Potty grooming twins: Part v {Follow up}
Before y'all fifty-fifty read the balance of this, y'all should know that today is not my best mommy day. I was upwards one-half the nighttime amongst Braxton Hicks. Our asthmatic toddler is having a modest flare up, not too bad but plenty to position him out of sorts. I woke upwards exhausted; he woke upwards whining. Then I served the boys breakfast, crock pot oatmeal amongst apples, cinnamon, in addition to chocolate-brown saccharide simmered inwards it all night, topped amongst walnuts in addition to heavy cream this morning. There was an absolute boycott at breakfast, "What is this? This non how y'all build oatmeal!" Our oldest said, "I similar oatmeal how Marmie makes it, non similar this." (Marmie is my momma.) By nine am, I was exhausted in addition to create for either a re-do of the solar daytime or bedtime. I would similar to banknote that the oatmeal was actually adept in addition to tasted almost just similar the instant packets of Quaker Oats Apple in addition to Cinnamon, addition it was create every bit shortly every bit nosotros got up!
So this spider web log postal service is brought to y'all yesteryear my pleasant we've-made-it-to-mid-afternoon attitude. With that said, I idea this would live the perfect afternoon to give y'all a follow-up on potty preparation toddler twins.
How has potty preparation been going? I'm going to say, "Good..."
Why such a tentative answer? You would retrieve that getting 2 toddlers out of diapers would live a hands downwardly relief. I sure enough idea it would live (read "Potty preparation 2.5 twelvemonth one-time twin boys?"). In a lot of ways, it is. I don't receive got to alter their poopy diapers; every raise knows that yesteryear the fourth dimension your children are reaching 3-years old, their stinky diapers are horrendous. Not changing those is nice. It is also overnice non to worry nigh buying diapers. While nosotros weren't flight through diapers amongst twin toddlers similar nosotros were amongst twin infants, nosotros even therefore needed a diaper stash. Even better, I haven't bought babe wipes inwards months.
But in that place is a downside. I read this postal service yesteryear "30 Fingers, thirty Toes: Potty Training & Avoiding Public Restrooms." I couldn't concur more. It is a nightmare. When I dice out amongst the boys yesteryear myself, most of the fourth dimension I receive got to drag all our materials into the bath amongst us (reason number 1 that I even therefore force a stroller, every bit mentioned inwards "Toddler twin must haves (2yo to 3yo)"). Once I acquire us all inwards there, I receive got iii boys exploring a world bath amongst their hands. Our 5-year one-time actually is rattling adept inwards the bathroom, but he starts trying to aid wrangle his brothers in addition to it only becomes this whole hands on experience. In Earth bathroom. The toddlers are pretty good. As in, grabbing mitt rails, trying to aid elevator the bathroom lids, wanting to aid lock in addition to unlock the bath stalls... Washing their hands is a struggle. After I launder ane laid upwards of hands, he's off trying to man-handle the trash tin to throw his newspaper towel away piece I'm stuck at the sink trying to launder the other laid upwards of hands, piece their older blood brother is opening the bath door to "help" remove keep the door for me (which, inwards action, is actually only letting his brothers escape earlier I'm done). It is non-stop stress for me from the moment we come inwards the bath to when nosotros finally move out it. One of the few pluses, which actually is a addition whether they are potty trained or not, is that I tin receive got them all stand upwards adjacent to the stroller exterior of the bath stall where I tin reckon their feet therefore I don't receive got to receive got them all inwards the bath stall amongst me; our 5-year one-time is very good at bossing his brothers unopen to in addition to enjoys when I enjoin him to build sure no ane moves an inch.
Then y'all receive got the constant, "I receive got to dice potty!" When nosotros dice out every bit a family, we'll live sitting at the eating theater tabular array in addition to our oldest volition country he has to job the restroom. Since nosotros are sitting unopen to the restroom in addition to tin reckon him dice inwards in addition to out, nosotros say, "Go ahead." We sentry him move out the tabular array in addition to caput into the bathroom. Then ane of the toddlers says he has to go. We enquire the other toddler if he also needs to job the restroom. He says no. So my hubby takes the starting fourth dimension toddler to the bathroom. Our oldest comes out of the bath in addition to says he saw Daddy inwards the bath amongst his blood brother to which the 2nd toddler declares that he, inwards fact, does receive got to dice potty. I hold back until my hubby comes out of the bath amongst the starting fourth dimension toddler earlier getting the 2nd toddler out of his high chair to dice come across his daddy. My hubby takes the 2nd toddler to the bath in addition to therefore nosotros volition all settle back at the tabular array earlier ane of the toddlers exclaims, "I receive got to dice poop!" Right immediately it is rattling hard to enjoin if this is a game or real. Our oldest, when potty training, oft would job the restroom in addition to therefore demand to dice dorsum for the larger functions. Our toddlers receive got followed that trend. However, when all iii of them are rotating through the restroom our entire meal, our agreement of, "He's even therefore learning what his torso is telling him," is lost. It only becomes tiring. We tin enjoin our oldest, "Well, y'all are going to wait." We started potty preparation our toddlers inwards Feb in addition to it is immediately April... that's non a ton of potty preparation experience nether their belt in addition to the consequences of making a toddler hold back that actually does need to job the bath does non yet outweigh the do goodness of making said toddler wait. Sometimes nosotros build all of them dice to the bath when nosotros acquire upwards amongst one, particularly if out yesteryear ourselves amongst all iii of the boys. This oft helps eliminate the "Oh, I actually do want to go" afterward the other boys come upwards dorsum from the bathroom. However, nosotros even therefore acquire the "I receive got to dice poop!" afterward nosotros settle dorsum into our tabular array or out at the park.
