Guess Who's Potty Trained!?!?!

I wanted to share this moment. One day I had left the bathroom for a minute while Maddie was sitting on the potty, and I returned to find this. She is such a funny little girl some times!

Well, as some may know, we have been working with Maddie on using the "big potty" as we call it around our house, since right before New Year's. We've given her some time to adjust to the idea, since she's a pretty stubborn monster. But we knew this was a task we wanted and needed to start and finish. I'll be honest, I am not good at potty training. I struggle with accidents, and bed wetting, and all those not fun things. With Ethan, we didn't have nearly as hard of a time because he was a lot older, and he just caught on pretty quick. But this little lady, she was a whole other ball game.

So, it started with 12 pairs of underpants (6 Minnie Mouse, 6 Tinkerbell) and a LARGE bag of M&M's, 6 pair of plastic covers, and pull ups for night time. After the first week, she wasn't too promising with our efforts, the second week, we stopped peeing in our pants, but didn't quite have the concept for going "big potty" yet. Yuk! haha... Then the third week, we were having more successes than accidents... in the fourth week, we were accident free, and this week, the fifth week, she is now telling us when she has to go potty. It came out of nowhere. But has been a welcomed change, and my little lady is becoming a big girl! Very exciting time right now!!! I know she'll continue to do well, and soon, it will be as if she has been potty trained her whole life. But it just goes to show you, even the most stubborn of daughter's (and believe me, she is), is no match for strong willed parents who refuse to buy more diapers.