It's Potty Time!

Potty training seems to be a journey. We started out a long time ago...Megan was "interested" when she was about 18 months old, so we bought a potty seat. She had a few successes that surprised her as much as they did us. Then we kind of forgot about it for a while.

We tried to start things up again here and there, usually when our daycare provider suggested it or when Megan happened to notice she had to go. We really didn't push too hard though, no pun intended. :)

Then she really started to get the hang of things. Megan's inherited a dislike of being messy or dirty from her dad. Because of that, she had started using the potty every time she had to go poopy. (Come on, you knew what this post would be about when you read the title, so don't roll your eyes that I'm using that word in writing...I'm the mom of a toddler, after all!)

She's had a lot of success with that, but every time we tried to leave diapers, she'd have an accident. Now, with her dad's aforementioned dislike of all things yucky, that wasn't working out well for any of us.

When Winter Break rolled around this year, I was determined that we'd get through potty training, once and for all. She was doing great, but we were still putting her in a diaper for sleeping and if we were going to leave the house. Of course, as soon as she had a diaper on, she took advantage of it. We were really holding her back, I guess.

Finally, with one weekend left to go before the end of break, we decided it was time. She's transitioned with flying colors. She's very motivated by being able to choose which panties she wears each day and that we're more willing to let her wear dresses and tights when we don't have to change diapers. Other than a few accidents, we're ready to declare Megan officially potty trained at 2 3/4 years old.

(Hooray!)

The Baby Sea Witch & Other Amusements

Megan has an active imagination. A few months ago, she told me there was a "baby sea witch" living in her mouth. On and off the rest of that day she spent time with her mouth open as wide as she could for the baby sea witch.

I have no idea what the baby sea witch is, or where her idea for it came from.

She has since elaborated on her sea witch idea. She tells us what the baby sea witch would like for a snack and reminds us to clean it when we brush her teeth. She asks other people to open their mouths wide so she can see if they have a baby sea witch. Sometimes they do, but sometimes they don't. I'm not sure how she decides.

Then there's her jokes. Her favorite one by far goes like this:

Megan: Mommy, guess what?
Mommy: What?
Megan: Chicken butt!

She'll haul that one out at the most random times like the middle of dinner or during a story.

Her other joke is this:
Why is 6 afraid of 7?
Because 7 ate 9.

That one started with the Bare Naked Ladies song called 7,8,9. But she really got the joke from the first time she heard the song.

Never a dull moment with a silly kid.