Sleep vs Poop

Who needs toys?

So, we've been trying to potty train Sadie for a while now. She basically shows no interest in it. I've tried to bribe her with toys, candy, and ice cream. Nothing works. With Soen, it was much easier. Wave a dinosaur toy in front of him and he'd do anything. Sadie wants nothing. As much as I admire this about her, it leaves me with no bargaining power. Or at least that was true until Monday night.

A little while ago we bought a bunk bed so the kids could sleep together in Soen's room. Both kids loved it and it made night time easier because we could put them to bed at the same time. But then the kids started staying up later and later. They'd just lie there, chatting away. We'd have to make several trips up there to quiet them down. Sometimes that worked. But when it didn't work, we'd have to take Sadie downstairs back to her room, which always resulted in her having a screaming fit and Soen crying uncontrollably. It would be an hour before everything was calm again, which usually meant that the kids weren't asleep until almost 10:00--two to three hours after the whole nighttime process began. Not exactly how we want to spend our evenings. Eventually this started happening every night, so this past Monday Wife finally pulled the plug on the whole bunk bed experience. Peace is once again restored.

But now we have something that Sadie wants. I told her that if she poops on the potty she can sleep upstairs again. Suddenly she's interested. I'm just concerned this may be too high a price to pay. We'll see how it goes.