How many of you out there have spent countless mornings emptying solid stool from your big girl or big boy's underpants in to the toilet? I have to tell you, I deal in poop every day and this is a new milestone of Mommyhood that totally makes me gag.
Yes, that's right, we're back on the wagon. The potty training wagon, that is. Because Ms. Berna and Ms. Mybol (both of whom Zoey has lovingly accepted as her new Panda teachers) think she's ready, and she's my first kid (read: I don't have a clue if she's ready or not), so a-potty-training we will go. Because really, if Ms. Berna, the teacher who looks like she's been working with 2 1/2 year olds for close to 30 years, thinks she's ready, she probably is. And it's not like I can be out done by a preschool teacher...if she's potty training at school, I can't really justify sticking her in diapers while at home. Even though it is SO. MUCH. EASIER.
I don't think I realized what an (expensive) investment all this potty training would be. Honestly, I thought potty training = save money on diapers. I did not stop to consider that all money spent weekly on diapers would now be re-routed to the children's clothing section at Target, where I found myself filling up on clearance-rack shorts, pants, and shirts. Ms. Mybol gently reminded me yesterday, as she handed over two large plastic sacks tied off containing wet clothing, that she would need at least 6 pairs of panties and several changes of clothes to keep at school EVERY DAY. As I mentally calcualated how much extra laundry that would generate, I realized I would either have to buy some more clothes for this child or risk becoming chained to my laundry room for however long it is that this process takes.
Looks like I'll be spending lots of time at home this next week. Or so. Longer??
1 comment:
But I thought you loved doing laundry?? :)
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