Tales from the Potty

So Callie Grace will be 3 this month and it's a bit embarrassing to say that she is still NOT potty trained. We are talking about the girl who could speak full sentences at a year and a half old and lots of other things 'early'. We started last summer right after she turned 2. I thought that she would surely get through this milestone in a month or so. WRONG!! If you know her at all, then you know that she's got quite the strong will and will do things when she is good and ready! So after a few weeks in the summer when I noticed that she wasn't 'ready', I backed off. I didn't stress out about it. When she would want to sit on the potty we'd let her. If she refused, no big deal.

Then she started preschool. They assured me that they would work with her and practically handle it all themselves- lucky me! But that didn't last. I had accepted the fact that I would, indeed, have 2 children in diapers for a while- because the last thing I wanted to do was struggle with potty training while being 8-9 months pregnant.

Then, it happened. This past weekend she wanted to try and go on the potty all throughout the day ( I think it had to do with bribing her with Starbursts and Dove chocolate). And all this week at school, she went potty at least 3 times a day! We are so proud of her. I think we are finally getting somewhere. It would be so awesome if she could actually be in big girl panties by the time she turns 3! (But I'm a realist- so I'm not holding my breath...)

As you can see in this picture, she is VERY proud to be wearing her plastic panties!