One year ago we embarked on the wonderful world of potty training. With great excitement (and a little trepidation) I began the arduous task of asking Eleanor if she wanted to sit on the potty. We met with very little resistance, provided she was allowed to keep her diaper on while sitting on the potty. After several attempts to see if she'd sit bare bottomed, she finally did! Yay! Eleanor went pee pee on the potty... the raptures we had... over a little purple bowl filled with urine. We found our little genius would pee on the pot whenever we sat her upon it... or in her diaper if we didn't ask her. Come summer we determined to try the "naked method". So for a few weeks over the summer we let our cherub run naked about the house, and she consistently peed on the pot! Unfortunately she left poop piles in the oddest places... like the middle of the playroom floor, surrounded by her favorite toys. Maybe she was leaving an offering.....? So we continued our efforts with these "offerings" occasionally cropping up.... until the night our friends came to swim. After swimming we changed the kids and left my Eleanor's backside bare. My friend praised her when she caught her sitting on the potty.... and then she looked down to where my youngest was playing with her daughter... in a tributary offering to the toy gods....
After bathing the three girls thoroughly, we deftly diapered them while our husband's shampooed the carpet. Needless to say we took a little potty training break at this point. We have returned to the potty training, and have discovered a very exciting tidbit... Eleanor is COMPLETELY potty trained! That is, she is potty trained provided you leave her backside completely naked. The minute undies, diaper, or pullup touches that tush... she pees.
Sigh..... at least the offerings to the toy gods have ceased.
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