I hate potty training. I hated it the first time I did it when my oldest was two and a half. I remember the second day in I felt an overwhelming feeling of just wanting to go back. Couldn't we just go back? Diapers aren't so bad, right? I didn't end up going back then, but I still remember that feeling. And it's probably why I have waited so long to potty train my three year old. I have waited and put it off and procrastinated and come up with a hundred other things that I "need" to do first. But now we're in the midst of it and I can't help but think, "This is why. THIS is why I have put it off for so long. Because I. HATE. IT." It's so hard. And I'd like to just go back. Or maybe fast forward? When will this child be potty trained, WHEN?? I wish I knew the answer to that, but I don't. I need to continue on, hopefully moving forward a little day by day, until one day I reach the point where I can look back on this experience and say, "You know, we made it through. It didn't break me".
In the meantime, my sofa will look like this:
If you are potty training, I highly recommend getting one of these so your sofa can look as great as mine. Or you may already have one in a closet somewhere like I did. In all seriousness though, it's great because the elastic pretty much fits around the width of my sofa cushion and I just folded the excess under. It's soft so my son still has a comfortable place to sit, I don't feel like I'm being mean making him sit on the floor, and if he pees on it, I can just take it off and wash it.
I also recommend getting this stuff for when the mess can't be just put in the washer. I've been using this on our carpet and any upholstery that gets *ahem* peed on.
To any fellow potty training mamas out there, I feel you. And if I could, I would buy you this pin. I know I could have used it today.
