The other day, Molly’s teacher called me at home in the middle of the afternoon.  This is usually a bad sign.  A mid-day call from school is reliably preceded by vomiting, fever, both, or some other type of trouble at school.  Molly’s teacher sounded a little upset or nervous, so then I knew it was trouble.  But it was not as bad as I had feared.  Molly had just thrown a fit at school over her pre-nap toilet duty.  She had stubbornly refused to sit on the toilet for the second day in a row, and this time Molly was especially furious and indignant about it.  Not only has she refused to sit on the toilet, but she had also disrupted the class and made it hard for her classmates to get their rest.  Molly is only three years old and still given to bursts of uncontrollable emotions.  This one was bad enough, though, that the teacher had to essentially send her to the principal (school director).  This was not the first time that Molly has been sent to the principal for being disruptive.  Still, it was not meant as a punishment.  They just had to get Molly out of the classroom to restore order and to help Molly calm down.  Apparently Molly and the school director had a nice calm talk in the hallway where they found Moly’s happy place again.  At some point, Molly stated that she would rather just wear diapers because it is easier; she doesn’t have to stop what she is doing and go to the bathroom.  She can just go whenever she wants to.

It was right after Molly’s loud outburst that Molly’s teacher called me with a trembling voice, imploring us to do something.  She said this toilet thing was getting to be a real problem, and was there something we could try at home?  After some discussion, I agreed that we would get Molly some underwear and let her try going diaper-less at home as much as possible this weekend in hopes of sparking interest in the toilet.

So this is how we officially began a push on Molly’s toilet training.  Claire and I rushed to Target the next morning and picked out (among other things) some Tangled (Rapunzel) movie underwear.  Molly was very excited to try out her underwear!  She adored the princess on her underwear.  The smallest size that Target had, though, was 4, which was pretty baggy on Molly.  Still, it did the trick for now, while Kit ordered 3T undies from Amazon.

Molly did had a “leak” in her underwear and did not like the itchy sensation on her legs.  She has so far been very positive about sitting on the toilet, but aside from some initial success a while back, she has had no recent success in putting her urine on the toilet.  Molly’s teacher says her attitude is much better at school, and order is restored.  So at least that part of the mission is accomplished.