Potty Party

Potty training is not exactly a party for us, but you wouldn't know it by looking at these sticker "charts".

There's a party on Mars all day long.

 

 

But, we soon ran out of robot stickers, so we moved on to butterflies.

Butterflies were a good time, and she even got a few for going poop! But then, they were no longer that motivating, so we moved on to...monkeys!



 

 

Her imagination is going wild lately. It's so delightful to watch. She makes up stories and songs for everything that she experiences. Her entire life is one long running commentary. And, she is very methodical about everything. She carefully chooses which sticker goes next, and its placement on the background. She puts similar stickers together. With the monkeys, she was making sure that each monkey got a banana or a flower for a while. When the scene was complete, she tallied up the girl and boy monkeys, and told stories about what they were all doing.

 

We've moved on now, to frogs. I asked her what kind of a background she wanted, and she wanted the frogs to be hopping on rooftops and trees. I may have gotten a little crazy with that one. We'll see.

 

Maybe I'm making this a little bit too fun, though, because what I really want is for the potty training to be OVER! She's really dragging this one out. We've tried all kinds of methods, and we refuse to make it a fight. I just need to have faith. All parents I've ever talked to, and the pediatrician, say that one day they just get it, and it's done.

 

Of course, as far as I'm concerned, if she wants to collaborate on these scenes even after she's going to the bathroom by herself, that's just fine with me. A little art never hurt anyone.