Friday, November 30, 2012
About two days before I left for Florida Talli got a severe diaper rash that turned into an infection. It was horrible, she cried every time she went potty because she knew I was going to change her diaper and it hurt so badly. I felt like it needed to let it air out and not have a diaper on so it could begin to heal. But the only problem is I didn't want her having any accidents in the house. So I sat her on the toilet with the Ipad to watch Dora. I figured if her first potty with out a diaper on was in the potty maybe she would catch on quicker. Well sure enough she sat there long enough to go pee and I made a huge deal over it. After that she would pee on the potty every time she took a bath and she even got out of the bath to pee, which is huge. However I was leaving for Florida in two days and didn't think my Dad would appreciate potty training Talli for me. So I didn't even start. Plus I had sworn I would not potty training her until she was three because I was still so scarred from our potty training experience with Maylee. When I got back from Florida she was still going on the potty before she hopped in the tub but we were leaving for AZ for Thanksgiving in four days so again it wasn't a good time to start potty training. I told myself when I got back from AZ I would start. Monday when I got back I took her to Kmart and let her pick out some Dora panties. I started after nap time and she did great, no accidents. But I did tell David that my heart wasn't in this potty training business so I would give it one week and then back in diapers she would go. Tuesday she did awesome, no accidents. I was shocked, she has been my best potty trained child. Although Wednesday I realized she hadn't pooped in 4 days and that her tummy was really hurting. She had a few moments where she would let out a high pitch scream and start crying, I could tell she needed to poo but she would not allow herself too. That afternoon we headed over to Celynda's house to hang out and while she was there she had a few more incidents like that I rushed to the potty but she would not go. Later our friend Briauna came over and I was asking her if she ever had to deal with this type of situation. She said she had and she had to use suppositories and that she still had some if I wanted to try. At this point I felt desperate to get Talli out of pain. So Briauna ran home and grabbed some. Some things I never imaged I would do as a parent includes putting a suppository up my kids bum and holding my finger there as a cork so she couldn't get it out before it dissolved. Yep- that's what I did. I let it work for a few minutes then took her to the potty to try. The poor baby girl, she sat there for 7 minutes screaming and crying, she was so constipated it took her forever to push it out. But finally the relief came and you could tell how much better she felt just by the way she was walking. I'm so glad it worked and now she is no longer afraid to go poo. So I won't be giving up in a week. The girl in officially potty trained. As of now we have only had one tiny little accident. She's a pro, our best one yet. I needed that after our Maylee experience.
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so awesome about the potty training. glad she was ready. the constipation is horrible. Melany went through that recently and helping your kid poop is so gross and they hurt so bad :-(
I waited with Ashtyn til she was almost 3 because of the hard time with Haylie.. I will bw waiting with Melany til 3 or she insists on doing so before.
I am jealous that you have NO diapers!
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