No Diapers Today!

Yesterday (day 2 of potty training) I was starting to have some doubts. Although we had some triumphs (a big one too if you know what I mean) we ended the day with a total miss. It was really discouraging. But my voice of reason (Chris) reminded me that it was only the second day. True!

So we kept at it. This morning we continued pants-less. I increased my hovering... gently reminding Sofia not to go on the floor, or the chair, etc. Probably every 2-5 minutes. But I tried not to be too annoying about it. Sometimes she and I joked about it. (Where does the pee-pee go? On the bench? Noooooo. On the pumpkin? Of COURSE not! Pee-pee goes in the POT-ty!")

The morning went by with no accidents. She didn't go at all until right before her naptime. She napped in a pull up and woke up a bit wet which I expected. Then we went bare-bottomed again. She spent a good deal of time lingering on our not-cheap wool rug and I noticed that I was beginning to feel ok about it. (Until I started thinking about it too long and brought out the water resistant picnic blanket.)

The most iffy time of day is when we pick up Lucas from school and stay on the playground for a while before heading home. Obviously, I have to put pants on her, but since pants give a false sense of comfort in this early stage of training, accidents are likely. I've been putting her in a diaper for this daily excursion and had no intentions of changing that this week. But today it just seemed like the right thing to do - so off we went with no diaper, but a change of clothes in tow. In the car, I reminded her every couple of minutes not to go in her pants, because we would be going at the (wonderful, amazing) potty at Lucas's school. I put the picnic blanket underneath her while she was in the car seat. She stayed dry!

At dinner we had split pea soup. Sofia was dining in the buff and she got a little nervous when she spilled a spoonful in her lap. I think she thought she had an accident! She said "Mommy!" and gestured (or maybe I imagined it) to the bathroom. I checked and she was dry. So we went at her request.

She likes the big potty, which is better for me (no transfers.) And flushing and washing hands is enough of a reward it seems. Sometimes she likes to look at a book while sitting. And we have gone through many, many non-productive potty trips every day. But I just wanted to get her to the point where going in her pants seems really strange.

No accidents today! Praying that we are in the clear!!