Another small step

Hooray, another step forward today. Katie didn't do her usual morning poop today. When that happens, I never know when it will arrive. I was nursing Ellie when I saw Katie stop and get the funny expression on her face. I yelled, "Wait! Don't poop there!" and she ACTUALLY STOPPED! I scooped her up, (poor Ellie got a little squished), rushed to the toilet, pulled off her pull-up and plopped her down. The pull-up was clean, and she did her business in the potty. That's the first time we've successfully stopped a poop. Every other poop we've gotten in the potty was brought on by being there. I'm so happy!

I also got her to do an extra pee in the afternoon. I've been reading about infant potty training (review coming soon), and how moms often get a feeling that their little one needs to pee. So I've been trying to cue in to both my girls. I got a feeling Katie had to go. I asked her and she, of course, said no. She's never said yes, unless it will postpone bedtime. Anyway, I bribed her with candy and she agreed to go. And peed right away. I don't know if she would have held it until the next scheduled potty trip or not, but I feel good about the success.

Ellie had a funny moment today. I have generally been keeping her in disposable diapers between potty trips, but I recently got a few cloth that I'm trying out. I put her in the cloth diaper this afternoon. Maybe I just missed her signal, or maybe she just felt that something was different, but she wet in the cloth diaper. The look on her face was priceless! She was so surprised! I got a good laugh. She does a good job now, but I wonder if she'd do even better if I had her in cloth all the time.