Yesterday, I was THAT mom with THAT kid in the grocery store. Mia was screaming, arching out of the cart seat and nearly hyperventilating. I should have known better than to do errands yesterday; she had an IVIG infusion in the morning and she is always crabby afterwards. So, she’s crabby and falls asleep in the car (thankyou benedryl..also makes her crabby), and the ultimate bonehead move, I woke her up at the grocery store. Bad mommy.
Mia is learning to use the potty. We’ve been talking about it for a while, preparing her for the idea. We bought a little potty for her to mess with because she is deathly afraid of the big toilet. She explored it by taking it apart, wearing the seat as a hat, carrying the lid around and eventually sitting on it. She had only used it a few times until today, all day with a few accidents so far. She was so scared of her own pee and screamed whenever she went, but today I’m using the tough luck approach. I told her we had no diapers today and have kept her in old stretch pants. I ask her every ten minutes or so if she needs to potty and she even asks on her own sometimes. It is getting closer to the time for “big girl” underwear!
