Potty. Training.

This was long overdue. Her birthday is rapidly approaching and I was not going to be diapering a 3-year-old. No thank you. She knows what an octagon is, but she can't pee in the potty? Let's get this party started already.

I'm of the mind that you hole up for a few days and do nothing but potty. Let's not drag it out with ho-humming it and accidents and pull-ups. Get 'er done and get it over with. So my friend Rose recommended this book, Toilet Training in Less Than a Day ...sounded right up my alley.

And it really went pretty well. We kept track on a chart with stickers every time she was successful. We did treats of yogurt-covered raisins. We pushed the juice. We wore our big-girl undies. We made our phone calls to share the news. My favorite was when she was sitting there, her mouth would drop open and she'd whisper, hushed and awestruck: "I'm DO-ing it!"

She's a bright kid; she picked it up quickly. Plus, it was just time for her; she's loving this new independence. There are the stories of the mistakes, but those will happen from time to time. (Like in the shopping cart at Costco - awesome.) But I think we can officially check this one off our growing up list. Check.