Today is a very big day in Lily's world...she went poopy in the potty! We waited until last summer to potty train her, and she picked it up pretty easily. However, she never wanted to poop in the potty. We let her put on a Pull-Up if she needed to because she seemed to have this intense fear of pooping in the potty. Last week, we decided she really needs to get the hang of this, so we I bought special "nap time only" Pull-Ups, and she bought into only wearing them for naps...until it came time to poop. Lily is a smart kid. She realized she would get the Pull-Up at nap time and a diaper at bed time, so she waited to poop until she had one on; very, very frustrating for me!
Today, Ryan, Lily and Mia brought Chick-fil-a up to the office for lunch. Lily said she likes coming to work, and she brought me a picture from home that she colored. After we ate, Lily was exploring my office when she suddenly stopped, and said "Mommy, I have to go poopy." I replied "I'm sorry Lily, but I don't have any Pull-Ups here. Do you want to go use Mommy's big potty?" She loves to try out new toilets (we have to visit every one at almost every restaurant we go to), so she agreed. She said down and immediately pooped. I started cheering and clapping. SO EXCITING!!! As she was washing her hands, she asked "Are you proud of me for going poopy in the potty?" to which I enthusiastically replied "YES!" Ryan, Kim and Mia were all waiting outside the bathroom, so they started cheering too, and then we called Bama to tell her. Lily was so proud of herself! She climbed up into my chair, grabbed a highlighter and a piece of paper and said "I'm going to write a note that says 'Dear Lily, I went poopy in the potty.' Mommy, how do you spell potty?" So I told her and she said "I know how to write those letters!" I said "Okay, so 'P'..." and Lily cut me off to say "I have to spell Lily first." I looked back a minute later and she had written out "Lily Potty." Again, she was so proud of herself! I want to frame this paper I am so excited. She then proceeded to draw on lots of pieces of paper and said she was going to give them to Daddy because he's a good daddy; how sweet is that?
Then it was time to go home, but Lily has the promise of a cupcake from McEntyre's, a trip to the Dollar Store before nap time, toys when Mommy gets home and dinner and play time at Chuck E Cheese tonight. We also want to have a "potty party" soon to celebrate. Isn't this good motivation to go poopy in the potty again? I never thought I would be so excited about this kind of stuff, but man, she made my day!
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