What my life is all about...

The PT saga continues. Avery is doing extremely well with everything EXCEPT public peeing! AHHHH I think she is somewhat afraid of the toilet - and I honestly can't blame her! Maybe she senses my anxiety and disgust in public bathrooms and therefore refuses to actually pee in them! We made 3 attempts to go on the potty in Cracker Barrell on Thursday but she wanted down after 1 second. It's quite tiring doing the whole "trip to the bathroom" thing. I feel like this is my speech "Avery, don't touch that. Avery don't touch the potty! No! We don't pick stuff up off the floor. Ew, yuck, no we don't touch that either. Okay, let's go, don't touch anything. Let's wash our hands. No, don't play with the soap in the bottom of the sink. Quickly, our food is getting cold. Here's your paper towel, dry your hands good. Good job! Okay, throw your towel away. No, don't stick your hand down in the trash can. No, we aren't going back in the stall. Come on let's go, the bathroom is not a playground." I mean seriously, I hate listening to myself as I narrate our way through the bathrooms! Anyway, I also need to say that for some reason I thought we could get through this phase without any actually "public accidents". Not in our case! Avery made a puddle in a local childrens shoe store right after we had "attempted" the public potty. I was so embarrased but the store owner assured me it was not the first nor would it be the last time. That was sweet of her to say! And would your PT days not be complete without a trip to ToysRUs to make yet another puddle in the floor! This accident came after we had just had a successful trip to the potty at Lowes! We told the store clerk at ToysRUs but he didn't seem to be phased by it. At least it was a bigger store and no one knew except for the squeaking sound of Avery's crocs on the floor as we finished our shopping! I mean do you remember the days when you said to yourself "I WOULD NEVER....let my child walk around in their wet underwear". Well, my day has come. I got her cleaned up as best I could and since she wasn't dripping we continued our quest to buy a present. So, we are entering week 3 of PT and so far it's going well. We will try to avoid the public potty for at least a few days....