Goodbye Diapers!

It was not in my plans to potty train Aubs this soon, but she left me no choice. Everytime that girl would mess up her diaper, it was off! So, I couldn't ignore it. I got the little potty out (which I vowed I would never use again) and SLOWLY started the process, dreading every bit of it. To my surprise, she has done pretty well. I think I can say she is pretty potty-trained. And, she is at that prime age of doing EVERYTHING by herself, which is helpful. Potty-training always comes with great stories...

I'm in my room putting away laundry and I hear Aubs run down the hallway saying, "hurry,
hurry, hurry"

I'm in the kitchen and Aubs has just started using the big potty (thankfully) and I hear her
self-talking "Don't fall in the potty, Aubrey, don't fall in." (you know, whatever it
takes)

Our first public potty experience: we are in the stall and I turn to look at Aubs and she is
SITTING on the floor, taking her shoes, pants, and underwear off to sit on the potty. I
was totally grossed out, but willing to go along with it, so long as we did NOT have an
accident in the store. And, I can look at the "sitting on the floor" in two ways: she
may get sick or she was just inoculated and will not miss those extra few days of grade
school.

As I've been happily (now) reflecting on this potty training, I laughed to myself: when beginning potty training, you pump your child with fluids so they know how it feels to have the urge to go and to actually go in the potty. And then when you are pretty sure they have it down, you start dehydrating them b/c you are brave enough to put them in big girl (boy) pants and run errands. The last thing you want to hear while out and about is, "I have to go potty."

So, let the dehydrating begin! Goodbye diapers--you will not be missed!