potty training, take 1

so this morning as i was using the bathroom, the usual happens....ad comes in, pushes my legs and says "me potty, mommy...me potty." adelyn has been obsessed with the process of using the potty for a few months now. she loves to sit on the toilet, lift up the lid, put down the lid, 'wipe' herself, flush, wash her hands, push her pants down around her ankles, etc. i let her do this, daily. i figure it's a good thing. she grunts and pushes, but nothing ever happens.

well today i was letting her have her turn when it dawned on me to get the pink potty out! duh. and...it turned into kind of a potty training day, on accident. i wasn't nearly as prepared as i should have been and would like to have been.

9:00 - 9:20 - sitting on and admiring the new pink potty. nothing happens.
9:20 - walk in living room...turn around..walk back into bathroom, ad says "pee pee mommy."
9:22 - ad sits and PEES!!!
mommy's shocked! potty dance, m&m and sticker given! and i get out the underwear (out of elena's drawer :S) to see where this could go...why not?!
9:30 - 10:15 - sits on toilet several times and nothing. loving pulling her underwear down and sitting all by herself. pseudo wiping.
10:25 - accident under the kitchen table (she usually hides). go to sit on toilet, nothing. onto second pair of underwear.
11:00 - ad goes in the bathroom on her own, sits and PEES!!! but forgets to pull down her underwear. onto third pair of underwear. potty dance, m&m and sticker given!
11:35 - sit on toilet, nothing.
11:45 - accident at the kitchen table while eating lunch. barely enough to make it through her underwear, but onto fourth pair of underwear.
11:50 - sit on toilet, nothing.
12:00 - 2:30 - naps in diaper. wakes up with poop.
2:40 - sit on toilet, nothing.
3:05 - sits on toilet and PEES!!! potty dance, m&m and sticker given!
3:35 - sits on toilet and PEES!!! potty dance, m&m and sticker given!
4:10 - accident. barely enough to make it through her underwear, but onto fifth pair of underwear. sit on toilet, nothing.
4:25 - 4:50 - sits on toilet several times and nothing. loving pulling her underwear down and sitting all by herself. pseudo wiping.
4:52 - accident right in front of the toilet. sit on the toilet, nothing. onto sixth pair of underwear.
5:10 - sit on toilet, nothing.
5:25 - accident while eating dinner at the table. barely enough to make it through her underwear, but onto seventh pair of underwear.
5:45 - 6:20 - sits on toilet several times and nothing. loving pulling her underwear down and sitting all by herself. pseudo wiping.
6:22 - accident. mommy thinks we are regressing. :( bath and then diaper for bedtime.
6:58 - sit on toilet one last time before bed, nothing.

i called this "take 1" cuz i'm debating whether i'll stick with it. i do believe she is really CLOSE to being ready, but maybe not quite there. she's not upset (at all!) when she has an accident. she tells immediately AFTER she goes potty. she's definitely on her way.

MY BIG mistake was that i just didn't plan this. so i didn't have the TIME to commit to her. i believe in basically having them in your view at all times and i couldn't do that today. i should be feeding her drink after drink and rushing her to the toilet as SOON as she starts to go. it takes work on both our parts and i failed today, not her.

so we will see....i'll keep ya posted. either way, it was a day of sorrow and celebration. it is so sad and so wonderful to see them growing up and becoming less and less of a baby. i dread it and look forward to it all at the same time.

i'm really proud of you, adelyn!

“Diaper backward spells repaid. Think about it.” -Marshall McLuhan