Fancy Nancy Gets New Underwear Too!

Not only did Sophie get all kinds of new underwear for learning to pee on the potty, but so did Fancy Nancy! Auntie Nancy, the one who started Sophie's obsession with Fancy Nancy and who is also the supplier of all things Fancy Nancy from clothes to books and accessories thought that Fancy Nancy needed some new underwear too. Yesterday, Sophie received a very exciting package in the mail from Auntie Nancy and in it , like most packages from Auntie Nancy, was an outfit for Fancy Nancy (aka Nancy Nancy, according to Sophie). This was not just any old outfit though, no, no, no, it was the cutest little bra and underwear set with polka dots on it! Sophie was so excited she immediately looked at me raised her hands, cocked her head and said, "Where Nancy Nancy go? I go find her!" Off she ran to the play room and came darting back with Fancy Nancy in hand and began stripping her down so she could put on the new underwear. The card enclosed congratulated Sophie for using the potty..........Thanks Auntie Nancy, you think of everything!

Here are some cute pictures of Sophie running the loop of our house through the kitchen, office, foyer and front hall with Fancy Nancy in tow!

A Little Reading Material

Today marks the day that Sophie came to me and told me that she needed to pee instead of me constantly hovering over her asking her if she needed to use the potty. Yay Sophie!!! This came after a few battles of trying to get her to sit on the potty and her saying that she was, "All Done" and "No Potty". So I just said to myself, okay if she has an accident, she has an accident, no big deal, she is either going to pee all over herself and my carpet or she is going to let me know she needs to go. Sure enough at 5:10pm she let me know that she indeed had to use the potty. I was so proud of her I had to call Neal and share the good news and he was just as pleased! It is the little things in this crazy game of parenthood that get us excited. Anyway, thought I would share the good news that Sophie has shown us that she is ready to continue with potty training and it wasn't all just Mommy and Daddy putting forth the effort! In true Slimick style I also documented this momentus occasion with a few lovely photos of Sophie on the potty checking out the Pottery Barn Kids catalog. She made sure to let me know which items she liked, "Mommy, I likes this bed, Mommy, I likes this room". Too cute I tell you!

Day Three

Well I think the picture can speak for itself! Day Three was ACCIDENT FREE!!!! YAY SOPHIE!!!!!! She stayed dry the entire time we were out doing errands, about an hour and 40 minutes (I put a Pull-Up on over her underwear so she could feel the wetness if she had an accident, and would be less clean up for me!). She also managed to stay dry through her entire nap from 1pm to 3:40pm!!!! She really is doing so well Neal and I are very impressed. She is not telling us yet on her own that she has to go, but I am keeping a close eye on her liquid intake and then judging from there about how often I need to place her on the potty. Which, so far is working out and the intervals seemed to be spaced anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour and several times she went just over an hour and a half! We are well on our way to big-girl-hood! Sad and exciting all at the same time. I am hoping that her being able to tell me all on her own that she has to go use the potty is right around the corner. We are so proud of her.

So Far, So Good

Day two of potty training went pretty well. She only had two accidents, that goes down in my book as a job well done. We put her in a Pull Up to go to church and she stayed dry the entire time while in nursery, as she would say, "Yay Sophie!" I checked her Pull Up before we got in the car to leave church and head home and she was still dry, I thought we would make it home in time since it is a short 5 minute ride, but I thought wrong, she must have peed right as we were walking into the house because the Pull Up was still warm with pee when I took it off. No big deal, my fault really. So she ate lunch and went down for a nap, we are still putting diapers on her for nap time, because I am not changing the sheets everytime she naps and I do not want naptime interrupted because she wakes up all wet and then can't get back to sleep after everything is all cleaned up. No way, Mommy needs her sanity time and that for now is coming the form of a diaper in order to secure a long nap! She did poop twice on the potty as well, as small and nugget like as they may have been they were poops none the less! Her second accident came around dinner time when we also had friends over, she was very excited and distracted and I think it just kind of snuck up on her! So anyway that is the potty training saga for today. She is so proud of herself when she uses the potty and is getting better at recognizing when she has to go. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we continue on this daring, but exciting road!

Don't Pee on the Princesses!

That is our goal; Don't Pee on the Princesses. We are diving into potty training yet again this time with a little more seriousness. The first round a couple months ago didn't go so well because I don't think that Sophie was completely ready nor was I to be honest. I selfishly did not want her to be ready because I was not ready to venture into the world of public restrooms and all the other fun stuff that comes with potty training, but mostly it is the public restrooms, I am such a germ-a-phobe. I liked my carefree world with my child in diapers. I decided that it was time, I had to put my selfishness aside because Sophie was starting to show more signs of readiness; staying dry for longer periods of time, increasing interest in the potty, the ability to pull her pants up and down, and occasionally telling me when she peed. The real jump start came on Thursday when she stayed dry for over an hour and then peed on the potty! So here we are again, Sophie sitting on the potty and Neal and I sitting on the bathroom floor reading her a book or two while she attempts to pee in the potty for the simple reward of a sticker. She has brand new Princess underwear and Princess Pull Ups for when she is at school, so our new motto is, "Don't Pee on the Princesses" so far she is doing pretty good, but then again it is only 9:30am! She has had two accidents and one successful pee on the potty. The first accident she ran to her playroom and peed and looked quite shocked that she was soaked, the second time was a little less wet and she came to us and said, "Uh Oh I pee Ariel underwears" so I feel like that was progress since recognized the accident. The successful pee on the potty came when Neal had just put her in time out for not listening to him and she was crying and then said "Uh Oh pee, pee, pee, so Neal rushed her to the bathroom where she successfully peed in the potty! Go Sophie! So as of right now we are still in the Jasmine underwear or "Jabis" as Sophie calls her. So keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we continue on our potty training adventure!

So excited about her Princess Underwear!

Sheer joy on her face, all because of Princess Underwear!

Sitting on the "Big Girl Potty"