Toilet Training is for the Strong in Stomach!!

****WARNING GRAPHIC PICTURES BELOW***

Yes, that IS fecal matter EVERYWHERE--the lid on the toilet is the worst!

I have NEVER had a child show an aggressive interest in toilet training!

...UNTIL DACIE (there is always a first!)

She has always loved to strip, and take on and off clothes.

Lately those clothes have included her diapers.

After watching everyone else in the house go to the bathroom on the toilet-I OFTEN found her totally naked, toilet paper EVERYWHERE, sitting on the pot. She mercilessly removed her diaper despite what it contained in it. I begged her to let mommy remove it...BUT my pleas were in vain.

I have felt that although she has expressed a real interest, she is not quite mature enough to realize the urge to urinate ( however she has commented on the other form of bathroom use) NOR connect any form of reward to using the toilet. She just thought I was being a cool mom who gave her a sticker and a treat for fun.It was more of a matter of novelty.

BUT so many experts and experienced advised otherwise telling me that I was losing my window of opportunity to toilet train her.

No diapers had a nice ring to it...so I gave in, and decided I would ease into toilet training.

I pulled out the potty training toilet.
There were a few accidents where things ended up IN the toilet, and she enjoyed seeing me jump up and down in celebration.

One time she started going number 2 BUT insisted on putting the diaper back on where she promptly went in it--and then immediately wanted me to remove it and for her to sit on the toilet.

I was going through diapers like they were going out of style...because they were off and on and most the time had a little bit of something in them.

It was tiring and I spent allot of time running in and out, taking on and off--not to mention how on EARTH do you teach a girl to wipe properly? (front to back)...so I spent allot of time wiping and telling her to stop her own messy wiping as well. I was trying to allow her to see that it was OK to do it.

UNTIL-Saturday. I kept hearing the toilet flush (which is always a bad sign in our house) and Dan walked into the kids bathroom and scream!! EWE! oh MY!! EWE! ALICIA GRAB YOUR CAMERA!!

To which I found this (and the pictures do not do it justice)

Dacie had removed her diaper which had poop in it. She decided to try to wipe herself and throw it in the trash and toilet. It was on the floors, walls, Dacie's hands were covered (to which they went straight to her face, when Dan started yelling).The toilet was clogged with an entire container of wipes. It was a literal murder scene of pooh!

After a bottle of bleach, baths, the toilet thrown in the trash, and a good hour of cleaning. Toilet training has been officially "called off". We have NOW resorted to the duct tape form of diapering (below).

AND for any of those experts and experienced who feel otherwise... you are WELCOME to help her--BUT you HAVE to clean it up!