"I HAVE TO GO TO THE POTTY!"

Yesterday, I was feeding the baby on the couch. My daughter decides to put on some new underwear, and immediately after she says, "I HAVE TO GO TO THE POTTY!" She goes to get her potty to bring it out to the living room because it was dark by the bathroom and she was afraid. So she carries this potty out, and sits down on it because she really had to go!

The problem? She was still wearing her underwear. The underwear I just folded. Sigh. At least she went to the potty, right?

I spend a lot of my time in the bathroom with my 3 year old. We go about 4 times an hour every time we go to Wal-Mart, it seems. She doesn't even "go" every time we go to the bathroom. She will swear up and down that she has to go and then we get there and she just wants to wash her hands. I am glad not to have the extra expense for her diapers anymore, but I long for the day when I don't have to drop everything to rush her to the bathroom RIGHT AWAY because she has to pee RIGHT NOW!!! The worst is when we are at the mall or a department store, and I have a cartload of stuff and an infant to tote along with me, and we have to hurry. Or when we're visiting at some else's house and I'm feeding the baby.

Then, when we get to the bathroom, I pull her pants down and sit her on the toilet, where she can hold herself up, at which point she looks at me and says, "DON'T WATCH ME THIS TIME!" Great. Now every person in this public washroom thinks I'm some sort of pervert.

Just think, by the time she's big enough to get on and off of any toilet and take herself to the bathroom, I get to start all over with my son.

Oh, the joys of potty training!