Apparently, (from about 7 moms I've heard from) potty training regression is completely normal. I chatted with my neighbor for awhile this afternoon, all her kids are up and grown and out of the house. She had some words of wisdom that I needed to hear today. She said what happens is you spend this time potty training and the idea is on their minds and they have been trained to look for the clues. Mom becomes more relaxed and the child becomes more relaxed and they start remembering using a diaper and how easy it was. They become forgetful and start having accidents. I have been taking her way more often now, which hasn't been working, but i really need to be consistent with my timer. She also suggested monitoring her liquid intake. Gosh, I hadn't been thinking of that. So I started this afternoon, and she was drinking so much. It's going to be a little tougher than I thought. But all the moms said it only lasts a few days. My whole attitude towards her completely changed. It's nice to know it's not just us. It's tough that this all is popping up right during the week that she is testing me.
We had another rough day. My patience is so short right now. Courtney was up at 6:30 am! She has never been up that early. Always a new plan, so my current plan has been: huge celebration when she listens the first time, every time she gets out of bed, I take a money out of her piggy bank, and I'm trying to catch her being good, so Im going to go in her room super early tomorrow morning and if she is in bed, she will get her money and then I will let her watch TV in my bed first thing in the morning and then slowly move the time later. I always thought I was a patient person, but I guess I'm not. These girls are sure putting it to a test. I tried to spend a lot of time with just Courtney and I had her help me a bunch, it seemed to help.
Tomorrow is a new day!
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