Tonya and PQBON's WebLog
At 20 months Katie has officially begun potty training. In the past she has gone to the potty before and after her bath. But tonight she twice asked to go potty on the "people potty" - (big people potty) - and she went. It was kind of a big deal. She was really excited because she gets M&Ms for using the potty. It was a big deal for me because both times she asked me and I was the one with her when she went.
Being that I work I don't get to be around for everything. Many of her first and even seconds I get though phone calls or after work recaps. This was one thing that I got to share with her.
Detail in the extended... For those that care.
The first time was right after I got home. She and Tonya were in her bedroom. I stopped by to see them before I used the bathroom. Katie wouldn't let me go and really wanted to use the potty. So I went with her wailing outside and then I let her in. I figured I would humor her and let her sit on the potty. She sat there for a second and started to go. She was really excited for her M&Ms but also she loves to get her paper to wipe with. She starts asking for her paper before she is even finished.
The second time was right after our nightly lego fest. My brother left Katie a large collection of legos that is the sum of all of his legos from childhood combined with all of mine. Most nights after work Katie and I go upstairs alone to build things with the legos and spend time together. We stop when she gets bored which normally takes between 15minutes to an hour. Tonight when we were done we were going into her room to read, I asked her if she needed to go potty since I was going to change her to her night time diaper (which is one size larger so it doesn't overflow in the morning) and put on her PJs. She said she needed to use the "people potty". So I took off her pants and diaper and set her on the potty. Again she went almost right away and wiped up with her paper.
I'm very proud of her. She also stole my new KTM poster which is now hanging in her room. OK, so I gave it to her since she was very excited by the motorcycle poster I got with my yearly KTM accessory catalog.
She is sleeping in her bed in her pink Thor pajamas having used the potty twice and is sleeping under a KTM motorcycle poster hanging over her bed.