Strong willed does not run in my family, right? Several siblings and parents are very strong willed and self assured. Evelyn is too.
Two examples:
Riding in the car the other day... it was time for the kids to be in bed so we were trying to get them to sleep. Evelyn kept talking and singing, etc... really cute. Jer said, "Evelyn, shhh. It's time to go to sleep." Evelyn, "Daddy no! No quiet me."
The other is that I've started potty training her because she keeps taking off her diaper after she's pooped. Luckily so far, there haven't been any real messes because of it. I do see a potential disaster in the making with that one though. If we're going to have pee and poop all over the house, I'd rather it was because of potty training than the other. She's peed and pooped in the toilet at this point. She knows how, but she's just stubborn enough that since I told her that we were going to learn to do it she doesn't want to do it any more. She will sit on the potty for a half hour at a time and listen to stories or watch a show on my phone, but if I ask her to try to pee (again, not a new idea to her) she just says, "I can't do it Mommy. I can't do it." (Not crying or whining... just says it and continues to sit there.) The most response I've gotten is that I gave her a mini-marshmallow for sitting on the potty... that made her excited. I told her that if she peed or pooped I'd give her another. She'd pretend to grunt and then hold out her hand for another one. Almost kiddo, almost. Maybe tomorrow will be better. She only had one accident today, but I've only had her in undies since 5pm. That means that she held it from about 5-8:30 when she peed her pants and 3 potty trips in the middle of that. Like I said, stubborn.
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Rhees Family
This is such a fun family. They're sweet and playful. It's fun to get to know them and try not to freeze in the cold rain! It was...
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She is definitely a character.
ha, ha, haaa! That is my jakey. Sorry if I laughed but its nice to know my child isn't the only stubborn one. And he is three! Just won't potty train. I gotta be brave and just throw diapers away, and bribe with gummy bears.
Dani was like that, and she was my fastest trainer. She learned in 3 days! Tank her up on fluids and put her in underwear, if you can make the time to live at home for a couple of days.
Dani cried for her diapers to be given back and when I told her no over and over again she gave in and only went on the toilet after that.
Oh how I hate potty training. I hope Evelyn will turn her stubborn-ness around to being stubborn about not having accidents. I've been thinking about getting Josh started.
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