Do The (clap clap) POTTY DANCE!

I'll admit it...Ryan did most of the potty training with Max. I couldn't figure out what worked with Max and how to convince him to use the potty. Ryan at the time was staying home with him while I worked so I handed this task over to him. I just figured since they both had the same equipment he could figure it out. Naturally he did. He had Max going pee pee in the potty, standing up no less, within a week or two. It was like watching a magician do a trick! Getting him to poo poo in the potty was a whole other battle. Max had a major case of stage fright I think. He would sit and sit and sit on the potty and cry because he didn't want to go, then right when I would HAVE to put him in a diaper for bed so he didn't poo poo himself, of course he would go. He never went pee in that bedtime diaper, only poo. This was majorly disappointing because Ryan and I both knew that if he would only go poo in the potty we wouldn't need diapers at all! So finally after months and months of trying we got Max to poo in the big boy potty. I dont know if it was because we moved and he got his own bathroom (like a three year old would care) or if it was just because he was getting older but a good four months later he was officially trained in the art of the potty! We rejoiced!!

Now it is Gabriella's turn! She is only 16 months old and normally I wouldn't be rushing her to do something like this BUT because she shows that she knows whats going on then why not? She knows what/where the potty is. She lets us know when she needs to be changed. She just seems so prepared. Maybe its because she is the only one in the house not using the potty, or maybe its because she is just so smart, but I definitely think she is ready. So Starting next week (since I wont have school) I will be starting the process!

I haven't bought her potty chair just yet, but I will this week. This is the cutest thing ever too...

Just cause its a potty doesn't mean it cant be cute! Apparently it sings a song or something when the sensor is set off by the pee or poo. What can be more fun for a kid?! I would just be teaching her on the big potty but because she isn't abnormally tall the way Max was she cant actually even reach it.

Of course if this doesn't go well then I will stop and try again when she is two. It never hurts to give it a shot though right?!

Talk to you soon,
J