Harper started potty training full time (no more diapers at all) last Thursday, and she’s doing a surprisingly good job. I’ve tried this a couple of times before, like I mentioned in my last post, and got too frustrated to stick with it. This time we are taking the naked approach and it’s really working. She wears dresses and t-shirts, but nothing on the bottom when we are at home or running errands. She wears pull-ups for nap and bedtime, but that’s it. She gets one M&M for pee and two for poop.

Harper is extremely stubborn and will hold it for hours and hours. On Saturday she held it for over seven hours before finally peeing, then we had a pee-fest all afternoon! We skipped nap on Saturday to focus on potty training and she definitely got the hang of it, but there’s no way I’m skipping naps anymore – she needs them!

Yesterday we spent the afternoon at the pool. Harper ran up to me after about 30 minutes of swimming and the following transpired:

Harper: "I want to go home!”
Me: “Do you need to pee?”
Harper: “Yeah.”
(I grab her and run for the bathroom, strip off her suit and stick her on the potty in two seconds flat.)
Harper: “Sorry Mommy.”
Me: “Sorry for what?”
Harper: “Sorry for pee on the pool.”

I guess we still have some work to do! Here is a cute shot of her enthusiastic potty-sitting (and flag-waving):