I never thought I would say those words as much as I have said them in the last two days. Monday we started potty training. It is past time, I think, but JD doesn’t care what I think. Personally, I have always believed that if a child can tell you that he has gone poopie and needs you to change him that he should be going in the potty. Well, as all mothers know, what you thought before children will be shoved back down your throat by your own child. So, around a year and half we decided to start putting JD on the potty hoping it would encourage him to go. Well, he says no, then no again, and then no once more. So…it’s Spring Break!! And while all my friends and students are enjoying a week of “Fun in the Sun” I am sitting in the bathroom looking at pee pee and poo poo. What fun!! But, I had no plans this week, so it is the perfect time to potty train. But……..

OH LORD GRANT ME PATIENCE!!! JD is a ham. If he has someone’s attention he is going to do everything he knows how to keep you entertained. Crystal was helping me yesterday (God bless her!) and she realized that you had to leave JD in the bathroom by himself or he won’t concentrate. JD has issues concentrating on the task at hand (he is 2, you know). At this very moment JD has been in the bathroom for 10 minutes. I know he has to poopie because he has been tooting for the last hour. But, instead of going he is in there singing to himself. He doesn’t need an audience. Maybe he is enjoying the acoustics of the bathroom–don’t we all sing in the shower?

So, any advice would be greatly appreciated and needed!! Until he figures this out I will need lots of prayer for patience and extra money for the extra laundry (I guess I am saving money with no diapers, so that evens itself out). Keep praying for JD, Michael and myself and send any words of advice my way!

Until the next time…I want to see some poopie!!!!