Tales from the Toilet

The title says it all. Maggie is officially potty trained! I'm not saying she is perfect, but she has done really really well. It all began about 2 weeks ago when she came downstairs with underwear in hand and told me..."I no wear diapers anymore, Mommy." I thought to myself...umm, I have a newborn baby! How am I going to do this? I've heard from lots of parents that when the kid shows this much interest, you just go with it because if the interest passes you by, you have to wait awhile to start. So, I went with it.

We basically stayed home for 3 days straight and sat on the potty all day long. Of course, just like her Grammy, she is motivated by jelly beans! After the first 3 days, she stopped asking for them!! Peeing has been so easy for her. She has barely had any accidents since the first day. Pooping is another story. The first day she was going in her underwear. Then she started holding it, which I could tell was hurting her. I had to up the ante on her reward. If she filled up her sticker chart, she could get a kickball. When we went to Kansas City last weekend, she went THREE times in one day, so Aunt Judy got her a Dora kickball.


Having one out of diapers sure does help, but she is not quite to the point where she tells me she has to go. We're getting there. I'm so proud of my 27 month old!!