It was an accident

We have been potty training for what seems like forever. Ok probably only a year, but in potty training years that is a long time. Abigail our stubborn one has decided she is doing it her way. Which was not at all.

We tried rewards. That worked for a little bit until she ate all the candy and then stopped going in the potty again. Boo Stinker.

We tried cold water on the bum. She hated it but not enough to stop having accidents. She would just ask if she had to have a cold shower. Ok not working.

We tried taking away a toy. She has too many toys.

We took away her favorite purple blanket. She... WHAT? That was the one. She doesn't like to not have her purple blanket. It's a sad sad day. So the rule was if she had an accident she lost her blanket until she went a full day with no accidents.

Surprise surprise. It didn't take her very long to decide she wanted her purple blanket. So the accidents have been very few since then.

The other night Noah yells from outside the girls bathroom that there was poop on the floor.

WHAT?? Who pooped on my floor. AND GROSS. Why would you poop on the floor?

Guess who got blamed? Abby. She has never pooped on the floor but I thought maybe she had had an accident and tried to clean herself up. So I asked her. She was adamant it wasn't her. So I went upstairs to check out the poop and clean it up.

It wasn't her. It was Foster the dog. He's old and is losing control of some of his functions. Anyway I laughed and told Abby I was glad she got to keep her blanket. Here's how our talk went...

"I'm so glad it wasn't you, and I don't have to take away your blanket"

A: "me too. What are we going to take away from Foster?"

M: "What?"

A: "Foster had an accident. I think we need to take away his ball."

M: chuckling "ok, sounds good."

So I cleaned up the poop went downstairs and started the dishes.

10 minutes later....

A: " Here mom."

M: "What is that?"

A: "Foster's ball. Where should we put it?"

M: "Just set it on the counter."

I have no idea where she found Foster's ball, but she was not letting an accident happen with out some sort of consequence. She is so funny. I think she has finally got the point and now no one is safe.