Well, we have been diaper free since 6:30 Am friday morning. Yippee! Let me preface this by saying that I was NOT looking forward to potty training. I mean, really NOT looking forward to it. Almost to the point that I figure she would figure it out herself by the time kindergarten rolled around, so do I even want to mess with it?? Alas, I suppose this is a rite of passage in parenthood. A friend of mine recommended these Potty Patty panties - they are padded, and they are awesome. They contain 95% of the mess - I did not have to clean up the floor after any accident on friday, that helped with my frustration level tremendously. So friday was a long day - I would say we were somewhere in the neighborhood of 50/50 - 50% in the potty, 50% out. She didn't tell me at all that day that she had to go. It was a long day, but we survived. Saturday went extremely well. No accidents at all, she told us several times when she had to go (including a #2), and we even went out to dinner and she told us at the resturant that she had to go - I was pretty shocked by that. So day 2 much less stressful than day 1. And today, day 3, has been going well too. No accidents so far. And she has been dry at naptime and in the morning as well. So hopefully, we have purchased our last diaper (for this child anyway!)
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Lucky! I've been putting Anna in underwear at home (I guess I should check out these panty things) for about a week and we are not making much progress. Well, at least she knows that diapers are for babies and that she's not suppose to pee on the floor, though she still does. I'm waiting for her to tell me when she has to go. She can talk up a storm, but telling me she has to go potty just hasn't happened yet. I think the most frustrating is that many times I miss her by literally a minute. I will be thinking I need to take her to the potty and whops, there is goes on the floor. I guess by kindergarten this is bound to happen.
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