I called this 'Really Day 4' since it is the fourth day I really tried to train him and didn't put diapers on him all day. Today was a rough day. My parents take care of Makenna all day on Monday and Noah LOVES Makenna. I love when she can come over because he just adores her. It was really hard to manage them playing while trying to potty train Noah. Makenna has a personal space that no one can enter and is very sweet and gentle. Noah has no personal space, loves touch, and is very active and rough. So that can get interesting at times.
We have only allowed Noah to stay on the tile or outside while he is potty training so that he doesn't make any mistakes on the carpet. That was exceptionally hard today because Makenna wanted to be on the carpet and of course Noah wanted to be wherever Makenna was...trouble. It was so sad to try to make him stay on the tile when we were on the carpet...it was like we were telling him he didn't belong. It was sad. I tried to stay on the tile as much as I could so he would not be alone.
He actually had his first mistake on the stairs. I told him to stay off the carpet after the mistake and of course he started climbing the stairs on the outside of the rail. Yea, not safe. But all is well and we did somehow survive the day. I think the hardest part of the day was taking Noah to gymnastics class with Makenna. I knew he would like it and wanted to get him out of the house for some fun...it didn't go well. I knew I would regret the trip before I took Noah and hauled Luke along with me. On my way home, I told myself a million times...why did I do that. Noah didn't want to do what the class was doing. He didn't want to jump on his own tramp but wanted to jump with Makenna. He didn't want to do the dancing part of the class either. He wanted to climb and jump into the pit only. He loved pit time and did OK on the obsticle part. Finally after taking him to the stands and back to class about 8 times, I said it was time to go. He kicked and screamed because he wanted to stay. He cried harder than he ever has in his ENTIRE life when we left and tried to get him into his car seat. I didn't think I was going to accompolish the task of getting him into his seat. He wanted to go back to gymnastics. All of this going on while Luke is screaming his head off. It was a pleasent ride home. I immediately gave Noah his milk, bath, and put him to bed. After he didn't fall asleep I let him get up again and eat a nutragrain bar before going to bed again (since he didn't eat dinner well and I didn't want him waking up early again). Noah was so sweet and cute at that point so it made me forget how hard the day was. He is so loving and precious and did great on the potty at that point (he knew he needed to poop, told me, and went). He helped me bathe Luke and had some sweet time with Grandpa and Nana. I guess God gives us those times to forget the ones where you want to pull your hair out. Mothering is not easy but God gives us the strength, grace, and patience to endure. I thank God everyday for my special boys. I love them so much. I am blessed to have them. I just hope they learn the godly things I do and not how impatient and frustrated I can get with their disobedience. Praise God for forgiveness and loving us even when we are sinners! God is good!
I am going to try to give Noah a lot less drink tomorrow and see how well he does. I think he is getting extremely tired of going to the potty every 15 minutes. I think he will do a lot better when he can actually play for a while before having to go again. I think he knows when he needs to poop and doing pretty well holding his pee and going on the potty when I take him. The difficult part is when I can't take him because I am nursing Luke or trying to put him down. I think that will be a continually struggle until Noah can really hold it well for a while. Better get to sleep so I am ready for Day 5. :)
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