practice, practice, practice

so, if you all are as bored reading about potty traning as I am about DOING potty training, we are all pretty miserable. After a pretty productive weekend, Monday was a disaster. Not once in the potty. Not even close. sigh.

But Tuesday dawned a new day and he went before school - and then had NO accidents from the time he got home to bed-time. He peed on the potty before going to bed and that was that.
hmmm, maybe he is getting it after all.

Honestly, it is hard to tell. He will go when put on the potty (if he actually has to go) but has yet to TELL us he needs to go. So, we are working him into what is technically called a "toileting schedule." And, when I read that, it makes me realize that I research everything WAY TO MUCH. My sister got a chuckle over me actually ordering and reading a potty training book for my FOURTH child. But I can handle the humor. I find it funny (in an ironic - not ha-ha funny) kind of way.

For those of you just tuning in, I am talking about Andrew and potty training. The rest of our family already go in the toilet.

But, here is the mantra of the day, week, month, and possilby years. I am not sure how long this will take. But I guess it really doesn't matter. It HAS to be done. So we work on it every day. Practice, practice, practice. Repeat, repeat, repeat. You do these 6 steps till we get it right. It is like the Down Syndrome learning creed.

But, come to think of it, couldn't we all use a good dose of this? Failure, well, not an option. And I'm not talking about the potty (though failure is not an option there either). I'm talking about life. So, practice, practice, practice. Repeat, repeat, repeat. To do this, it requires patience, forgiveness, grace, and a liberal amount of humor. No matter what you are facing - problem in your marriage, issue with your kids, problem with your job, the economy, finances, whatever? Practice, practice, practice. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

We can all get it right eventually.

Lord, give us the grace to stick it out and get it right.