Potty time!
pamelamyers | March 22, 2012
My little girl used the potty for the first time last night! Yay!! I am so proud of her! We have been watching her Elmo’s Potty Time video a lot and she seems really into it. I figure it can’t hurt, even though I really don’t think she is ready to be trained since her diapers are always really, really wet. But, she has a potty seat and she knows the routine, so I thought, she’ll do it when she is ready but at least we are prepared. Lately, she has started asking me sometimes if she can sit on the potty. So, I let her. Nothing comes of it of course, but I think she likes the idea. Well, last night, I was trying to put her to bed. She was all in her jammies and wearing her sleep sack and she kept insisting she wanted to sit on the potty. I really didn’t feel like getting her all undone for nothing, but I don’t want to discourage her either, so I undid all her clothes and took her into the bathroom. She sat on the potty for a few minutes and really tried. I know she was trying but nothing was happening. Then, all of the sudden, success! She managed to pee in the potty. I heard it and was shocked, and let me tell ya, she was pretty shocked too. I was so proud of her that I made sure I made a HUGE deal out of it. I hugged her and told her over and over how wonderful it was. She was grinning from ear to ear. She wanted to go right downstairs and tell Daddy. Mark was out walking so we called him on his cell phone and I said, Sam, tell Daddy what you did, and she yelled into the phone, “I peed on potty!!” So Mark made a huge fuss too and told her he would be right home. Next, Sam insisted we call Grandmom and tell her too. It was such a big moment for my girl. She is growing up so fast. I still don’t know that she will be ditching the diapers anytime soon, but still, whoo hoo! Way to go Sam! My big girl. I am so proud of you!