When we ran out of diapers last night we decided we should get some pull-ups next. We read the "potty training readiness check list" and answered, "yes" to all but one. My favorite one was "shows interest in putting things where they belong". I can safely say that is Riley at 19mo, but I'm still waiting on her brother at almost 9yrs old. Training pants have come a long way since I was a kid. These look like real underwear. They have Dora on them and have butterflies that disappear when they're wet.
This evening when we changed her we let her go diaperless. We sat her on her little frog potty in front of Toy Story 3, but there was no action. She ran around awhile more sans diaper and then she said "GO!" and pointed between her legs. I informed Mike that she needed more potty time and this time he gave her a cold drink. A few seconds later Mike was shouting "she did it!"
I was stunned. I came to see the evidence for myself and sure enough, she peed in the potty. Mike and I jumped around cheering and hugging her. She got in on it clapping for herself too. We sang "you-went-on-the-pot-ty!" It was very exciting.
When Mike took her frog potty to the big potty to dump her pee, Riley wasn't pleased. He offered to let her help and she said "No! No!". He poured it in and said "Ok, Riley you flush." She again replied, "No! No!". We tried to explain that it's ok to flush the pee, but she was not having it. So, finally Mike flushed it and told her to say bye, bye to her pee pee. She cheerfully waved goodbye and then clapped. She even stood at the potty recounting the tail. She'd make peeing sounds, say "potty", point to herself and then wave bye bye at the big potty.
Amen, the end of diapers is in sight! What a girl, I'm so lucky.
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