Have a Little Faith

Riley wet the bed after nap yesterday even though we took the rail off. I didn't notice right away, either. I got her fed, bathed and took her to get "me-mes" and then surprise! I was beside myself. I tried to breath deeply, but when Mike came in I explained the situation and excused myself. I went to the bathroom and cried.

Before you condemn me as a horrible mother with ridiculous standards for my not quite 2yr old you need to understand how painful potty training has been for me. Scrubbing floors, changing sheets, kneeling to remove wet underwear, lifting a toddler on and off the toilet or up to the sink. God help me. I am dying. I know it's temporary. I've tried waiting for help, but when there's a nap time accident and the mattress and linens aren't clean by bed time it is very stressful on everyone.

In my perspective I have no choice, but to kill myself and get it done. At least the part of it I can do any given day so that when Mike finishes his work day he can to the last of it and we can get her to bed. Thank for title floors and anti inflammatories. I think I've experienced all the back pain of changing diapers in a much shorter time span since potty training.

She's a good girl and she's so ready to be 100%. Once the bed rail had been off 24hrs she woke up dry and used the potty right away. I'm so glad. I praised her dry bed almost as much as I wept over the wet one last night. Now if I can get her to pull down her underwear before she sits on the potty every time we'll be golden. She tends to forget she's wearing them every third time lately. The only way to teach her is to let her have accidents and self correct. It's just so painful.

The end justifies the screams of pain. It will end. We're so close.