Potty Training Update: Part One

We've been putting Madeline on the potty chair off and on for just about a year. In fact it was July 24th last year when she went on her potty chair for the first time:

Madeline Makes Three: First Time on the Potty

Everyone said we'd know when she was really ready, so we decided not to push it until she gave us some sort of "sign". Around her 2nd birthday she started talking about it so we decided that it was time to really start trying. Since Mommy has been lucky enough to be able to stay at home with Madeline this summer we thought we would give the naked potty training a try. This was going pretty well while we were at home - just a few accidents. We encourage her by letting her watch an episode of Little Einsteins if she goes on the potty - nothing like a little motivation :-) This had been going pretty well, but as soon as we put a diaper on her she would just go in it.

But today we had a first!!!! When we were done playing at the park and getting ready to go into the water at the splash pad, mommy noticed that her diaper was dry. We went to the public potty and she actually went! This was a really big deal because she had always been too scared to go on the public potty's before.

Hopefully this means the start to her finally "getting it"!

Splash Pad with Grandma & Grandpa

It was a nice day so we took Grandma and Grandpa to the park and the Splash Pad today. Madeline showed them how she can go down the slides. And Climb the Big Rock. It was nice to cool off in the water. Madeline made sure Grandma wasn't too hot putting water on her feet! We went out for lunch and then headed back to the apartment. Later that night Grandma and Grandpa watched Madeline while mommy and daddy went out for a while. Tomorrow we get to go to the Fair!