Potty Training - Day 5

Today we had some major progress! Not like we hadn't the past few days. But today is something to really jump up and down for! I can't say it enough. Khloe is doing amazing. She was definitely ready to start this. We have tried this several times prior and only lasted a few days and then stopping as it was apparent she was not ready or interested. I do not agree with pushing this on a small child. And, truthfully I didn't want to waste my time pushing her on something she didn't want. Some parent's are so eager to get their child out of diapers that they start before the child can really verbalize or even pull their pants up and down by themselves. They spend week's upon week's upon month's trying to get their child to understand. I was not willing to do that. Plus that much pressure on a small child doesn't seem fair to me. I can't tell you how many people would try and make me feel bad that she was not yet potty trained. From the time she turned 2! Looking back it makes me angry. How dare they?! And I feel ashamed as I let them make me feel bad. They made me feel like I was lazy, or a bad mother, for not making her.

How do I know she was ready for this? Well we have only been at this for 5 days. We haven't seen an accident since Monday (Day 1). Today Khloe woke up at 6:00AM and her diaper was dry. She said she wanted to lay down and watch cartoons for a bit. So I let her and I didn't make her go to the bathroom. About an hour later she comes in and TELLS me she needs to go. Awesome!!! From there I really backed off today. I didn't stay on top of her like I had the last few days, asking her every so often if she needed to use the potty. She would come to me and TELL me she needed to go. Awesome!!! We even ventured out to go grocery shopping today. What did she do when we were at the very back of the store at the furthest point away from the bathrooms? She TELLS me she needs to go potty. Awesome!!! And these are the reasons I want to jump up and down!

I am by no means saying she is done and is completely potty trained. She's not. I'm sure we will still see accidents. She still has a long ways to go. So I will still be staying on top of her. Also, we still have to work on getting her out of diapers for nap time and night time. That will come in time.

I had prepared myself for this to be a very messy and daunting experience. I completely believe waiting until the child is ready makes this process fun (well as fun as using the potty can be) and not nearly as horrible as I was expecting. I'm excited to see what tomorrow brings!