Speaking of the larger functions, it is hard when both toddlers actually do demand to dice poop. If y'all receive got ever been inwards a world bathroom, y'all are in all likelihood familiar amongst the fact that they are equipped amongst one toilet inwards each stall. My hubby felt bad ane solar daytime when both toddlers were occupying the exclusively 2 stalls inwards the men's bath in addition to a gentleman came inwards wanting to job a stall. I oft volition receive got both into the handicap stall in addition to build the other wait, but that tin live hard when y'all tin enjoin looking at the toddler's human face upwards who is waiting that he really does demand to job the restroom. Again, non actually ane of those times where the final result of making him hold back outweighs the benefit. Logistically, it is quite hard when ane toddler is finished inwards ane stall in addition to the other toddler is finished inwards the other stall, particularly when y'all remove heed the waiting toddler start touching things inwards the other, out of sight, stall. I don't know how many times I receive got hollered over a stall, "DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING."
Then in that place are the other joys of potty preparation boys. H5N1 mutual job nosotros are having immediately is non pulling their shirts upwards plenty when standing to tinkle. This way changing shirts because the bottom of the shirt gets wet. Or they don't force their pants downwardly plenty therefore the top band gets wet. My hubby has jokingly said, "It's only a picayune pee." But every bit every momma knows, in that place is no such thing every bit a "little pee." We even therefore haven't tackled nights yet. We do pull-ups at nighttime (the Target build pull-ups receive got submarines on them!). We do receive got them nap inwards underwear. Their mattress are zipped into waterproof mattress covers. We receive got 2 sets of spare sheets e'er build clean inwards the linen closet. We switched from diapers at nighttime to pull-ups because they were non able to receive got their diapers off inwards the nighttime or inwards the morning time to job the restroom; they are able to force the pull-ups upwards in addition to downwardly yesteryear themselves without requiring us to alter them (yay for to a greater extent than slumber inwards the morning time in addition to non having to acquire upwards inwards the night!). One of our toddlers has started getting upwards inwards the nighttime to job the restroom. He's fifty-fifty had a duad days this calendar week of waking upwards dry. If I wasn't 31-weeks pregnant, I would seriously consider potty preparation him for overnight. Even amongst this progress, nosotros are even therefore having issues during naptime, particularly when they are over tired or sick. If nosotros receive got a super busy morning time in addition to they are rhythm out tired, they volition overstep out in addition to slumber for iii hours straight-- similar rocks. Rocks that receive got the run a jeopardy of wetting the bed. When nosotros starting fourth dimension started potty preparation them, nosotros held our breath every naptime-- volition they dice far through nap without having an accident? It was a run a jeopardy nosotros were willing to take. We knew nosotros didn't desire to do pull-ups for naptime in addition to nosotros wanted them to learn, therefore nosotros only form of threw them into it. Now it isn't therefore stressful when they dice downwardly to nap, relieve for the inwards a higher identify mentioned times. They actually don't nap likewise oft or likewise long anymore anyways and, if they do start to moisture the bed, it commonly wakes them up. They volition moisture a modest amount in addition to wake upwards angry similar cats inwards a bathtub, "My bed is wet!" We actually don't receive got many naptime accidents anymore. The accidents nosotros receive got are commonly attire related (they can't acquire their jeans downwardly fast plenty which leads to panicked accidents adjacent to the toilet) or logistic accidents (sitting downwardly to job the restroom in addition to non getting everything squared away earlier tinkling). I retrieve our toddlers are to a greater extent than prone to these picayune accidents because they don't receive got an adult shadowing them every fourth dimension they job the bathroom; our oldest was also a picayune taller in addition to therefore I retrieve some of this was much easier for him to handgrip logistically.
