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Thursday, January 5, 2012

My biggest nightmare of the time is over

It was about time we got Aanya potty trained. I had tried on and off ever since she was 18 months old. Sometimes it seemed she is taking to it and sometimes she seemed miles away from it.
Some of her friends started getting trained when they turned two and were trained within a couple of months. I did the same...or at least tried to do the same but failed. And then I found out I was pregnant. I was in no state to deal with her accidents and she was almost 2 1/2 year old. It was a nightmare to even think that soon I'll be having my second child and my first will not be potty trained even after 3 years. How embarassing... and how could I ever take her to India in diapers when all her younger siblings would be roaming around without one!
Come Thanksgiving, Sachin decided it was time to put in real efforts. We left her without diapers for 3 days and somehow managed to deal with accidents (which happened every hour)... but at the end of those 3 days she started showing signs. She wasn't telling but controlled herself for a couple of hours. The daycare people helped in the process and here she is...without a diaper....even in the night!