And the potty training begins...

You have to understand that I wasn't ready for this. I knew that we would have to potty train Paige at some point, and I had a feeling it would be sooner than later. But as everyone knows, I can't stand staying in the house all day. This is why staying home for days on end so as to be close to the potty didn't seem appealing. I already had a million excuses in my head as to why we shouldn't start now because we will be going to the cottage, we have classes going on, etc.

Then, the other night Paige asked to go on the potty while she was in the bathtub. I put her on the potty and she peed instantly. I said to Mike, "if she does this again we better continue on with the training". Then last night she had a bath. I said, "let's try to pee on the potty before putting on our diaper and going to bed". Put her on the potty....instant pee. Well, this was it, better keep going. This morning before soccer...."let's try to go on the potty before soccer". Sits on potty....poo. After soccer..."let's sit on the potty before lunch". Sits on potty for quite a while.....more poo. So not stressful so far, but we have success. After every success is a sticker on the potty chart and high fives from mommy, and then high fives when we tell daddy. I think when she reaches the end of this chart she might get a bigger prize! I think it might be time to start the underwear in the next couple of days as well. I think this will excite her to no end.

Update 5:15pm: After her nap she peed on the potty right away. I then put her in some underwear under her clothes and we went outside to play in the sandbox and with some water. She ended up peeing in her clothes. Oh well. We're definitely ahead though! And now she only wants underwear.

Update July 30th: Has continually peed and pooed on potty every time. The only wet diapers we have had are while out at gymnastics and the toy store, and the night time diaper.