Day 7

I recently blogged and begged for help about my daughters and them wearing their diapers during nap time, or the lack there of!! Today is day 7 of our nap time training. I read over all of your comments for what seems like a hundred times; many of the ideas I had tried on numerous occasions. My mother-in-law even went out and bought pull-ups while she was here.

The day our company left last week, I decided it was time to get serious and figure something out. I had the girls put their pull-ups on and had a long LONG LOOONG talk with them about how they were 'big girl panties' and they were to leave them on and NOT go potty in them. I made them go to the bathroom before I laid them down and, just in case, I left their training potty chair in their room. Because I left the potty chair in their bedroom (which they have emptied several times) I decided to leave their door open and constantly remind them to keep their eyes closed.

Within 20 minutes they were both sound asleep. Day 2 it only took 10 minutes and it has remained that way ever since. I think they are too scared to open their eyes in fear that I will see them and they will get into trouble. Whatever the reason, it works!! Something as simple as leaving their bedroom door open did the trick. I feel like an idiot for not trying it sooner. A happy idiot, though! :)

On day 4 I decided to get rid of the pull-ups all together. They did GREAT! Now they actually wear their 'big girl panties'...Dora, if you care to know! haha. They wake up dry, make sure to tell me, then we CELEBRATE! We dance around and sometimes we share ice cream. You can tell by the look on their faces that they are so proud of themselves. We still put pull-ups on them in the evenings and I am not sure when or how I will change that. For now, I am in no hurry. I am just proud of them for being 100% potty trained during the day. Yay!!

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See this little beauty??

Look at her little tooth!!

A little Mommy help, PLEASE!

I know all you really care about are the pictures of my adorable little girls, but I'm in need of some serious mommy help. My girls will be 3 years old in a matter of weeks (3 to be exact) and they are currently potty trained during the day. The diapers come off first thing in the morning and they both use the restroom all day long. Of course diapers are used whenever they go to sleep because they can't seem to hold it...especially Allison.

I have tried putting their learning potty in their room, but it ends up on the floor! I've tried making them use the restroom before I lay them down...doesn't work. I even left their bedroom door open one day so they could use their own bathroom toilet...NOT a very good idea. haha.

The only thing that seems to work is putting a diaper on them...which I am okay with. However, this brings up my next problem. They won't leave their diapers on. I have even resulted in duck taping the diapers onto them. The tape goes all the way around their waist and I even tuck the end of the tape into the diaper so they can't pull it off. Well, maybe it's because there are two of them and they work together, but they have figured out my little trick. I am out of ideas. There is nothing I can do to keep their diapers on.

What happens when they get their diapers off?? They go on the floor of course! DISGUSTING does not even begin to describe it. I can't tell you the number of times I have gotten on my hands and knees to pick up their 'business' or how many bottles of febreeze have been used in their room. It's horrible!

How do I handle the situation? I've done everything...talking to them and trying to explain what they should and shouldn't do, time out, spanking and yelling, rewarding them when the diapers stay on, and in very rare occasions, I made them help me clean it. Some days are better than others and no, I don't always handle the situation in the best way. I'm desperate!

Does everyone honestly go through this much trouble, or am I the only lonely mommy that deals with it? Is it a twin thing? A girl thing? A 2 year old thing? HELP!

I'm open to just about anything.

I am at a loss as to what I should do now.