Potty trained

So, I meant to write about this when I was actually going through the process, but of course that never happened!

Instead I get to say that my daughter has now been potty trained for about a month and a half.  We started April 2nd and it went very well.  She got it right away and had very few accidents.  Then by about the 5th day I believe, she wasn't having accidents anymore.

She will still occasionally have an accident, but it's rare and usually happens when she's really upset and just seems to lose all control.  In the past month, I think she's had 4 accidents and 2 of those were on the drive home from Disneyland, which is pretty good for a 2 year old who is newly potty trained!

I had no idea what I was getting myself into because I know some people have a really hard time, but she did so well!  I was just lucky with my timing I think.  She was extremely ready to do it.

Her best friend had just potty trained about 1-2 months earlier and she was extremely interested as a result.  She always wanted to sit on his potty and really seemed to want to start the whole process.  She was also very aware of her bodily functions and would ask to have her diaper changed.  Also, when she was naked, she would ask for a diaper when she needed to go.

I ended up feeling like I was holding her back from being potty trained and decided I better just go ahead and do it while she was showing such an interest.  And now I'm so glad I did.

I have to say, I don't miss changing diapers!  It used to be such a battle.  I love that she's potty trained!  Although now I'm sad that she really, really isn't a baby anymore.  And now I want another baby...

We are not ready for another one at the moment.  We are in the middle of too many major life changes, but hopefully soon everything will settle down and we can have another one. =)

Until then, I will just enjoy the one on one time I have with my toddler.  I love her more than anything. I can't believe what a big girl she is now!

I wanted a picture to go along with the potty training post, but the closest thing I could find was her painting in her panties!  So here is the artist with her wild hair, experimenting with some body painting while wearing her Cinderella panties. =)