[Science Fair Project gone awry...HELP!]

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[Third try... a passion poll]

I have an engineering degree and my favorite part of my degree was all of the science electives that I got to pick. I learned to enjoy math. I like to write, but I have no confidence. I hate grammar, which is part of why I have no confidence in my writing.

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It was my dad's nickname for me when I was little. I have no idea what it means or where it came from. Do you know?

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Testing my avatar.

[Any creative solutions for potty accidents by older child?]

I have a 4 1/2 year old dd and a 2 year old dd. The 2 year old is doing great with her potty training. She could actually probably even be night trained, if it wasn't for her sister.

 

So, here's the deal with the 4 1/2 year old.

 

She is bright. She also has frequent accidents. I *think* it's a matter of her not wanting to stop what she's doing to go potty. It ends up in several changes of undies and pants throughout the day. They aren't *drenching* accidents, but it still results in wet clothes. I finally just showed her where the clean ones were and she basically takes care of it herself. It is a pain when its dress-up costumes or something that really shouldn't be washed often.

 

We also tried 2 weeks straight w/ just undies at night. She was gung-ho. We limited fluids at night, went potty right before bed, etc... She was soaked each night and often didn't wake up.

 

I don't really care about the night training. Except, should I hold off even trying the 2 year old? She wakes up from naps and many nights dry and wants to go potty the first thing. I'm not sure how the older would take it.

 

Any ideas to get the older one to stop having daytime accidents?

[Roll Call]

I have 2 dd's: 4 1/2 and 2.

 

The oldest loves dance, gymnastics, kittens, and babies. She loathes her swimming lessons. The youngest, of course, loves swimming.

 

My oldest tends to be ahead of her age group in most areas (physical coordination, reading), but she still has lots of potty accidents. :confused:

 

The youngest likes to keep up with her sister, so we'll see how all that turns out.