I'm done!

We've been introducing Campbell to the potty recently, but we haven't really made the commitment to "potty training" yet. We talk about it, we read a book about it, and we let her sit on her little training potty before her bath sometimes, but she has never actually gone "pee pee on the potty" as we explain to her.....until yesterday!! Unfortunately, I was on the computer in our front room checking my email, so I missed the big event! Matt was getting her ready for a bath in our bathroom, which is where she insists on taking most of her baths. When we tell her it's time to take a bath, she will point to our room and say "I want dis bath!" Anyways, he asked her if she wanted to go pee pee on the potty, and she sat down and did it! She even wiped with toilet paper, which she has actually practiced many times before with her pants on - very funny! When Matt told me what she did, she of course showed me the evidence. We gave her high fives and told her that was such a good job! I wanted to give her candy as a reward, but since I didn't have any she settled for some fruit snacks. We told her every time that she goes pee pee on the potty, she will get a treat.

So, this morning Matt dropped her off at Nannie's house. I told Nannie that she had finally gone pee pee on the potty, so she should be prepared in case Campbell wanted to try again today and make sure to give her a treat if she "performed" well. My mom showed Campbell the potty this morning and told her that if she needed to go potty, this is where the potty is and she would get a treat. Campbell was not interested in trying to go potty this morning. This afternoon, however, she wanted to bring the potty out in the living room. My mom helped her take her jeans and diaper off to see if she would try to go pee pee on the potty. She didn't go right away, so my mom went back to doing other things in the kitchen and just left Campbell to sit on the potty and watch one of her shows. About 10 minutes later, Campbell comes in the kitchen and says, "Nannie, I'm done!" My mom goes to see what she had done...she had gone pee pee on the potty!! They just called me at work to tell me. Campbell said "I went pee pee on the potty!" I asked her if she got a treat and she said she had gotten a candy cane.

I know that we are still far from wearing big girl panties, but I guess we are starting down the potty training adventure!! I'm sure we have many "good times" ahead of us - ha ha!