A whole new world...

So I haven't talked much about potty training on this blog. Well, actually, I'm not sure I've ever mentioned it. And there's a very simple reason for that. Gaby has shown so little interest in it that I took the attitude that she'll decide when she's ready and I'm not going to push her. Selfishly, I simply did not want to deal w/ it for months and months and months.

Now, we talk about it a good bit. We've bought different potties. We've bought panties. We've bought books. We discuss how big girls go to the potty and babies wear diapers. Baby Holt and Elmo go to the potty. Often. We've covered all the bases but have never forced anything on Gaby, hoping that one day she would just decide that she was ready for it.

Well, folks.....it looks like that day has arrived!!! Yesterday, after her nap Gaby simply said "No diaper mommy. Gaby wear panties." So I said "Sure why not?" We were headed to the park as usual on Wed afternoon and I just took some extra clothes expecting that at some point we would have an accident. Well, what do you know? She lasted the whole time out there w/no problem. And then we came home and she lasted until bathtime w/out any accidents.

But wait a minute. Let's do the math...she went from about 2pm to 7pm w/out peeing. I asked her probably every half hour if she needed to go and she said no. At one point at the park she said she needed to go and we went but produced nothing. Hmmm.

So this morning, again, she didn't want to wear a diaper and was so happy that "Big girls wear panties." Of course, today is Thursday and a school day. But, I figured that they are totally used to potty training. So w/out hesitation I sent her on w/out a diaper. What do you know? They said she had a great day with no major issues. She even tinkled for them, but only once. And had one accident but they said it was b/c they didn't get her to the potty on time. Great, right?

Well , I get home from work and we're just hanging out and Gaby asks me to take her to the potty no less than six times, but never really does anything. You can tell she wants to, but is a little scared/tense about it. No pressure from me. I even ask her if she wants to put a diaper back on but she refuses. But I'm starting to get a little worried. At this point, I've never actually witnessed her pee in the potty. Her belly is so darn full AND she hasn't gone #2 all day. Oh-oh.

So she gets her bath and is now in bed w/ a diaper but I'm a little worried that she'll now start holding it in all day and make herself really uncomfortable. Or worse give herself a bladder infection. Or will she just eventually get it? I guess we'll soon find out. So I'm not going to call this a total victory just yet. But I am very optimistic that our little cutie might be potty trained very soon :)