Potty Training vs. MBA: Which is More Difficult?

Okay... We have officially been "potty training" for an entire year...yes, one year. Not sure which is worse, the fact that it has been going on for so long, or that I am beyond the shame of admitting that it has been going on for so long.

O is a stubborn one... at first, the novelty of it all sucked her into being cooperative. She would sit on her little potty chair for hours, reading books, magazines, whatever. Then she decided that the potty chair wasn't interesting... She needed to sit on the "big" potty... That seemed like a good idea to me...we were making progress. Soon, Dora seat on the toilet to be sure she wouldn't fall in, we were all about going like a big girl. She even started to actually go... Soon that lost its appeal, too, and no bribery of any sort would get her interested. I would tell her it was time to go potty and she would say "no tanks, mama". Okay...this is not a no thanks moment. Lately, I thought we were close...she is keeping her pull-ups dry, so we made the big switch to the "big-girl panties". She was all about the panties...showing people the ones with the turtles on them, etc. However, this morning she informed me that she wasn't going to wear her panties anymore because her princess pull-ups are her favorite. Great news...looks like a trip to Target for princess panties is going to need to happen.

To complicate things further... while I have been pretty intent on this project for the last several months, the other half of the parent equation has not been. At one point I was informed that he was "not very impressed with her potty training". Huh, didn't realize she was suppose to be impressing us with her new skill?! Compounding the situation is O's new pre-school teachers who routinely send her home in a pull-up that is so wet it is hanging to her knees. Are you kidding me? Needless to say, I am planning to fix these two problems by sending her to school in panties... the teachers will pay more attention after they clean a few puddles. Hopefully, dad will also get the message.

Here's the final analysis... It takes a village to potty train a toddler...everyone needs to be on the same page or it just does not work. Potty training or an MBA? My advice is go back to grad school...it is MUCH easier.