Oh, Poo!

It's a big day in the Mouse House.

We've been trying to get BigM to use the potty for a few months now. She turned 2 back in April, but with the impending arrival of LM, we decided to forgo the training until after things setttled down and we got into the routine of having a newborn around.

DM got the big idea that it was time to train when LM was only 2 weeks old. His sister (Choo-choo) had come to visit, so I agreed to give it a try. After BigM tee-teed on the floor twice in less than an hour, I was done.

Tee-tee on the floor + newborn baby = Unhappy MM

So needless to say, we've been encouraging but not pushing with the whole potty deal. We've had a few fruitless attempts, and most of the time BigM tells me repeatedly while sitting on her little potty, "I'm Abigail!" (In reference to our good friend who is already using the potty like a good little mouse should!) Not a drop of tee-tee or a bit of poo has graced the little seat in our hall bathroom.

This morning, as we were getting ready for school, I could tell BigM was struggling to poo (she will just die if she reads this when she's older!) so I suggested she sit on the potty and try. Amazingly, she agreed- but I wasn't getting my hopes up. We'd been down that road a few times too many. I continued to get things ready to go and all of the sudden, I hear her shout, "Mommy, I did it!" I yell back a half-hearted, "You did? Well, let me come see!" (BigM has cried "poo" too many times for me to believe her until I see it with my own eyes.) But when I arrive in the bathroom, what do I see, but a big poo sitting in her potty. Woo-hoo! Success! Don't you know I freaked out!

We, of course, called DM, Sassy, Lolli (DM's mommy), Pop (DM's daddy) at work and thought about leaving a message for Choo-choo. We were late for school, but it's not every day that your BigM poops in the potty. Oh wait, well, I am hoping it WILL be every day that BigM poops in the potty...

I have a confession to make. I love watching Jon and Kate + 8, mostly because she reminds me that if she can do it with 8 kids (and a camera crew) then I can do it with my 2. On one episode, they were potty training "little kids" and one of them pooped in the potty... and Kate said she always takes a picture of the proud child with his or her proud little poop. *I did that.* Poor BigM, she really will be embarrassed when she gets older. But she won't be going to college in diapers...