Too cold to pee

by Mama Mabel

Ladybug and I have been working on potty training.  She did very well all weekend, only having accidents shortly after waking up and while helping me wash dishes in warm water which is understandable.

This morning I was so proud of her for telling me she needed to go potty and heading straight toward the bathroom.  Since she's such a big girl, she even pull her own pants up and down and can take off a diaper if she's wearing one which she does for bedtime.  She stationed herself in front of her training potty and started unzipping her footie pajamas all by herself which still amazes me.  Then she froze.  She started pulling the separated sides back together and shaking her head no.  This was very unlike her so I asked if she didn't need to go peepee after all (ah, the extensive vocabulary of parents with small children).  It turns out she did but she was too cold to take her one piece pajamas off.  This is the kid who never sleeps under blankets no matter how cold the room is because they make her hot.  The kid who can have hands like ice and still not think she's cold.  The kid who will take off her shoes and walk on a cold floor in socks, oblivious to the temperature.  That kid was too cold to pee this morning.

I told her she could go in her diaper and I'd change it in the warm bedroom where we had run a space heater all night.  She normally resents that suggestion since she's a big girl but she totally went for it this morning.  After that she was a happy camper and even let me put 3 layers of clothes on her without fussing.  Needless to say, our house was an igloo this morning.  Hope you all are staying warm.