So after all the potty problems we were having a few weeks ago, I decided to read what the experts suggested. Apparently this isn't an uncommon issue, but basically I gathered that we were putting too much pressure on her. She was choosing to not to use the potty to exercise some degree of control over the whole process. So, the next day we didn't mention it at all. No asking if she needed to go. No reminding her to ask for help when she was ready. Nothing. And, it worked. We've not had a problem since adopting this new strategy. I guess the experts do know a thing or two. Now I need to read about how to keep her in bed.
Last night we put Kennedy to sleep at her usual time, around 8:00pm, and she must have come out of the room four times after that (that we know of). First she said that she needed to use the potty. Not likely since she had just used it five minutes earlier. I asked her if that's what it was, or if she needed something else. She changed her mind and said that she needed some lotion on her nose. The next time her CD had ended, so I changed it from Bingo to Dinosaurs. Then when she came out again I didn't ask what she needed, just took her right back to her room. I thought for sure that all the noise would wake Macy up. Finally Jake and I were downstairs watching a movie thinking that she'd finally gone to sleep, when I heard something. I looked, but didn't see her on the stairs. Then I noticed that the Christmas tree lights had been turned out (one of her favorite things to do to be helpful). I got up and found Kennedy behind the couch and hiding under the table. I asked her if she would please come out and then she said in a little, concerned voice, "Oh, there you are!" I could hear Jake trying not to burst out laughing.
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