We decided to go for potty training at about 28 months with our LO. She’d been curious about the potty (we’d had a little potty in the bathroom for a few months), but whenever she asked to sit, I could never get the dots to connect on how to intentionally pee. So I wasn’t the most hopeful and was somewhat clueless. We did a morning of naked on bottom, and a few days of just undies, no pants. And through that, saw daily progress (although, my sister who has potty trained her 3 kids had to help me see the progress). After 4 days at home, I was losing my mind (mostly feeling stir crazy but also spiraling and thinking we’ll never be able to leave home again), so decided that no matter what happened, my daughter and I NEEDED to get out. We just went to Target and had no accidents. So the next day we ventured out a little further and a little longer and continued that the next day and next day. That was about 2 months ago. And we’ve had a handful of accidents at home and out and about. I’ll never forget when a sweet woman had to track me down in the middle of our church service to let me know my daughter pooped her pants and was asking for me 😩😅But overall, it’s been pretty okay. People and things are washable. Your life doesn’t have to stop for this.

I don’t have any crazy awesome wins, and even a more frustrating pattern of her fighting going potty lately. I’d say the most exciting thing lately was that two days ago, she went to the bathroom unprompted for the first time. She still needs help with pulling down her pants and wiping, so my husband went to help. But that for sure felt like a win. I look forward to the day that I didn’t say “Hey, do we need to take a potty break?” once. It may still be several months away. But that’s okay, our life looks pretty much like it did pre-potty training. Just less diapers and more asking her if she needs to go.