GOODBYE DIAPERS!

As you know, we have been working really hard with Eliza to get her potty trained. We started a few months ago with the typical steps you take to train a child to go potty.

1. Reading books about going to the potty, which she has memorized!
2. Watching videos about going to the potty
3. Taking her in to sit on the potty every time we go and every 20 min. throughout the day.
4. If she does go in her diaper, especially poo, we would take her into the bathroom and dump it in the toilet to show her where it goes.
5. Putting undies on her and letting it drip down her leg, and even putting undies on under her pull-ups so she could feel wet.
6. Buying Princess undies to motivate.
7. Promising candy to motivate.

It just wasn't clicking for the longest time. She didn't even mind if she was wet or poopy. A few times recently either she had a major poo or Caleb did and we would show it to her and mention how gross it was. She even said "Eww that's disgusting" and gag! She wasn't even showing she wanted the candy either.
On Monday of this week she got up and said "I have to go potty" and she has been going ever since! She wants to go by herself (so maybe that was the key) and she even washes her hands by herself! Now she wants the candy and is so excited to go. Adrianna has helped her a few times also.
This morning we went to take Adrianna to preschool and Eliza went without a diaper! She was dry and even went at Target! We let her pick out some new undies and she picked Princess, of course! At nap time today she started crying because she didn't want her diaper on. So as of right now, she is sleeping with no diaper!

I can't tell you have excited I am! Of course, all you other mom's out there understand! It is so cool to see your child accomplish something and see it click in their little minds.
We are just doing diapers at night and we'll see if she wakes up dry from her nap!

This is going to help the budget A LOT!