Last Saturday we embarked on the three-day mission to potty-train Aerin using the same method we did for Micah. Since she'd already been staying dry and using the toilet at daycare, we figured it would go pretty smoothly.
It did not.
Day one was great. Day two nearly killed us all (zero successes, ONE MILLION temper tantrums). I went back to work for the afternoon of day three, and then I left town for days four and five, during which Micah got very sick and had to stay home from school. I got back home Wednesday evening just as Aerin crapped her pants for the third time in as many hours. Todd, after two and a half days alone with a sick boy and a ticking pee bomb, greeted me with all the relief of a soldier coming off the front lines and immediately poured himself a drink.
So here we are on day 10. Pee goes in the potty, mostly. We played outside most of the day yesterday without any accidents or unsuccessful emergency runs inside. She still refuses to poop. We have to go up at 10 PM and 4 AM to take her to the bathroom so her sheets stay dry. She stays dry all day at daycare. So...mission sort of accomplished?
I'm leaving town again this Thursday and won't be back until Saturday afternoon. And the daycare just called to tell me Aerin's running a fever.
Good luck, Todd. We're all counting on you.
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