PottyTrainingOhMyGawd.

Having a stepson, this is my second go round with the potty training experience.  Like we learned the last time, it's really best not to push too hard and they'll get it when they're ready.  Inevitably, when you push, the tiny humans push back and it all just ends up one big peeing-in-your-pants mess.

Now, that being said, we're not really pushing... just encouraging.  Heavily.  There are weeks when he uses the potty all day, every day (almost).  He will ask to go to the potty or even just go when he feels the need.  He wears underwear and successfully keeps them dry all.day.long.  He hasn't pooped in his pants for weeks on end.  Until this week. This week, he reverted.  This week, he peed in every single pair of underwear.  This week, he peed on the floor.  This week, he peed on our bed.  This week, he pooped in his pants.  I am so totally disgusted.  I thought we were *there*. I thought that by the end of the year, I would only be buying pull-ups for overnights.  We've used the "big boy" ploy, the sticker chart, the rewards (which is why currently watch How To Train Your Dragon just about everyday). He keeps asking to go to school with me, that he wants to be in school.  My response is that he can be in school when he doesn't need to wear pull-ups during the day and can use the potty by himself. Le sigh.

To be fair, he was sick early on this week.  He spent most of Sunday night puking on either me, his dad or the bed in between us and had such little energy on Monday that I didn't push the issue. I can't say that's why this week has been rough, but whatever the reason is, it sucks.  I swear, if another parent tells me how easy it was for their son or daughter to potty train, how they did it by themselves/before they were 2/never had an accident or offers me some suggestion like making them clean up their own poop mess (which my child just finds funny because he's such a boy), I am going to kick them in the shins.