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Can I just say I have the most amazing kid? She smiled all day and never cried once. I felt like whining more than she did.
The Steel Bladder. So I tell people all the time that she can hold it forever, but somehow I'm the one worrying excessively about her choosing not to go. This morning we left a little before eight and I realized long about Fort Collins that she woke up dry and didn't go before getting in the car. I asked her if she had to go and of course she said "No." Seriously? How could you not have to go? Ever hopeful, I stopped anyway. Something to know about Widget is that her ears are very sensitive. This bathroom had a (loud) fan that turned on/off with the lights. All bets were off. Crap.
So in about an hour, I had to go again. (No steel bladder for me--I've had a kid and too much coffee) We stopped this time at a truck stop. I asked if she had to go. "No." Sigh. I grabbed a pull-up, just in case, because I'm NOT going to clean a car seat while on the road. No sirree. I let her pick the stall. She gently opened the door and low and behold the heavens opened. No automatic toilet. No fan. "Look, Mom, a potty just my size! I *do* have to go!"
Later when we stopped for lunch, she had to go. Still brandishing the pull-up, we went inside. Drat. Automatic toilets. (Unexpectedly noisy is bad, too). We tried again after lunch and apparently, she had to go bad enough that she could use the toilet as long as I covered the sensor. Whew!
Moral of the story? She'll go when she has to. I just hope that there is a bathroom whenever that happens.
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This reminds me why I am not a fan of driving through Wyoming.
Yes, I was taking a picture while driving fast. Shhh!
I was thinking about how boring Wyoming was when suddenly the dirt turned red and it was beautiful against the green foliage. I thought, "Finally!" and then realized I was now in Utah.
My other friend's daughter was/is very sensitive to loud sounds too. Those automatic toilets scared her too badly to go in the bathroom again. So she kept a little potty around for her in the car. Then at least she had one of those to go in.
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Boys are so much easier. We just found a tree at that age. And sometimes, I would run out the front door carrying a kid. He'd pee in the bushes in the median. I figure - dogs do it. He eats organic, it's cleaner than dog pee anyway.
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By the way, today was much better. I was more chill about it and she responded to that better. I just tried to stop regularly if it had been awhile for her (plus I needed to go anyway...lol!)
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