Potty Training Round Two

You guys remember our first attempt at potty training? After a solid 9 days, we gave up. We put her back in diapers. No one was stressed anymore.

Then we though, wow, this is nice. We don't have tarps covering our living room. And I no longer have to help her use the toilet at Harris Teeter, Target, and gas stations. Once Emma came along we were so thrilled that no one had to drag a newborn into public bathrooms.

So Target ran a diaper deal and we STOCKED UP.

The day we got home. "Me no want diapers." Thats fine Olivia, start going potty and you don't have to wear them. That sentence rolled off, because she had been saying that for months.

She hops on the potty, pees and says, "Okay mama, no diapers." 

Well...that was unexpected.

She then convinced her teachers to not put a diaper back on her, and she went potty all day at school.

That's awesome Olivia, but you are at least wearing pull ups here. I'm not worrying about accidents. Knowing that if I don't even remember we have a dog, I wouldn't remind her to go potty.

She would pull up the stool, potty, put her pull up back on and ask for a potty treat.

That's awesome, Olivia, and you don't have to wear pull ups at home, but you need to wear them out. I'm not worrying about an accident while out and about.

We'd go somewhere, and once we got home she'd go straight to the potty all by herself. 

We went to the park and she asked to go and I said sorry, sweetie, you are going to have to hold it, there is no potty here. She waited until we got home.

It seems as though .. despite our discouragement .. she has potty trained herself.

It's been a month now and she's had 0 accidents. 

We put a nighttime diaper on her just in case, but she wakes up dry and goes straight to the potty. 

Who would have thought?

What are we going to do with 5 boxes of diapers?