Levedy

She can't count, but she can wheedle

The potty training is (knock on wood) going well, I think.

Except I think I'm starting to be taken for a ride.

She gets little pieces of leftover candy cane when she uses the potty. She loves "candy games" and will race over from the potty to tell me that she NEEDS one. NEEDS one, mama!

But now she's figured out that instead of fully emptying her bladder, she can let it out five drips and a time and ask for a candy cane. After she's finished with that one, she lets go another five drips.

There's a drip outside the potty, and it's me. I fell for it for a while until I figured out what she was doing. Now the pee has to cover the bottom of the potty before I'll hand over the candy. Oh, and the slivers of candy are getting smaller and smaller. So there.

The next step is taking her outside on walks or for outside play aroudn the neighborhood. Then after that...I guess I'll take her shopping at the grocery store or something. I have NO IDEA how I will wrangle two kids while racing to a public bathroom. Maybe I'll just leave Chris tucked in the produce, in between the potatoes and the turnips. No one really goes there, do they?