Could it be... ?

Some highlights from the weekend. Maia eats lunch, including her "special treat" which is Ella's Smoothie Fruit puree in a pouch. I love them, she loves them, but they're expensive, and I prefer to keep them for when we're out and about. Which is why I gave it to her on a Saturday that we were staying in all day cleaning.

"What is it, Maia?"

"Leaves falling down."

How cool is that!?!

So. Potty training. I've been stressing about it since before Parker was born, and then decided that it would probably be easier just having two in diapers than to do a very regimented potty training schedule. I just didn't have the energy, and, well... she's a little opinionated. Not to mention, she flat out refuses to poop in the potty, even though she's been successfully peeing in it since last winter.

Which brings us to a minor breakthrough. While shopping for Maia's Halloween Costume last weekend, we were at Burlington Coat Factory and it just happened to occur to me to stop by the underwear section and talk about how when she decides she wants to use the potty all the time, she'll get to wear undies like these!

Well. That quickly became "I want undies. I kin have them, please mommy!" So we talked a little more, and it seemed like she was starting to put it together. So I let her pick out two packs, and she was very excited, and held them in her arms while riding in the cart. We didn't get started with them last weekend, but she asked if they were done with the laundry a few times during the week. But with only 2 hours awake time, max, between getting home from daycare and going to bed, it just didn't seem worth it to start potty training during the week.

She didn't forget. Maia asked to wear underwear every day this weekend, and since it was cool out, we made use of all the Babylegs legwarmers we have (almost all of which I've purchased from one of my fave sites: http://www.babysteals.com/).

She actually did very well! She had one minor accident (as mentioned in previous post), and she told me about it, so I was able to find and clean up the small puddle. We did change her into diapers for her nap (which she was NOT excited about), but we forgot to take them off for a while after her nap, and she didn't ask right away. Still no pooping in the potty, so those morning diapers are HORRIBLE. However, you can see her becoming more aware of being wet diapers, and how different underwear feels with the little pliés she does. I like this idea of letting her take the lead, because it was pretty non-stressful. We could probably stand to be a little more diligent (i.e., not leaving her in diapers in the morning, or after nap) and we still have to figure out the pooping issue.

Could it be a potty trained girl is in our near(ish) future? We shall see!!