It's Potty Time!

She did it! Aitana is on the Potty Train and we are full steam ahead! I'd been trying to get her to do it for a while. We had a couple of starts and she just peed all over the floor every time we went for it. Then one day I was just so frustrated ... we had to go to the store to get diapers for Gabriel. Aitana asked me to buy diapers for her. I told her no, only babies like Gabriel wore diapers and she was a big girl who needed to wear panties and go pee pee in the toilet. So, of course, she asked for new panties. I had to tell her she had plenty and when she started going pee pee on the toilet, she could get new ones. Mind you my sister's bridal shower was that coming weekend, so I had no intention of potty training until that was over.

Well, we got home, I told her we had to change her pull-ups and I asked her to wait while I got a new one. She told me "NO, Aitana not wear diapers. Aitana go pee pee on the potty." So I told her to hold on, I'd get her toilet and as I ran upstairs she yelled after me "And my panties too!" Well, that wonderful day (I think Jan. 12) Aitana went poop multiple times in the toilet! We had pee accidents, but that was ok. She wanted to go potty in the toilet!

We've had a few accidents, but they get fewer and fewer and are now becoming mostly my fault for not paying attention at certain times. But as of this Friday, Aitana will have been potty training for 1 month and I think we are finally there!

The moral of the story ... let your child be the one to tell you when he or she is ready a new milestone. You can't force them to do what they are not ready for. They've been on this earth fewer years than we have, but nature is often more powerful than nurture. Or at least the strong, stubborn will of my daughter has proven to be more powerful than mine.

I am so proud of you, Aitana! Congratulations on this huge victory you sweet girl!