Break in potty training

Call me loser, but I have given up on potty training and wrestled a nappy on her... might be stupid but I don't care. It was turning into a battle of wills, she will not sit on potty and then I have to bribe her to do it, she will accept the bribe but then sit on the potty for ages and not do anything. She then finally will get up from the potty and immediately wee herself. When I ask her if she will do next wee on potty she says "no, Dharma wees carpet, funny"

Since last Friday we had a total of three wees in the potty... for all I care she can stay in nappies until she marries and her husband can sort her out!

On a more serious note though, I will wait thirty days and then try the 3-day-potty-training technique... Please let that woman not be a fraud and for it actually to work!

Potty training

Why wasn't I told how blooming difficult this is?

Today's highlights: none (regarding potty-training)

Low points: too many to mention, but the most definite low point was when she got up from the potty (without doing anything) declaring she was going to wee on the rug, which in fact she did and said "funny"... Arghhh

I got so desperate I paid and downloaded the 3 day potty training. But she said to stop 30 days and then start again. Not sure, how I would cope with a screaming toddler not wanting to wear a nappy!

Hence, tonight, I needed alternative therapy in form of some "grape"-juice and BONES season 2 (love Bones and first episode with Stephen Fry in it... yay).


Still, dreading tomorrow especially as I am going to see a friend and her new baby tomorrow...I know, I know you should stay in while potty training, but please I get claustrophic, I need to get out...

Oh the guilt...

We are going away this weekend to stay with some of my husband's friends. Although I like to go away, I am never a big fan of staying in someone else's house (unless I know the people really well) and this weekend has some more complications:

1. Potty-training...
Now, it is annoying when a 2 1/2 year old constantly wees on your own floor and you have to keep mopping, but it is anxiety inducing when the prospect of it happening at a friend's house with precious carpet (don't know if the carpet is precious, but they are precious about their carpet...) I've ordered some Bright Bots training pants which at least will hold the wee in a bit, but as it goes at the moment, I would have needed at least 20 pants...

2. Vegetarianism
Three veggies on tour! Visiting meat-eaters... oh dear. Do you eat fish? No, I am a vegetarian. Should I feel bad that I refuse to eat animals of any description. (I was told the other day, that a fish is not an animal...). Why do I feel so guilty, I am feeling like I am super complicated, difficult and fussy. Yet, all I do is not eat meat or fish. Seriously, any host should be pleased, how cheap are we to cater for. No need to buy expensive meat, cook us a tomato pasta and we are happy. Don't get me wrong, our friends seem to be super-accommodating, it's me with the issue.

3. Early mornings
Our friends are blessed with two children who like lie-ins. I have a child who likes early-mornings. 5am starts are not uncommon, 6 am is pretty much a given, 7 am is the rare exception and classed as a lie-in. They have lie-ins until 9 am... What do you do when you stay in someone else's house and are up 4 hours before they are... ?

I am looking forward to seeing them nonetheless, despite my anxieties concerning the trip.