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[flea]

Casper is attending Camp Invention this week, which is on campus. Camp goes from 9-3:30; registration started at 8:30 today. Today Casper and I got dropped off at my work at 7:45, left my work at about 8:10 to make our way down the camp, which is in a building at the other end of campus (I intended to walk but forgot how slow children are; we took the bus after walking 1/3 of the way). I registered her, chatted with an acquaintance, and booked it back up to the Main library. Then I worked, then left work at 3:15, got a bus after waiting 8 minutes (it was 90 degrees by then, no fun walking at my pace for 20 minutes), back down, picked her up, bus back, we got to my office by about 3:50. I set her up on the computer of my coworker who was out today, and she did a little playing with Teletubbies. I had to go over and help her figure out what to click approximately every 3 minutes. I got my one email drafted and mailed. We left at 4:55 and went to get picked up.

Tomorrow and Thursday a friend is taking Casper home after camp, because I have 3-4 and 3:30-5pm meetings. Because the friend has a swim lesson at 6, we have to be prompt at picking Casper up right at 5. No, I have no idea how I'm going to go to a meeting that lasts until 5 and then be across town also at 5.

I was mentally exhausted and stressed out all day about this (and also, again, still, about the stupid vacation we are having to take in 4 weeks, and money). This is why I like the YMCA, because they run from 8-6.

Also, my bedroom will never be painted at this rate. Also also, my son will be 3 in six weeks and still have NEVER peed in the potty. Am I going to fail at potty training TWICE?

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[amy37.livejournal.com]

He'll do it. Probably on his schedule, but he will. After wrestling with the boys, I let Sara decide without much intervention (although we had a potty, and a book, and had talked about, etc.).

One day she was ready. And that was that. Same thing just happened to my brother's little girl, who is a few days short of three.

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

You can't fail at potty training. At some point before high school Dillo will manage it.

Nora's in a very accident-prone phase right now. I'm sending 3 changes of clothes along to daycare every day because she forgets to stop playing outside & go to the bathroom. ::sigh::

[cashmerepett.livejournal.com]

I thought girls were supposed to be easier than boys. Liv refuses to use it, unless we're in a restaurant where she can lock the stall for "PRIVACY!" I'm trying not to panic because she needs to be trained to go to preschool in the fall and I'm not sure she'll come out of the defiant stage before then.

But it's true you can't fail--they'll follow their own schedule no matter what you do.

With Owen it was like a switched flipped one month after his fourth birthday.

[mearagrrl.livejournal.com]

How did you fail? Isn't Casper potty trained?

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

Mostly. She has poop accidents - little ones - fairly often. And I have to rigorously practice butt-wiping directions with her. So, yes, she's technically potty trained, but it was long and hard work and I know some of the reason why was our actions and how we dealt with it - i.e. fail.