February 27, 2008

Hello, and welcome to

Potty Training Day #3

7:10 Drop off a dry Ariel. We sat on the potty right away but nothing happened.

Your Adam of the day, "Did you know, girls have bellies and boys have tummies, for real!"

Breakfast - yogurt and not oatmeal

7:45 Nice potty pee before we got our coats on to take Alex to school.

8:30 Poopy accident. Ariel didn't tell me she needed to go, but she did go right to the bathroom and started to take her soiled pants off.

8:40 I thought we were set but then we had a pee accident.

8:45 Sears guy got here to deliver our new front loading washer and dryer. He took one look at our laundry closet and said, "Uh, no." We wanted to stack the units but the dryer vent is on one side and the drain on the others. That, and the dryer vent is this crazy flat rectangular mess that the guy confirmed is the reason for our lint problem. So now we need to get that dryer vent fixed so it can be the regular tube kind and stretch across the closet. And this leads me to another rant - the whole laundry closet thing. The people who lived in our house in the '90's did a big remodel and the closet was part of that. In fact, before the remodel, the laundry room was across the house in the old mud room but they thought it would be fun to stick in the master bedroom (believe me, it's NOT fun). It's across from the second bathroom they added and the family room on a slab. They could have done ANYTHING and they made the closet so small that you have to put in tiny units and a big flat vent. And the second bathroom is teeney too, I have no idea why they didn't do a really nice job with jack & jill sinks or even just some more space. They even added 2 ft to the master bedroom but logistically we cannot put a king sized bed and any piece of furniture in our room. Why why why????

So anyway, I had to refuse delivery and we'll have to get an expert in the closet to tell us what we can do. But we need to do something before our house burns down. That, and the washer agitator is broken and the clothes don't get spun dry and the whole thing is one big SNAFU.

9:35 After a bit of time in the bathroom (decked out in toddler style) we got a pee on the potty.



After Ariel got out of the bathroom, she built her pillow fort spaceship that's been happening lately:



10:20 Another pee on the potty!

10:40 Ellen came over with frappachinos. Ariel showed Ellen all her underwear, which since she had only had 2 accidents was mostly clean. At the moment she was wearing her spider man ones.

Ariel was being pretty wild when Ellen was here and we took a video hoping she'd say dammit too. No baby cursing, but here's what a day with Ariel is like:



11:10 Ellen left and Ariel commandeered my frappachino (baby, caffeinated beverage, what could go wrong?). No pee but no accident either.



11:30 Picked up Adam.

11:45 Got home. Ariel sat on the potty for a bit and didn't go so went had some mac & cheese for lunch.

12:20 After lunch Ariel got a cookie and joined George Costanza in the bathroom. She peed, Adam pooped and there was much celebration.



12:30 Put Ariel down for a nap and made a fatal mistake. Since she had just peed and since she woke up dry yesterday I thought that putting on a pullup would be too much work.

2:30 Woke up a wet Ariel in a wet bed, but she sat on the potty and peed.

2:35 Picked up Alex. It was a nice day so we played for a bit but then Alex had to go potty so we went home. Does my life completely revolve around the bathroom, or is it just me?

3:15 Got home. Ariel sat on the potty but did not pee.

3:45 Accident. Gave Ariel another Thin Mint to go sit on the potty. This will be great fodder for later years in therapy - "So, why do I associate Girl Scout cookies with the urge to poop?"

4:30 Pick up. Becky spent some time with Ariel in the bathroom.

4:45 Ariel finally peed.

So today's progress, Accidents: 3, Potties: 6. Stay the course, everyone, stay the course.