+ Give me a "P!" +
"P" is for Potty, that's good enough for me.

Oh, joy of joys. You had a milestone moment yesterday. After a horrid night of sleep, probably involving teething pain, you awakened and we rose for the today with a pitstop to the bathroom. When you saw your little potty, you pointed at it and asked for it. I asked if you needed to use the potty and you very emphatically nodded. I happily took your pants down, took off your diaper and set you down. After a few minutes of butt-shifting and magazine "reading" what did I hear? A tinkle! My eyes opened wide and it stopped briefly. I clapped my hands and said "Yay!" and you resumed tinkling. You filled the little potty about 1/3 full with a hearty morning pee! I was so excited that after a drying-off and new diaper application, we woke daddy up to tell him and ran in to call Grandma and let her know. I am so proud of you!

Last night, you squatted strangely and when I asked if you needed the potty again, you nodded and ran to the bathroom door (a first!). A little time there yielded no results, but we tried anyway.

But this morning... Oh my! You woke up with a completely dry diaper. Again off with the pajamas and diaper, and this time you peed almost immediately! I'm even more proud of you today! I'm going to show you your pretty Jo Jo undies again, the ones that are just waiting for you to get a little better at this potty thing before you can wear them.

Mostly I'm excited because this is almost 100% Ceili-driven. When I took you to school today, I asked your teacher if they've been talking about the potty or about potty training at all, and she said No. That means what little I've said about it and your own fabulous sense of observation has brought you to this point. That's so awesome. I'm still totally not going to push it. I'll just keep giving you the opportunities and talking about it with you. Like Grandma said, even if it's only most mornings, that's fine. Eventually, you'll start to like the feeling of a wet diaper less and less and start wanting to go on the potty more and more.

Such a big girl. *sniff*