Believe it or not these newest children have been with us
for about 5 weeks. I love them more than
I can explain. They warn you not to get
to attached when doing foster care. I would like to know how to love these
children and to care for them appropriately and not to let that happen. I understand they possibly could be returned
however I am praying against that. God
is so much bigger than what we are faced with. Please continue to pray for us.
After spending every waking moment with these little ones I
have come to know them very well. One of
my frustrations is getting these little ones potty trained. Little M is 4 years old and Little K is 5. Little M is completely potty trained however
yesterday she pottied her pants 3 different times. Little K will potty her pull up all day long
if you don't remind her to go potty. There
are days she will stay dry all day but then there are days when she will potty
all day in her pull up. I have tried to
only put her big girl pants but then she will potty in her big girl pants and I
am constantly going through clothes. I realize they have been through so much
so I have to take that into consideration. I have a reward system in place where every
time they go potty they get a sticker. She
is very good at following through with this unless she is in the middle of
something she enjoys. It is much easier
to go potty in her pull up than stop what she is doing and go potty where she should. I am a very patient
person when it comes to bed wetting only because I use to be a bed wetter
myself. This I can handle and I feel
very companionate when this happens. It
is in the day time that I get a little irritated when potting in their pants happen.
These little girls I have are very girly girl!! Its all
about pinks, purple, princesses and Hello Kitty. I decided yesterday to go buy boy pull
ups. Once I got home I pulled each girl
aside. For Little M I told her that if
she potties her pants any more she will go in these. I showed her the boy pull up. Her eyes got really big! She said she will go
in the potty from now on. She said she did
not like boy pull ups! We sat and stared
at the boy packaging with all the cars and little boy on the front. Then I pulled out the princess pull up and
I said we are not going to wear this any more. From now on you will only wear the boy pull up
if she is going to wet her pants. She
was beside herself! Since then she has
had no accidents!!!
This is what they were wearing! Isn't is pretty? All pink and pretty? with purple designs?
Why would you want to be potty trained?
This is what they are wearing now. Guess what?? We have had no accidents!!!
I took Little K (who is five years old and is NOT potty
trained) aside and told her the same thing.
I pulled out the boy pull up and said from now on she is going wear
this. No more princess pull ups. Surprisingly she said "I like
them!!" I was in disbelief!! She was NOT suppose to say that! I then
pulled out the pink princess pull up and said that she will no longer wear the
princess pull up except at night time. We
then stared at the boy pull up packaging and I said "this sure does look
like a pull up for a boy. Yep -- this is what you are
going to be in. Next you will be in big
girl pants!" She looked at me and said
she wanted the princess pull up. "Sorry--
you need to stop wetting you pants then you can have princess big girl
pants". I am happy to tell you
there has been no accidents and she actually woke up dry!!
I can't stand manipulation but I am giving myself to use manipulation so I never again have to buy pull ups again!!
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