Being a mom has taught me that one single thing can bring an outpouring of love and blessing on your life and still be the most challenging thing you have ever done! With marathon training or working out work+effort=goal. With parenting right now for me work+effort=more work+more effort! Please know that I wouldn't trade her for anything and am so thankful for her.....but can I get an amen from moms with toddlers??? Seriously ladies we need a support group!!! What worked last during vacation for potty training and eating has been thrown out the window now that I have gone back to work. Oh my word!!!
I don't mean to whine and I am aware that not all of you have children. I guess the thing that is most weighing on me is that I want to do what's best for her but well she unfortunately didn't come with a owners manual! Surely there are other moms out there that are struggling with their kids....or have struggled and now have amazing teenagers.....or that can talk me off the ledge! This will get easier right?
It will get easier and then it will get harder again!! I have four of them, from 2.5 to 15 and some days I want to pull all my ( and their) hair out!! And trying to throw in marathon training with sports schedules, potty training, homework, time with hubby.... It's exhausting. But worth every minute:)
ReplyDeleteoh, Baby! Step into my office!! Potty training is SUCH a struggle for most kids. I don't know if you "need" to have her trained for preschool, but with my boys the thing that worked was letting them go without pants or underpants for a few days. Not very convenient at this time of year... So, if it's not a "she'd GOTTA do it NOW" situation, consider letting her go in a dress without undies or pull ups.
ReplyDeleteAnd in regards to all other traumatic things motherhood, hop on over to my blog and read about my trials my with eldest. Sure do love him. Sure do wish I knew how to bring out the best in him!
Good luck! And, as I've heard from many, "you're doing better than you think you are."
What finally got mine potty trained was we decorated a poster board together. Numbered it 1 - 50 (i think) and had them pick out one thing they would really want once they filled the poster board up. So each time they potted they got a sticker and put in on the #, when they filled it up they were potty trained and I had to fork out the $$ for their one thing. It was well worth it and fun for them to.
ReplyDeleteIt will get easier. Then it'll get harder. Then easier. Then harder. Pretty much forever.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what you are up against specifically with potty training, but you'll both figure it out. Some kids later than others. And some kids need to be left to decide. My 4th kid just figured this out a couple months ago. He'll be 5 in March. I SO feel your pain.
Oh, yes, I hear you... moms of toddlers need to stick together! We haven't ventured into the potty training battle yet, but she keeps me on my toes daily. Hang in there! And feel free to keep whining whenever you need to. :)
ReplyDeleteI sure hope it gets easier....Logan will be 2 tomorrow and I wish I was already pregnant b/c now he will be an only child ;) haha
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, it will get easier. There are always going to be different issues at different ages but toddler time was one of the more difficult times. My boys are 9&11 and I enjoy them at this age (minus the sassing). Sometimes it helps to get it out so feel free to blog it out:). Take a deep breath and come in off that ledge! :)
ReplyDeleteI usually just read and don't post, but I wanted to say 'Hang in There'!!! I remember those days so well even though my kids are 10 & 8. Things will get easier, potty training will work out. Remember, everything has a season. This one is just harder than others.
ReplyDeleteGosh, still battling the night time accidents and my daughter is 5...I feel your pain hon, its no easy battle!!
ReplyDeleteOh it absolutely does get easier - but it never gets less busier! Mine are 8 and 11 - these are the glory years - I want it to stay this way forever. I'm on the cusp of teenagers then I'll be changing my tune.
ReplyDeleteit gets easier...mine are 3 and 5 and are getting easier and easier in a lot of ways! it's always a challenge just sometimes less of one!
ReplyDeleteOh Nancy, you know we are in the same boat with the potty training!!! I don't know what to do!! This is an honest to goodness true story of what happened to us last night. My daughter only wears a diaper to bed now and waits until we put it on her to poop. Last night before going to bed she pooped and then took it out of her diaper and smeared it all over our big screen TV. It was the most disgusting thing ever. My poor husband had to take the special cleaning cloth and clean the whole tv while I hosed her down. UGH!!! I hope for both of our sakes that these stubborn daughters of ours figure it out soon!! Until then, you can virtually cry on my shoulder.
ReplyDeleteyou are doing your best and this is a tough age!! you are a GREAT mom, and love her so much!! Even though this is hard and I try to do it and fail alot try to think in 10 years this won't be a big deal. Also deep breaths!!
ReplyDeleteMy boys are 12 & 16 and at least once a week my husband throws up his hands and says "There's nothing in the manual about this!". Every age can be a challenge, you just have to do the best you can and laugh about it later. In our house we do A LOT of laughing. :oP
ReplyDeleteI have 13 children. Yup. From 24 down to 9 years old. Remember when the last week of pregnancy seemed to last a year? Or when nipples were chaffed from breastfeeding? Or the first one came home and you weren't entirely sure what to do? Whatever you've gone through with your little ones... It gets better. This too shall pass. I don't ever look at my daughter in high school (who was the worst toddler out of them all) and think about potty training her unless you ask. I think about the amazing young woman she is becoming.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was born, my mom told my dad told her "well no matter what, we will screw them up!" I'm sure you are doing an amazing parenting job, marathon training and all :)
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