Care Bear underwear
By Amanda
A week ago my 2-and-a-half-year-old daughter woke up, took off her Pull-Up and announced she was ready for underwear, Care Bear underwear to be exact.
Admittedly I was skeptical. After all she's a second child. We've been lazy. Over the past few months we introduced the potty, but there was no real consistency. Frankly it's easier to put a child in a diaper or a Pull-Up than to deal with accidents and find every bathroom in every grocery store and Wal-Mart.
But she insisted, and who am I to hinder her developmental progress? At preschool, the teachers told me they didn’t mind changing her, "Just bring lots of extra pants and underwear," they said. So that's what I did. Most days she comes home in a striped shirt and flowered pants -- clearly not the outfit I sent her to school in. She proudly announces that she peed in her pants, something that she obviously thinks I am not yet aware of.
Then, one day last week, she stood in the middle of my mother's living room and peed on the floor. She looked at me with a shocked look on her face as if she had no idea where the pool forming at her feet was coming from. Yet somehow we persevere. Her teachers say she's getting it "most of the time." At home she's getting it some of the time. But I guess we have to start somewhere.
So each morning we have a new ritual. We pick from the exciting choices of underwear: Care Bear, Dora the Explorer, Hello Kitty, Winnie the Pooh. Each day I do this with a full understanding that she probably won't be wearing the same underwear at the end of the day. She looks at the pile and turns each pair over as if this is a monumental choice, and for her it is. When she finally chooses one she stands in front of the mirror and admires herself turning slowly to see her still pudgy physique donned in cartoon underwear. I hope for as long as I live I never forget the proud look on her sweet cherubic face.
How many of us smile when we see ourselves in underwear? Maybe they need to make Care Bear underwear for adults!
Amanda lives in North Carolina with her husband and two daughters.
OMG, when I read this I had to laugh..my son is the same age as your daughter right now and we have spiderman, batman, nemo and scooby doo underwear..It was about 2 weeks of accidents, but now hes a pro at going pee in the potty..even tells us..its the number 2 that he's not so good at yet!lol.
Good luck! Thanks for the laugh, and the tear ;)
Posted by: Lindsey | January 17, 2006 at 03:45 PM
OMG, when I read this I had to laugh..my son is the same age as your daughter right now and we have spiderman, batman, nemo and scooby doo underwear..It was about 2 weeks of accidents, but now hes a pro at going pee in the potty..even tells us..its the number 2 that he's not so good at yet!lol.
Good luck! Thanks for the laugh, and the tear ;)
Posted by: Lindsey | January 17, 2006 at 03:44 PM
I got my lil one 2 sets of underwear & t-shirts from Carters. She loves them. Not quite Under-roos, but very close.
Posted by: Roni | January 17, 2006 at 11:07 AM
She'll get there soon, not to worry! Good luck!
Posted by: Michelle | January 17, 2006 at 07:02 AM
This is why I love insanely brightly coloured patterned underwear (for me). It's fun!
Posted by: Rosemary Grace | January 16, 2006 at 05:39 PM
I put on my happy face when I see myself in my panties. :)
I have a couple of cute printed pairs for the simple purpose of feeling "sexy." I'll take that feeling when I can get it.
Posted by: Goldberry | January 16, 2006 at 03:11 PM