Success!!!

I just wanted to say how excited I am with/for Chesney.

Success number 1: We've been potty training since Chesney was 20 months old. Basically, if we put her in the bathroom and told her to potty, she would... but she didn't start asking on her own until she turned 3. She has now been in panties for 3 straight weeks with only 3 accidents. Of course she still stays in a pull-up at night and for dance classes (which is where one of the accidents occurred). I am proud of her for wanting to do it on her own. Sometimes she just walks into the bathroom, sets up her stool and training seat, potties, wipes, then calls us to flush which she doesn't seem strong enough to do yet. She's well on her way!

Success number 2: Tuesday night, the last night we had Chesney, I made her a deal/bribe. Usually, she wakes up in her bed around 3am. She comes in our room and sleeps with us until we get up. I really don't like this routine (you can read about it in an earlier blog "Baby Items"). Anyway, I told her that if she wakes up that she needs to stay in her bed until we go and get her. She could read, play with a doll, whatever... but she needed to stay there. If she stayed, we'd take her to Chuck E Cheese on Friday. Wednesday morning I awoke at 7am. I turned over and realized that Chesney wasn't in our bed. I got up and peeked in her room. She was on top of the covers with her feet on her pillow, asleep. Halleluiah! That means she woke up, uncovered, turned around, and soothed herself back to sleep. It's amazing that this little step could bring me such joy. This is the first time I am great with taking her to Chuck E Cheese... but we'll have to bribe with nickels and dimes from now on. It could get expensive!