Breakthrough

Tonight, we had a major breakthrough on the potty training front.

Anni's been potty training with a gusto for about 2 weeks now. She's been wanting to do it for a long time, but with a new baby, it was just a little too much for me to take on...I will be the first to tell you, I am a horrible potty trainer. I have no idea how to do it. I basically just fumble around until something seems to click with the specific child and then I run with it. This week, I tried ice cream as an incentive, since secret treats, cajoling and other forms of bribery have fallen relatively flat.

We went to the cabin Saturday morning. Anni stayed dry the entire ride, the whole day at the cabin and ALL NIGHT LONG! And while she never told me when she needed to go potty, she would mysteriously appear every once and a while, around the time when she should need to go potty. We left the cabin this afternoon, after an entire night and morning of dryness. She stayed dry the whole way home, and she slept for a majority of the ride home. She stayed dry the whole rest of the day.

But that's not the breakthrough.

The breakthrough....drum roll please...

Anni POOPED ON THE POTTY! I caught her as she was starting to hide, secret pooper that she is, and basically bribed her into sitting on the potty until the poop came out. She had to work for it, but the munchkin eventually pooped on the potty! Oh the happy dance that we did in our house tonight.

Oh, how the times have changed.

But, oh, how sweet was that ice cream.