Little Sister, Don't You Know?

Little Sister is STILL potty training. Why is it that kids find it harder to go poop on the potty? I don't get it. A couple of nights ago, we were sitting downstairs while the girls played up in the bonus room. We heard someone in the bathroom and they were in there a WHILE. So I finally said, "What are you doing?" Little Sister's voice replied, "I'm washing my finger." Okay, so I'm thinking this can't be good. She had pooped in her pull up and tried to clean things up herself. She was washing her hands but there was poop EVERYWHERE.

Yesterday afternoon I called my husband from work. He sounded busy and frustrated. When I asked what he was doing, he replied, "I'm cleaning crap off the toilet, wall and sink!" I knew exactly what had happened. And he is sooooo not good with poop.

Then I came home to find my husband and the neighbor vacuuming the driveway. (We had strong winds and the neighbors patio table blew over and the glass top shattered in our driveway) Little Sister was in the garage. I took her inside where she promptly announced, "I need to go potty!" I'm thinking, "Great! She's finally getting it!" But when I tried to go with her, she kept pushing me out the door and saying, "NO! I do it myself!" I immediately grew suspicious and when she turned her back, I saw that she'd done it again! Twice in one day! And she was trying to hide the evidence by "doing it herself". Believe me, if she were capable of cleaning up her mistakes I would gladly let her. But needless to say, those panties went in the trash.

So today, we will try again. And maybe, just maybe, we'll have her trained by kindergarten.