Leave Your Potty Training Tips at Home

Do you know how many different tips there are for potty training? I don't but I can tell you there are tons and tons of advice and as a mom you read them all trying to see if you can get your kid out of the diapers and peeing in the potty because blogs, pinterest and google are the closest things to a manual we momma's get! I swear our kids don't come with a manual for a reason...

You've tried all the books and all the blogs and see all of these rock star moms that seem like they know everything. Let’s just be honest, these moms were in the same exact place as you are right now. They knew nothing and then they found something that worked for them and well now "it is the answer for all kids" or almost all.

-_- Mothers as a group can we just come together and say "This kid thing is hard and sometimes we are just clueless? And that is okay!"

 I always wondered how all these other moms had their children potty trained by eighteen months and here I am with my almost three year old who has zero interest. So I stressed and stressed and pushed the potty on her begging her to just tinkle a little bit in the potty. I offered snacks, stickers, gifts, hugs and kisses. I let her go naked; I cleaned up multiple messes and cried a few times because of it. I got discouraged and I gave up for a while and felt defeated like my kid was going to be that ONE kid that goes to high school wearing diapers! 

Then one day I decided to ignore all the 50 million types of advice everyone had given me and just decide something and stick to it. 

I am not going to tell you what worked for my kid because I really don't think that it is necessary to add more fuel to a fire that is already overwhelming. What I will tell you is stressing about what age your kid potty trains or even how doesn't make the inevitable happen any quicker. 

When I stopped putting pressure on myself as a parent to have a perfectly potty trained kid by 18 months well guess what my kid started potty training. I stopped setting time limits and I stopped flip flopping ideas trying to find what worked. 

As mothers we know our kids. We know what makes them tick and what works for them. Sometimes we got a lot of crazy going on and can't figure out exactly what to do but the minute things calm down it clicks and it works. 

I know this one article won’t stop people for searching for advice and I am sure some of that advice will help. Just keep in mind when it seems like nothing is working take a step back, calm down and reevaluate. Decide what to do and just stick to it.

Good Luck Crazy Mommy's!!!!

~Chaotic Momma~