Potty Time!!

Please join us in the glorious celebration of our child's first successful trip to the potty. After a year of patiently asking her to PLEASE try the big girl potty, countless trips to the bathroom for what I like to call "job shadowing" and finally me giving up saying, "Welp, when she's 16, perhaps then she'll use the potty on her own," we have RESULTS!

I knew it was coming....I mean, she does everything already:
Sit on the potty
Count to 10
Wipe
Flush
Close the lid gently

But no tinkling. So now we go through the painstaking process of putting her on the potty every hour (or at least they will at day care). And I'm ready. I JUST bought her new panties last week (Tinkerbell and Princesses....she'll be so excited!). We're required to have 6 pairs of underwear, Huggies pull ups (THANK YOU EJN SO MUCH FOR YOUR DONATION!!!!), and several changes of clothes. I'm absolutely bringing in the kit to take care of the entire request. TOMORROW.

I'm very proud of Jason. Oh gosh! I should probably capture the whole scene!

I'm outside loading up Jason's SUV with all of my garage sale merchandise to take up to Anderson tomorrow. Jason took over bath time so I could load up the car. I came inside, hot and sticky since it's 90° outside and I see our sopping wet child sitting on the potty making the most glorious tinkling sound I've ever heard. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't cry, I couldn't speak, I was stunned. I asked Jason how he knew and he said she just looked at him and he asked her if she needed to potty. She nodded her head, so he plopped her on the throne and away she went.

Rachel was SUPER excited. I'm hoping Jason and I making a huge fuss over her going successfully will result in her continuing to want to be potty trained. How glorious would it be for her to be completely in underwear before she's 3? Gosh I'm so tired of diapers and I have been SO anxious for her to finally start this journey!

On Sunday while I was getting ready for church she came into the bathroom with me and was playing around then suddenly disappeared into our closet. Normally this is a signal she's going to go run and soil her diaper. So I asked her if she needed to go #2 and put her on the potty in our room. I sang a song. I counted. I begged. Nothing. I could tell she was trying, but nothing. *sigh*

But THIS! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMGoooooooooooooooosh! I am so thrilled.

Thank you, everyone, who have given me advice, allowed me to complain and whine about how slow this is going, and for providing me encouragement to help through this time. I know we still have a long way to go, I'm just glad she's starting!!