The Update You've All Been Waiting For

Here's a potty update. Let's see... where to start. I guess I'll start by saying that I think we've attempted every approach that exists. The suggestions of having her sit on the toilet with a diaper. Yep, tried it. A new potty seat. Yep, tried it. 3, in fact. ...

After Addison continued to poop in her panties, we decided (contrary to what I said in an earlier post) that it was time to put her back in diapers. Because she did NOT want to wear a diaper. We told her that it was a diaper all the time- ALL THE TIME. She was not happy, but finally accepted it. Because not accepting it meant she'd have to poop on the toilet and she was not interested in doing that.

So. Addison expressed that she did not want anyone to know that she was wearing a diaper. So what did Mike and I do? Scheduled a sleepover with her idol/cousin Abigail of course! We thought- perfect! She does NOT want Abbie to know that she's in a diaper... the "shame" will fix this! Um. No. Addison said she felt poo poo, went to the bathroom, and we sent Abbie in with her. They come out, we're all on the edges of our seats, and it turns out that all that happened in the bathroom was that Addison asked Abbie to "fix" her diaper (whatever that means), and Abbie obliged. Addison conquered her fear of Abbie finding out, and then it was no holds barred. We decided to let her wear panties to bed (not sure why), and what does she do within 5 minutes? POOPS IN HER PANTIES.

We had Melissa come get Abigail, told Addison that only big girls can have sleepovers. She didn't care. We took toys away from her with each "accident". The toys became larger and more beloved with each stupid accident.

So now we're making her go commando 24/7. She's missing playtime with cousins, dance class, trips to the store, EVERYTHING. She has to stay home all the time. Twice now she's pooped in the toilet, but both times, later in the day after we rewarded her with panties and one toy returned from the banished toys in our closet, she POOPED IN HER FREAKING PANTIES. So undies were thrown away, she is back to nude, and she lost more toys.

Currently the toys that are in our closet are: Her favorite new barbie with crazy cool fairy wings, ALL of her My Little Ponies (including the two "big" ones that talk that she got for her birthday), her whole bucket of Barbies, her new Princess Couch, her new Pillow Pet, 4 Princess Baby Dolls, her Barbie House.

We keep telling her that at the rate she's going, she's going to end up with nothing left. "I know. That's ok."

I just want you all to know that I'm screaming on the inside. LOUD.