Back to School

Last week Maya went back to school and never has a child been so thrilled. She started asking to go to school a few weeks ago and would get so excited every time we drove past. So I started to get my hopes up about this year; that maybe, just maybe, she would not be the class mute. When we went in to meet her teachers and check out her room, she clung to me like never before. This year her best-friend-in-the-whole-world will not be in the same class and it was her teachers from last year who made the change in hopes of forcing her to talk instead of relying on someone else. I think they may have grown tired of the whole mute thing.

Thankfully, her new teachers are looking at Maya as a challenge. I told them about how shy she is and how she is potty trained (well technically, it's good enough for school, shut up) and that she sometimes needs a REALLY LONG TIME to adjust to people. And they just said, OK. By the end of the first day she had told them when she had to go to the bathroom and made several verbal requests thanks to a helpful nudge from her teachers. I'm so happy she has people around her that want to help her feel at ease. It's not easy being the shy kid.

Let's Skip The Training And Go Straight To Trained

Potty training has not been on our minds lately. We decided that with Maya in preschool, we would wait until the summer before going full force. Since Maya is shy and barely talks in school, I was afraid that she would not tell her teachers when she needed to go and thus ruining the process. This puts us in a difficult position since we plan on visiting family this summer and will be taking road trips that are ENDLESS. A ten hour car ride goes so much smoother when you don't have to deal with 57 bathroom breaks.

Now What?

This weekend we bought a potty chair. We brought it home and had Maya sit on it first with and then without her diaper. We have now come to the conclusion that we have no idea how to potty train a child. To the book store!!!