so proud

We started potty training Ada over the Thanksgiving holiday and after the first weekend Elliot and I were both silently thinking maybe we had attempted too much too soon. But Ada with some help from day care has proved us wrong.

One thing we did change was her napping and bedtime condition. The day care instructions on potty training stated that they would not diaper her during nap time and that they requested that we did not diaper during nap OR night time at home. Being good little instruction followers we tried this, until Ada's teacher told us that they were diapering her during nap time. OMG!! Once we flipped to sleepy time diapering it took all of the trauma out and Ada is now well on her way to being potty trained. We still have an accident here or there, but Ada is very good about telling us she has to go to the bathroom, or that she needs a "diaper change", or saying out loud, "I'm holding it, I'm holding it". I'd like to say that it is Ada's maturity that has helped us make so much progress is so little time, but really I think it is the promise of Elmo and Princess big girl underwear, as Ada insists on wearing nothing but "Big Girl UNDERPANTS!" At least she has goals.

I could not be more proud!