she easily potty trained her two year old in only a day? Have you met a mother who claimed that she potty trained her child as soon as they started to walk?
I tend to have a lot of faith in people. I tend to believe that in general people tell the truth; however in this case I just can’t have that faith! I can’t believe that these statements aren’t exaggerating the truth at least a little bit.
Sometimes trying to potty train a toddler can make you want to pull your hair out. Other times while potty training your little one you will beam with pride! You will find that you have never been more excited about a bowel movement in your entire life. In fact nothing is more gratifying than hearing that little tinkle in a plastic potty for the first time.
If you have made the decision to begin potty training your child, you should brace yourself for the long road ahead. It’s a road that will be filled with success and defeat, as well as smiles and tears. In the end it will all be worth it and in a year or two it will all be a distant memory.
I thought I was prepared when it came time to potty train my son. I had cereal to throw in the toilet so he could shoot for the little o’s. I purchased many different brands of pull-ups with a variety of characters on the front. I even had pull-ups with stars that faded if my son were to have an accident. I made potty charts with markers and stickers. I even read my son books every night about using the potty.
Armed with everything I had read, I started a potty training adventure. I was more than disappointed when my son decided that he could care less about the stars on his new big boy pants. He also expressed his dissatisfaction with my potty training chart by turning it into a road map for his matchbox cars. He did enjoy the stories about using a big boy potty; however when asked if he wanted to use a big boy potty he was quick to give me a stern “NO!”