On the topic of potty learning

So this week has been "naked baby week". It started Monday afternoon after her 18-month pediatrician appointment. Her pedi gave us the go-ahead, so we went for it. She had one accident Monday afternoon, one Tuesday afternoon, zero Wednesday, and one this morning already, but really i think that's pretty good considering she pees every 45 minutes and poops 2-3 times a day.

Tuesday we even drove 20-30 minutes away, went shopping at Target and then JC Penney, and grabbed lunch at NYNY Pizza. In Target she started saying "potty". She got urgent in JC Penney so i took her to the "family restroom", where i stayed for a solid 45 minutes. Poor thing WANTED to go but couldn't quite get comfortable enough. Thankfully i had tucked the donut toilet ring into the diaper bag. Weird or not, it was necessary! We ended up leaving and getting lunch, and we each made 2-3 trips to the bathroom before she finally peed. Yay!

Similarly, Char and i drove 45 minutes to visit my dad yesterday. She started saying "potty" about 10 minutes from his house. i brought her little toilet as well as the donut ring and she used each there. To say my dad was impressed would be a major undestatement!

Right now our tactic is to let her be naked at home (dress and legwarmers but no diaper or underwear) and wear training underwear when we go out in public or outside to play. This week so far that strategy has worked great! She still wears a diaper at night and for naptime but i think naptime may be unnecessary, but bedtime is necessary.

My hope is she'll stop having accidents or only rare ones by the weekend so that next week the nanny can continue this path until she's 100% bulletproof in a few weeks hopefully. She's not rebelling or upset at all, so far anywa, so that's awesome. If things continue, well, i'm thrilled!

Oh, and yesterday aftrnoon i did diaper laundry. i had done laundry Sunday so this was right about 3 full days' worth of diapers. There were 3 bedtime/nap diapers and 5 daytime diapers (which were probably all Sunday/Monday before we started the naked baby thing.

And a cute-ism... It's so adorable when she takes a doll or stuffed animal over to the potty chair and says "Ssssssss". OK, so it's the kind of cute a mom would recognize, but it's still cute!