A few weekends ago, Alayna and I were home alone together. I was getting ready to run some errands and was brushing my teeth in my bathroom. I had already gotten Alayna dressed and ready to go so she was hanging out in my bedroom/bathroom playing. Suddenly she walked over to the toilet and said “Mama potty.” I could not believe my ears. She is not yet 18 months old (at the time) and all I could think was that she is too young for this. But, I did not want to discourage her so I asked her if she had to go and she said “yes.” So, I took off her pants and diaper and sat her on the toilet. You would have thought she was the Queen of the World the way she sat there and looked at me like she was so cool. I couldn’t help but laugh. She didn’t go that time, but still I applauded her for giving it a try and then I chalked it up to a fluke.
Until the next day…again she went to the toilet and said “Mama potty.” So, again I got her undressed and sat her down. And again she thought she was super cool. Though, she again didn’t go potty.
After the second time I started to think that maybe this isn’t a fluke and she is showing early signs that she wants to be potty trained. Questions filled my brain, well because I have never done this before and have no clue how to e
A few more times of “Mama potty” and finally our little girl went potty on her “big girl” potty for the first time. Her little chair played her a “royal song” to commemorate and I clapped and cheered for her. She has now gone two other times, though more times than not when she says she has to go, she has already gone and just likes to sit and play on her potty. Oh well, at least she isn’t afraid of it.ven START to potty train a child. I called Derek with the news and asked him if we should buy a potty and start trying to do this. And of course he didn’t know either. So, I decided to wing it. I went out and bought a child’s potty chair for Alayna and let her play with it and get use to it. She LOVED it, kept sitting on it and taking the chair and bowl out (thankfully there was nothing in it yet).
I don’t think she really “gets it” yet, the concept of going potty in the potty instead of in a diaper, but she is still pretty young. We did bring it up to her pediatrician and she echoed our same thoughts, and said to keep encouraging her, but she probably doesn’t get it yet.
I can’t believe it though, this is the first milestone that I really didn’t want her to it. It really marks the end of my
“baby” and her becoming a little girl. It makes me so sad. I am not ready for her to grow up and not need me so much anymore.
Here is a picture of my baby playing with her potty.
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