Adventures in Potty Training

It's that time again...we have started training another child to use the potty. But I have to say, I am not super excited about it.

When we decided to train Declan, I was totally into it. I was done with diapers for him, we had just had Inara so we were going to be sticking close to home, I had lots of help since Sean took time off work and my mom came up to lend a hand, and it just felt like he was ready, even though he was only 20 moths old.

This time, I am totally done with diapers, PERIOD. I hate them. So that is a big motivator. Plus, Inara is SO ready, like Declan was, at 20 months. She tells us when she's pooped in her diaper, she insists on sitting on the potty anytime she sees Declan do it, she constantly pulls at her diaper and sometimes removes it completely. But for some reason I am just not into the work it takes to encourage successful potty training.

Nevertheless, we started on Friday and despite my reservations, it's been going really well. She's gone numerous times on the potty and only had a handful of accidents. She has even gone to sit on the potty without being prompted or asked. She's even said "Potty" to us, and then when we tell her to go sit, she pees. SO successful. And I am so proud of her. Again, I'm just not super into the hard work we as parents have to give towards making this milestone a victorious one. I am however looking forward to moving out of the baby stage that we have been in and into the toddler/preschool stage. That part is exciting and something to look forward to!