Stressed and Exhausted

Okay, so potty training is stressful! I have been on edge all day, wondering if Zaylee will keep this pair of undies clean or if she will have an accident. Does she need to pee? Will she let me know she needs to, or will she just pee in her pants? "Do you need to pee? Tell me when you need to go, okay?" Five minutes later she's wet. Sit on the potty, change the undies, sometimes she goes in the potty, sometimes she doesn't, sometimes she tells me she needs to go, sometimes I just have to watch her face, sometimes she runs to the potty but won't sit down, one pair of panties after another after another, hour after hour, minute after minute, constantly watching and wondering and stressing and - AAARRGH! I have just felt so agitated and nervous and anxious all day! Zaylee did pretty well this morning, but by evening time I think she had had enough and she started having more accidents. By the time we put her to bed I think I would have had a panic attack if someone did anything startling, like knocking on the door or talking when it was quiet.

Earnest potty training is stressful! It's a huge change for both Zaylee and I, requiring a lot more responsibility from both of us. It's already wearing me out! And I have to do it all over again tomorrow!

I'm not saying she's doing terrible or anything. She did about the same as yesterday - about five wet undies and one soiled. She went potty six times today, got a sticker each time and was really excited about it (I think I exaggerated yesterday when I said she peed in the potty 10 or 15 times. It was a guess, but it doesn't seem right now that I look back. I have stickers on a chart today to prove how many potty-pees she had). So she did well, for her second day. It's just that it's hard! And stressful! and exhausting! and agitating! and stressful! and hard! and I don't want to do it any more but I have to!

Poopy. (no pun intended)