Potty Training

The kiddos are still napping, so I figured I'd fill you all in on the excitements of potty training.

Just a couple weeks ago I started potty training Hannah. It is going surprisingly well. I bought her some fun underwear that she loves. Every morning I let her pick out which pair she would like to wear. And some days we will go through several pairs simply because she wants to put on a different pair. And some days she'll want to see my underwear so she can pick out a matching color or just so she can point out that she is just like mommy. She also likes to show off her underwear. So if you come over she will most likely pull down her paints and show you the underwear she is wearing. Don't be offended.

She can also now put her little toilet seat on the big seat all by herself (without dropping it in the toilet) and she can sit down by herself. This is great news for me because now I don't have to sit with her in the bathroom while she's doing her business. She likes sitting on the potty so this can sometimes last up to 10 minutes. Although, now that I think about it, she has stopped doing that. However, anytime she goes poop she still calls me over to show me. Of course I praise her for this. "oh, good job Hannah!" Positive reinforcement, right? She has picked this up and now praises me when I go to the bathroom, "yay mommy, yay mommy" as she claps her hands. It's pretty cute. Also before she flushes, she says goodbye to everything she flushes. This is also cute. She's at a really cute age.

All in all, I say it is going pretty well. Sometimes after using the potty she'll want to put on a diaper, and I let her. I figure there's no rush. And I still put her in a diaper when she naps and at night time. Those such sacred times for me I dare not disrupt them quite yet.