So much for toilet learning. You aren't going to beat that logic with your star stickers on the calendar. So we're back to training. Child shows interest in potty. Child is uncomfortable when wet.
Child can follow simple instructions.
I can change her at our mutual convenience, in a warm, comfortable, hygienic place. Or, I can pull the cart out of a long line just before I get to the register and go full tilt boogie for the restroom at the back of the store, where my hysterical child will take one whiff of the air and announce she no longer has to go. Trying never to imagine why the floors are always wet. And it's important to respect a little person's needs for privacy, dignity, and self-esteem during this process. Now, I know these memories will fade in time for me to help little Lauren launch herself down the long road to adulthood.