the last hurdle

A friend asked Marian yesterday "what toys do you like to play with at home?"

"Poo poo..."

Our goofy girl is absolutely smitten with, intoxicated by the sound of those two syllables coming off her lips. She's really never touched it (Praise God!) but she just loves talking about it at all the silliest times. She's not allowed to say it at the table, but occasionally she loves to greet people by mentioning it, or, like she did above, she loves to answer questions with it.

Sadly enough, it's still the last great hurdle in Marian's total conquering of the potty.

Her first day of (the second round of) potty training was about what you'd expect. But day two: incredible. She had 2 close calls and about 30 successful trips to the potty. No complete disaster the whole day!

Note- She can hold her bladder for a long time now. But lots of little trips, means lots of skittles. There were a few trips where she just barely managed to squeeze out 3- 4 drops, but she knew we were committed to going all out for the rewards for these few days. Even 3 drops earned her one. For a girl who loves skittles like our darling, she knows it's well worth her time invested for all those ups and downs of the undies.

We're glad she's already moving on to a reward of "chapstick and lotion" (some yummy smelly lotion Grandma left- thanks Grandma!) for most times now.

But this one hurdle. She's pretty deeply opposed to using the potty for #2. This too will be conquered. I hope it won't take "a few more weeks" (like she has said to me several times) but if it does, in the end, it will be worth it!

We are so proud of our potty princess! You can do this, darling!

Yes, we're going local and using a simple pot (bucket) for a potty.

Works like a charm.