Diaperless

We are trying to toilet train stubborn Little Bee. She so obviously knows when she is going to pee and poo, and yet, she hates sitting on the toilet bowl despite any form of rewards we offer her. This is the real Little Bee underneath her smiley facade - one of steely, implacable obstinance (see the photo on the left for her typical irked expression!) I hope this is just the Terrible Twos transition.

So, we decided to not let Little Bee wear diapers at times. The first time we took out her diapers and let her wear her pants without diapers, she was totally not used to it. She kept pulling at the crotch area of her pants, and walked with a really funny, wide-legged gait. Then, she grouchily said in her typical chiding "EHHHHHH...!!!" whenever she was irritated, and pointed non-stop to her crotch area with a peeved expression. Haha, we were all super tickled. I told her "It's ok! No diapers, it's ok! If you want to pee pee, tell Mummy ok!". And she looked at me unconvincingly. However, after more of such diaperless occasions, she was used to it.

She will tell us that she is going to pee by saying "Peeee", and she would keep pressing her little hand on her lower abdomen. But whenever I try to bring her to the toilet, she would shake her head vigorously and utter her very gentle-sounding "Nooooo...". So, most of the time, she would just pee in her pants! Sigh...

One day last week, my Mum let her drink a whole big cup of barley water, and that morning happened to be a diaperless morning. Can you imagine how many times she peed in her pants? SIX times in one hour!!!!! And after she peed out, she would then say "pee", grinned at us, and even played with her own urine on the floor *faint*