{"id":122,"date":"2008-02-29T01:51:09","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T01:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christine.kimballlarsen.com\/old\/weblog\/the_smell_of_change_diaper_.html"},"modified":"2010-03-04T18:00:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T18:00:21","slug":"the-smell-of-change-diaper-change-that-is-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christine.kimballlarsen.com\/?p=122","title":{"rendered":"The smell of change… (diaper change, that is)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My next big project, and the one I have been dreading for about the last 6 months or so, is potty training. My son is going to be 3 in May and he is still in diapers. He will be starting preschool in the fall and they, of course, require that he be potty trained completely – no pull-ups allowed. So I have a deadline imposed by the school, on top of my self-imposed deadline of his third birthday. I have always been of the opinion that 3 years old is too old for diapers for my children.<\/p>\n

So, in typical Christine-fashion, I have a book. Toilet Training in Less than a Day<\/a>. Works pretty well. This is how I potty trained my oldest when it was time. She had just turned 2 when I potty trained her. So I’m a year behind and feeling the pressure on this next one. But, I have taken the time to re-read the book, and as soon as I’ve been to the store to buy training pants I think we’ll be set. Then I just need a morning without the rest of the family around (which means it has to be a Saturday so Daddy can babysit) and for him to be feeling well (he’s had a nasty cold for the past week or so) and we’ll be ready to go.<\/p>\n

I say I’ve been dreading it, and mostly that is because I know myself and I get way too frustrated way too easily when things don’t go exactly the way I have planned. But I’m sure it will be fine, as long as I can remember to keep my cool. I’ve been working on that (see this<\/a> post) and hopefully I’ll be a little better at the whole frustration\/anger issue this time around. I think Isaac will take to this fairly well, and really in about a week or two after I finally make myself potty train him it will all be done and over with and I’ll be down to one child in diapers (hurray!!!) which will be a welcome change. I’ll be sure and post when we’re finished.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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