I have been working relentlessly with Ceyda for weeks trying to convince her now is the time she can start using the big girl toilet and potty again. At the end of he summer, when she was only 2 years old she was by all accounts potty trained..i thought...until we went back to the UK. My parents have an old large house that creeks and cracks wherever you go... the stress of trying to find the toilet was just too much for her. On the second day she said she had to go " wee wee" and not even i could sprint with her down the hall in time. We tried giving her the privacy of her own loo in the pantry but all the tupperware and canned foods were far too much of a distraction.. and when the tears started i made the decision to revert back to nappies...
Now 5 months later and she now just refuses... she will happily pee anywhere but in the toilet. She is not one to push or coerce easily, i have know this since she turned one, Ceyda is determined to do what she wants in her own time no one elses. That was until today when out of knowhere she came to me and said " mummy me wee wee in toilet " i actually panicked, the toilets covers and block for her to stand on were under the stairs (we had eledery guests at the weekend didnt want to have any toliet confusion or accidents with them in my little loo)
We were in time and i was so happy afterwards i began the pee pee in the potty song.. ( i think it was from Look Who's Talking ) she has been singing the song ever since. Now what ? back to the potty training books ? Do i pop pants on her tomorrow ? It feels like one down and a million to go... and then there is the number twos she told me she didnt want to do number two in the toilet cos they quote " smell and look ewww" i said but is it better if they are close to your bottom... and a definitive " Yes Isla" ( she always calls me Isla when she thinks i am being daft" Sometimes i can hear her age 13 saying oh Isla pleeese you are embarassing me !!!
