Milestone Day

We had a big, unexpected milestone today. We have been relaxed about pushing Little's potty training. We let her roam naked when in the house if she wants to and  if she announces she has to peepee we take her to the potty. She has had a few accidents, but not too many.  

Tonight she was roaming naked as the rest of us worked on the Christmas decorations. She was running around, playing with her toys and being her happy self. 

At one point, she disappeared for a few minutes. I called for her and she didn't come, so I figured she had gone into the bedroom to get a toy or got distracted somewhere. 

When she appears she says, "Big Mess Mommy", repeats it several times and leads me to the bedroom and then to the bathroom. I suspected she had peeped somewhere, but what I found was incredible. 

Our Little Noodle had gone a big number 2 in the potty, all by herself and had left no mess. This is a very big deal because we had not address the potty in regards to number 2 at all. She connected the dots all on her own and went for it. 

We are so proud of her! 

Needless to say, the celebration she received was pretty rewarding for her.

Potty Time

We have had potties out and ready out for Little Noodle for about 6 months. They are in the bathrooms and when they first came out, she was very curious about them. She would sit on them, but nothing ever came of it. 

Yesterday it all changed!!!

For over a week, she had been telling me "Peepee, peepee." I always thought she meant she wanted a diaper change. So, I changed her diaper. 

Yesterday, she said it again, "Peepee, peepee". Daddy ran with her to the potty and on the first official try, she did it. She peed in the potty and she even tried to do more, but couldn't. We got very excited, celebrating and signing her a new potty song we invented, but to our surprise she became very shy, almost embarrassed. 

With her head down, she was embarrassed

 As the day progressed, she went peepee in the potty 4 more times and the embarrassment faded into her own celebration. She now gets very excited when she peepees in the potty. 

Curious

Our Little Noodle is becoming such a big girl.

An honorable mention goes to Daddy for understanding exactly what she meant, taking her to the potty every time and sitting there with her until she actually accomplished the task (and for also cleaning the mess and the accidents the diaper free day brought).