A wee, wee, doodle-E-doo!

That's right! It's potty time for Lacy! I was hoping to tackle potty training after all the holidays and life slowed down. My goal was to have Lacy successfully trained so when our next little girl arrives, we will only have one in diapers, not two! Plus, a little break from diaper duty won't be too bad as well! So, I was so happy to get a sign from Lacy that she too, was ready. I was not quite settled from our Montana Christmas trip return, but last Saturday I went in at the end of Lacy's quiet time for her to tell me, "I go potty mommy!" WHICH, is fine, she's in a diaper. I walk closer to see my little one had taken off her JEANS and diaper and was bare-bottomed in her crib! WITH, all her books! I must have looked panicked, thinking we probably lost some of her cherished books and Lacy says, "I just pretending Mommy!" Sure enough, all was dry! PHEW! However, she wanted NOTHING to do with another diaper! Although I had plans for that afternoon, I pulled out her little potty and panties. I told her she did not have to wear a diaper, but she would have to stay dry and put her wee and poop in a potty.

I put panties on her and with the beautiful freedom of not having a massive diaper between her legs, all she could do was DANCE! It was the most hilarious dance...Eddy and I just laughed and laughed. So, she came down stairs and the afternoon did go as I expected. She did wet her panties once, but the next time, she started to go and then RAN for the potty, getting most in. Sadly, we had so many plans we could not keep running with Lacy's motivation. We had to wait until Tuesday.

DAY 1!
I pulled up our rug and made this sticker chart for Lacy. I started with training panties that just have a little extra fabric to prevent massive leaks on the floor:) So, again, she wets first thing. Then, I decide to just to have her bare so she can run over and go...NOTHING preventing her from getting the main point. Welp, that was that. She knew she needed to stay dry and put her wee and poop in the potty. And, that's just what she did! She would just run over and go! Well, and she would say "I have to go wee Mommy" or...nothing at all! Then after, all excited she would yell, "COME LOOK MOMMY!" Lacy would get one candy for wee, and 2 for poop. I also was pumping her with yummy kool-aid which she gulped down to increase the trips to the potty. Funny story from the day. My friend Maria(next door neighbor) came over with her two boys. So, I put pants on Lacy while they were here. Well, off she went to go potty even while they were visiting. She went in, and sat down and put her wee in the potty just like I told her. Except...she forgot to pull her pants down! It was hilarious! Had to give her props though! And it was a snap to clean up:) The only other time she started to have an accident was when she wanted to put her panties back on around 4:30 that afternoon. She started to go in her panties, then RAN for the potty, pulled down her semi-wet panties and went quite a bit more. That was it all day! The only time she was able to get candy and put up a sticker was with completely successful trip to the potty. I was so pleased with the first day...as she just would do it on her own. Then I just helped with the aftermath. Lacy LOVED getting the candy. See if you can spot the change in stickers from Day 1 to Day 2!

Day 2!

Yes, that would be TWENTY EIGHT stickers you are looking at! Seriously. It's a wonder I did anything else that day! We kept this day the same, 1/2 naked so Lacy could just focus on getting everything in the potty. Hmm...I think she had it mastered, do you? She would go, come out get her sticker and candy and as soon as she finished eating, "I try to go wee mommy" and wouldn't you know...she WENT....and went and went! I didn't mind as it was just more opportunity for my little one to really master the potty. EXCEPT, there was one problem...
MY HANDS! No there is not a problem with the color. My hands are literally that red. I know it's blurry at my wrist, but you can still see the color difference. Yes...it hurts. It REALLY hurts. I already had dry skin, so all that washing was murder on my hands. You can see a couple bloody spots, but there are tiny cuts all over my hands. Just painful...but I have been dealing with it almost all my life...and I will take it, if that means an easy potty training day!


And, so we have kept it up all week. Not one accident since day one! We have pages of sticker charts decorating our pantry. On day 3 we added panties to the mix and although Lacy was NOT thrilled about having to pull up and pull down on her own...AT ALL, by the time she had to go, there was no problem. She just pulled them down and went. And at at the end of the second day with panties, it's as if she never had an issue to begin with. We are taking baby steps, knowing that if she gets uncomfortable...she shuts down and melts down. Since we have plans this weekend, we will postpone adding easy elastic pants until next week. THEN, the big part.....PUBLIC RESTROOMS! But, bottom line...she gets it. She will drop whatever she is doing and successfully make it to the potty. Whether that's eating, having friends over, or even vegging through a video, she just gets up and goes. So the logistics of pants, public restrooms and the nursery days at church are not a big deal to me:) She GETS it...and Eddy and I are so proud of her! (Lacy 2 years, 4 months)









































Just a couple more of Lacy enjoying the freedom of underwear! She is quite the ham:)