15Sept2008: Day 113: The time has come

Well, the time has come to start thinking about potty training Makenna. I'm not sure if I'm ready. I'd be glad, obviously, to get rid of the diapers and that whole deal, but I think our outings on the weekends will be much harder as we'll have to be close to bathroom facilities. Not to mention the accidents that will occur that have to be expected.

The thing is, that she's getting ready. Lately she's been telling us poopy and then a few minutes later she'll go...in her diaper. On Saturday, I tried getting her on the toilet but it was too big and she was nervous about falling in, I assume. Granted, she started saying "potty" at least a month ago, but I think that was back when she was more interested in getting into the toilet to play in it.

She can't quite pull her pants up or down yet, which is another sign, but I figure I better start reading up on it. Hannah's mother told me that she puts Hannah on the training potty in the morning as she watches her favorite cartoon. Hannah is 18 months old (I think - somewhere around that age). So I figure that's a good idea. Plus, my mom gave me ideas on how to do it one day. I'm not sure if I can do it alone in one day. I might wait until General Conference (church), where we'll be home on a Sunday all day. That way I can have Chris help me. That gives me a few weeks to prepare.

So tonight we went out and bought a couple of training potty's. One was just a simple one, and the other one was part of a "package" that comes with a training DVD, pull up pants, the potty, stickers, and a steering wheel. Maybe I'll just have Makenna watch the DVD and learn from that. I realize the steering wheel is a bit weird but it's a potty package for boys so they can sit there and drive a car while they are doing their business. Hopefully that doesn't translate to Makenna as to when you're really supposed to go as she currently has that driving fetish of hers. That's why we got this one compared to the one for girls which was just a pink potty (instead of blue), and a wand of some sort. Why is it that girls get a "magic wand" to learn to go to the bathroom but boys can drive?