You probably remember that I was feeling a bit overwhelmed going into this week. I wanted to schedule a few things into it that weren’t already part of it, and I wanted to have a bit of downtime, too. On top of all of that, Laela made a big decision about this week. She decided she wanted to potty train.
If you can think that far back, Laela decided she wanted to potty train once before. She boycotted diapers, wanted to wear underwear, and sit on the toilet. But she picked the worst time! Family was out visiting, and we were almost never at home over that span of time, so she was constantly running around, busy with people she rarely sees, and in a pull up, for obvious reasons. It just fell flat. We “tried” for a week and she had two successful pees on the toilet. So we put the pull ups away, went back to diapers, and didn’t really talk about it. She wasn’t disappointed. I think she just knew it wasn’t working.
The last thing I wanted to do this week was potty train my daughter. I just don’t have it in me. Thankfully, she does! She took initiative and told me she didn’t want to wear diapers anymore. So a couple of days ago, instead of changing her diaper, I just took it off and left her in jammie pants. She had an accident, which was fine. I put her in panties (I HATE the word “panties” but she loves it, so just let it be, haha!) and we went on with our day. She had a successful pee on the toilet, which was AWESOME! Soon after, we had to go to the city to get Dekker’s glasses. On went the pull up, and naturally, Laela peed in it while we were out and about, which I didn’t fault her for. Because, again, I don’t want to potty train right now, haha! So instead of some three day potty training bootcamp, I’m just letting her do her thing. We put her in a pull up overnight, and started fresh in the morning.
Same story in the morning. I left her just in jammie pants, and she had an accident. When I put her in panties, she commented on how much she liked them, and said “I don’t want to pee in these.” So I think thats part of what’s going to make this work.
Yesterday, Laela peed in the toilet four times, and even pooped in it as well! HUGE successes! It was such a great day for her. She was so proud of herself, and still is today, as are the rest of us. Dekker is a serious encourager for her, which is awesome. When she’s waiting it out and trying for a few minutes on the toilet, if I have to run to another kid or leave her for a second, he is her faithful sidekick.
Its pretty adorable, honestly.
She is not AT ALL trained overnight. Nope nope nope. But my gosh, we just started. So her pull up was nice and full this morning, but I put panties on her first thing this morning and she hasn’t had a single accident yet today! I’m SO pleased at how quickly she has learned control, and when she has to go before she goes. She is so good at it already!
I’m honestly not upset to be diapering three kids, but I’m certainly not mad that she decided to potty train herself. Hopefully she’s just saving me the trouble of trying to potty train her while I’m pregnant the next time around 🙂 One less thing to do, right?
I wish the world wasn’t an icky place and I could post all of the cute little underwear bum pictures I have of her, but sadly, the internet isn’t a very safe place for stuff like that :/ But she’s so happy and cute and grown up, and deserves all of the praise we can give her for doing a big girl thing all on her own!!!
Laela Hazel, you ROCK at potty training! I’m SO thrilled that you’re working so hard at it, and succeeding!! You are one determined little girl, and I love to see that paired with your happy heart and silly giggles. I love you so much, sweetheart!