So, I am potty training
CatBird...and I will admit, she is rocking the potty!! Only a couple of accidents, she refuses (yes, REFUSES) diapers or pull ups. She informed me, only because I have told her, "no more diapers mommy". I am very proud.
Though, I do have a question...do you bribe a 2 year old to "poop on the potty" with toys? My answer at first would be no. But if anyone has ever had a 2 year old that will NOT poop on the potty, I had to use it as a last resort.
So, after 4 days of no pooping, I told Ava that we will go and buy whatever toy she wanted if she would just poop. She informs me that it has to be a Dora toy.
OK, I am good for that.
Today we have to go to
Walmart. First, to get dog food. And second, because I found a recipe for Sonic Cherry
Limeade, which I have an addiction to, and I needed the ingredients. Ava insists that she is getting her Dora toy. I explain, in
Walmart, that she has to poop on the potty. She is OK with this, and we go about our shopping.
We get home, start eating dinner, I thought she was going to explode! Her face is blood read, she is sweating, and she tells me, "I'm pooping". We rush to the bathroom, and behold!!! Ava poops in the potty. I really think she has poop anxiety (just on the potty, we never had this problem with diapers) and she has made herself constipated. Poor child. After she is done, she asks if we can go get her Dora toy. So we eat, load up in the car, and go to
KMart (I am not happy, since we just got back from
Walmart, but a promise is a promise, I won't go back on my word with her).
She opts for the Know Your Name Dora Phone. Great little toy, costs me 15 bucks, but I can hook it up to the computer and it will download her name so when you push the button, it will say "
Hola Ava...blah, blah, blah..."
The great thing about this story is...on the way home, she is talking to Dora. I hear her say, "Hi Dora...guess what? I pooped in the potty, and it was a BIG
POOPER!!!" I had tears rolling down my face I was laughing so hard...but not out loud! I wouldn't want her to hear me laugh over her pooping in the potty. But seriously, how funny is that?
We got home and downloaded her name into the phone. Now every time she pushes the button she says, "did you hear that, Dora says my name!!!" She really is the cutest thing!