Potty time, excellent!

So after two long weeks, our daughter is now potty trained. We're so proud of Anya. Diaper-free life is wonderful!


Just kidding. Actually, I got lazy and more or less gave up on the idea for now. She still announces her bowel movements most of the time, but it tends to be while I'm in the middle of something and/or don't feel like rushing her to her potty. I was reading up on the subject, and it's sort of pointless to focus on it too much right now anyway.

In order to potty train successfully, two conditions need to be satisfied. 1) Child needs to be aware of need to go to the bathroom. (check). and 2) Child must desire to be clean. Potty training readiness tends to happen around 2-1/2 years or so for most girls. As a now 14 month old, Anya doesn't mind walking around in a soiled diaper.

So any potty training we do now is just training *us* (to rush her to the bathroom), not really the kid. So for now, we just read her potty book often because she likes it so much (it's called Once Upon a Potty if anyone is curious). I still plan on setting her on her potty when the timing works out and getting her used to the idea. She certainly is not afraid of the potty, and gives it kisses in greeting (ew) and puts the removable pot part on her head (again, ew, but it's clean), and sits on it for fun. Love thy toilet, I guess.