Newest lesson from potty training...

E has been doing great learning to use the potty! On Saturday, she had 8 successes and 7 yesterday. As long as she's running around the house bare-bottomed, she typically will go sit on the potty when she thinks that she's going to go #1. She's going pretty regularly if I take her out of the diaper and sit her on the potty, too.

This morning was going great. We had 5.5 successes! Life was good. She didn't wet in her diaper while we were outside but came in and promptly used the potty. Steps in the right direction...until nap time came around.

I put E in her diaper for her nap. She has a tendency to wrap up in a 2-layered fleece blanket when in bed and overheats while sleeping. So, I decided not to put on any pants/shorts for nap. (Yes, in retrospect that was a big mistake!) I lay her down and go downstairs to get some things done. After 30-40 minutes, I go upstairs to check on her. I didn't hear anything at her door so I quietly open it and see her diaper laying next to the crib rails...with the inserts laying on the mattress. I hear "I hiding" from under the blanket. I go over to the crib for closer inspection. Yup, the inserts are wet and laying directly on the sheets and when E pops out from under the blanket, she is indeed bare-bottomed. Lovely.

I pull E out of the crib and ask her to go sit on the potty. I ask her "Did you go potty in the crib?" She smiles her devilish grin and says "Potty in crib!" I feel around and the only wet spot is where the diaper inserts are...but I decide that I'm not taking any chances that all of it is going in the washer. So, I strip the bed. Meanwhile, E goes potty on the potty. I take care of that and then head downstairs with the laundry.

Of course the washer and dryer are both full but the cycles are done. So, I switch everything and put in the bedding. Just after I start the washer, I hear "Uh-oh, poop" coming from the living room. E has joined me downstairs and released a 2-inch log from her bottom...and then gives me another piece a foot away to clean up. Lovely. The good news is that #1, she didn't poo in bed...and #2, it was solid and easy to clean up. However, E will go to bed with something over her diaper from now on!!!

Oh the joys of learning to use the toilet and trying to teach someone to use the toilet!

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Update: Jut didn't learn my lesson. I told him the entire story when he got home just as I finished cleaning everything up. I left for my dr's appointment. I got home and Jut told me he'd put her back in her crib and he thought she was asleep. He left. I went up to check on her 20 minutes or so later. Guess who wasn't asleep...nor was she diapered (it was sitting next to the crib again)...nor did my wonderful, loving husband put a mattress pad or sheets back on the crib! Fortunately, she waited until I got her out of the crib before she went potty again...LUCKY MAN!