Potty Training & Random Pictures

To start out with, if you're weird about potty talk, skip this post! Just enjoy the pics and move on. :)

So.. we started the whole potty training thing in January.. We had already introduced Leala to her own potty and she 98% of the time went number 2 in there, but we had a problem with peeing.. She had done really well with waking up and telling us she needed to go pee, but she got sick in December I think, and then all that went away.. So we had to start from scratch when it came to peeing.. Anyway, all of that was before we started *really* trying in January..

She's wearing her panties and some vinyl liners to help not make such a big mess.

So on January 7th, we explained everything to her about what she was supposed to do and what she wasn't supposed to do.. And we put her in panties. We spent the day asking her every 5-10 minutes (I'm sure it wasn't, but it seemed like it) if she needed to go potty. We had 8 accidents her first day. The next day, we did the same thing.. Every day she wore panties during the day at home and a pull-up or diaper at night. And at the beginning, she wore a pull-up or diaper when we went out. The second day she had 4 accidents...

Playing with Daddy!

Her accidents went like this (starting on the first day): 8, 4, 4, 5, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and so on! On day 6, she was day-potty-trained! It was a lot of work and tough to do, but we are beaming with joy to see that she could do it! We've had maybe 2 accidents since then, but even then it was only a drop (oh and we've had company for 2 weeks and had 2 parties and she was still good with it... didn't get too busy playing and forgot or anything!!).

Wearing her panties and monkey socks..

The entire time we were potty training, she stopped peeing at night in her diaper. Every morning, she'd wake up and say "pee!". She's so smart and such a fast learner. We still put her in pull-ups at night, just in case, but she doesn't pee in them. One night, Kevin even forgot to put a pull-up on her and kept her in her panties and she didn't pee in them. We'll soon tackle panties at night (not that it would really be a problem, I think), but I'm waiting for things to settle down before I do that. Things have been crazy these past few weeks.

Anyway, so our little girl was potty trained before she even turned 2! We are so proud of her and cannot believe we have such an amazing little girl! It was a great feeling to give away her diaper pail to my expecting sister-in-law (who now has such a cute little baby girl)!

Here are some random pictures taken at the beginning of January too. Thought they were too cute not to share!

This is what I woke up to one morning.. silly girl!

She is so cute! She didn't know which "baby" she wanted!

Leala on the Potty

I thought this was too cute not to share!

Uh oh... the potty...

We have started very casually potty training. She has shown interest in it and has done very well so far. She has her days where she pees on the potty several times and then there are days that she wants nothing to do with it (mainly because she's teething and doesn't want to do anything you say at all).

She's doing very well though. She has even p**ped in the potty several times. She doesn't act weird about it all. She's happy and excited. When we flushed it in the big potty the first time, she even waved and said, "Bye, p**p!" hahahaha... Good times.. something to put in her baby book huh? haha..

Anyway, when Kevin is off work, I will be having her in pull-ups all day to see how it goes. I don't want her in pull-ups unless I can have both of us trying to make her go in the potty all day. Lately, I haven't had the energy to do so, so diapers it has been. But, I'm hoping to have her in pull-ups for 2 days in a row without us going anywhere will help out. I'll keep you updated!

Once she is really starting to wear pull-ups all the time, I want to get rid of her changing table.. It's kinda tearing apart anyway, and if I can get rid of that, I will be able to put her toy box (a hot pink tub for now) in her room (for all the new toys coming). We have an extra clear 5 drawer plastic thing that we could use to put her bibs and night gowns in, until we move. That way we're not having to buy a chest of drawers and bring them to this house and within a couple of months, move them somewhere else.. It will just be easier that way..

I'm eager to get rid of the changing table now, but Kevin has convinced me that we need to keep it until she is out of diapers.. which is true, but once I figure out an organizing plan, I wanna do it.. Right Now! haha..