Bye-bye Diapers!

We did it!!! Kara is now a potty-sitting, panty-wearing, diaper-snubbing, I'm a big girl kid!

We are on day 4 of potty training, and it has gone better than I could have ever hoped. She still has 1-2 minor accidents a day, but she is great about letting us know when she has to go. Her two warning phrases are "Peepee is coming!" and "Oh no, don't come out peepee!" I'm really, really proud of her.

Even better, there was no form of bribery needed, just a little modeling. Every 30 minutes everyone in the house wearing panties would run to the potty. She got to choose who would try first. Luckily I have a pregnancy bladder, so I pretty much had to go every time.

The only down side is that this has become her new excuse for getting out of bed. Apparently she has to use the bathroom several times before she can go to sleep. Now we give her one assisted freebie, but if she comes out more times she has to do it herself...in the dark (she can't reach the light switch). This has limited, but not eliminated, the little girl crying wolf syndrome.

I must say, I was absolutely terrified of potty training. I knew she was more than ready, but I was so afraid that it would fail. I didn't want both of us to be frustrated and to have bodily excrement all over the house. But it was great! I'm relieved. Pun intended.

Here is a video of Kara's victory dance: