Who's in charge here?

This blog thing is keeping me honest. I'm looking back today and really regretting my post about the success we were having with potty training a while back. We had a pretty busy December this year and I put Ella's potty training on hold for a bit - which now seems like a BIG mistake.

I had plans to jump back on board that potty training train starting this week. We've got books, stickers, posters, Elmo's support....everything I thought I needed to get Ella excited about the idea again. Well Ella has once again made me realize that there really is no such thing as a plan when it comes to kids. Well, you can have the plan, but making the plan actually play out......good luck. The 2 year old seems to be running the show. Any mention of sitting on the potty yesterday was met with a loud "NO!" Everything I've read tells me not to push too hard, so I'm backing off. I'll bring up the idea now and then, but I don't want to make her completely hate the idea. This was going to be Task #1 to tackle on my list of things to accomplish before the newest McKinstry arrives in June.... Might be time to move on to Task #2? I will ease into that with fewer expectations.