Listening to the Father's Voice.
Aug. 26, 2006
Potty Training Trials...
Posted in Spiriual Life Lessons
I have 3 boys   and then my little princess.  My two oldest boys both potty trained at the age of 3 in one week night and day. My youngest prince charming at 3 1/2, again night and day. My mother told me "Oh your girl will potty train sooooo easily. You and your sister were both trained before you were two!" What joy I had as The Little Princess in our house was approaching two.  I thought "How nice this will be to have it all done in just a couple of months!" HA! Well, it didn't go exactly like 'I' planned. Two came and went, then three  and now we are four months away from 5 and we are still working on the day time thing (nights are mostly done).  It is close, but we still need reminders. You see, when I started this whole process, I was really good at reminding her for a week and then when she still wasn't getting it I just gave up for a couple of months. Then I would try again. This last Februrary I decided I would just be potty training FOREVER. I made up my mind that this would always be how it is until she gets it. I STOPPED putting a time frame on how long I thought it should take. Then I did one more thing I should have done from the beginning. I recognized that with 3 older children and homeschooling them I didn't have the time to put towards her potty training that I did with my boys. So....I prayed  ...imagine that, prayer...lol. Well it worked! I asked God last February to speak to me throughout the day and remind me to remind her. I haven't one time remembered to remind her. However the Holy Spirit has. Every time, out of nowhere, that little still small voice has said "Michaela needs to go potty" and I have sent her she has gone. Every time I haven't obeyed, she has had an accident within less than 5 minutes of my warning from the Holy Spirit. So here is my encouragement for you, are you having potty training woes? Is your child truely ready for training, but not wanting to "grow up"?   Stop now and ask the Holy Spirit to help you. He will and the Lord will remind you to tell your little one to go at just the right times. Take it from me though, follow thru to obey is VERY important if you don't want to clean up a mess.  |
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