The lastly joy of potty preparation is the potty preparation rebellion. We experienced this amongst our oldest, having accidents afterward he mastered potty training. We felt similar he did this to reckon what his boundaries were. "Okay, I wanted to potty prepare in addition to immediately I've done it; what are my rules now?" Potty preparation twins was potty preparation rebellion times two. Maybe times a 1000000 because taking aid of 3 kids and beingness inwards my tertiary trimester actually made the potty preparation rebellion super frustrating. Our oldest didn't host a rebellion amongst me in addition to therefore some other ane amongst my hubby; ane of our toddlers didn't do it that way either. The other toddler, afterward rebelling amongst me, starting a potty preparation rebellion every nighttime when Daddy got home. Oh, it was only a frustrating time. I felt that betwixt potty preparation at naptime in addition to the picayune accidents that happened during the day, I was doing laundry all the time! I also kept thinking, "Surely it wasn't similar this amongst our oldest?" In a lot of ways it was in addition to wasn't. While ane of our toddlers decided he wanted to potty prepare at 2.5-years one-time in addition to did-- opposite to our oldest who nosotros told to potty prepare afterward he turned 3-years old-- the balance of his potty preparation path has been rattling similar to our oldest. It only all brutal into identify in addition to he did a groovy chore amongst it. Our other toddler has been a wild card. Sometimes nosotros felt similar he actually did desire to potty prepare in addition to sailed through it; other times nosotros felt similar it was all a large charade. Sometimes nosotros wondered if nosotros needed to dice dorsum to diapers amongst him, but therefore nosotros felt nosotros had come upwards likewise far inwards potty preparation him in addition to that he would larn bad demeanor had no consequence, that nosotros would concede in addition to position him dorsum inwards diapers... It was confusing. So it was hard on the frustrating days amongst the ane toddler who treated potty preparation similar a joke on occasion non to experience super frustrated when the other toddler, the ane who wanted to do this, had a legitimate accident. I would experience like, "I receive got done nothing but alter sheets in addition to alter clothe all solar daytime long in addition to hither nosotros go! Another accident!" When actually I had changed his twin brother's sheets in addition to clothe in addition to this was his starting fourth dimension accident that solar daytime and, on top of that, was a existent accident, compared to his blood brother who had "on purposes," every bit my hubby in addition to I receive got come upwards to telephone phone them. It was rattling of import to pay attending to who was having accidents in addition to what type of accidents they were in addition to non only heap all of the accidents together. It wasn't fair to either of the toddlers, the ane inwards the correct or the ane inwards the wrong. Why should the ane inwards the correct live punished for his brother's crime? And why should the ane inwards the incorrect non receive got to behave his ain punishment?
The lastly frustrating request of having potty trained twins is the laundry. I know that nosotros aren't lone inwards having kids who beloved clothes. Even our oldest is e'er wanting to alter his clothe for his activity. This morning time he wore an outfit to rock'n'roll inwards (pulling out all our Rock Band accessories) in addition to therefore position on an outfit to do in; immediately he's outback wearing play clothes. Now we have 2 toddlers amongst an underwear bin. They desire to apparel Superman, therefore Spiderman, therefore Mickey Mouse, then Monsters Inc... It is crazy! We do everything nosotros tin to halt them from changing. They literally receive got a lock on their cupboard where nosotros dice on all their clothes, including their underwear, but nosotros even therefore notice them sneaking into the dryer in addition to pulling out build clean underwear in addition to a build clean alter of clothes. We notice them changing into clothe from the muddied clothe hamper... The amount of clothe they dice through inwards a solar daytime is insane. I don't fifty-fifty know how I'm going to experience when babe #4 gets hither this summertime in addition to nosotros are adding newborn laundry into the mix. Will I ever live able to escape our laundry room then??? Our kids change their clothe unnecessarily, but therefore nosotros receive got the aforementioned accidents in addition to it all only piles up. Plus my hubby who today volition iii dissimilar outfits to wash: his uniform, his civilian clothes, in addition to therefore his t-ball coaching outfit. This is why I stick to pajamas. I tin apparel them all solar daytime in addition to therefore slumber inwards them. Easy in addition to completely cuts downwardly on laundry. (Totally kidding! Kind of...)
All inwards all, potty preparation our twin toddlers has non been the huge sigh of relief that it was when nosotros potty trained our oldest. I retrieve in ane lawsuit nosotros are through amongst pull-ups in addition to done amongst these accidents-- small, large, accidental, on purpose-- I'll beloved potty preparation more. I retrieve when they are one-time plenty to dice into the boys' room together in addition to I'm non dealing amongst them touching everything in the world restroom, I'll beloved potty preparation more. I retrieve in ane lawsuit their bath doesn't aroma faintly of urine no thing how oft I build clean it, I'll beloved potty preparation more.
Each of our kids has potty trained differently. Two of our boys receive got been rattling slowly to potty train, the tertiary a picayune to a greater extent than challenging. I retrieve nosotros were quite spoiled the starting fourth dimension time nosotros potty trained, accomplishing days in addition to nights therefore unopen together, throwing diapers out all together. I liked how nosotros did it then, but I'm reminding myself that it is dissimilar now. Even though nosotros potty trained him when nosotros had iii children, nosotros were exclusively potty preparation ane child. Now nosotros are potty preparation 2 children in addition to our identify unit of measurement is much busier amongst twin toddlers than when nosotros had twin babies (read "Follow-up on potty training" for the spider web log postal service on potty preparation our oldest).
To quote Monty Python, "Always await at the vivid side of life..."
Posts on our potty preparation journey:
Potty preparation our oldest son
"Try to reckon it my way"
"Try to reckon it my way"
Potty preparation our identical twin boys
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