Potty Training...

My silly Adia,

You will probably roll your eyes and hang your head when I tell this story in years to come.  And when you have a child, I hope you find humor in the these situations as well. 

Shortly after you turned 2 years old, we bought you a potty.  We went to Target and let you choose your potty. Of course you picked the pink one with a princess crown, that played music.  We thought it was really cute so we went ahead and purchased that potty.  When it was time to start using the potty, the cute factor went right out the window.

Potty training day 1, you were so excited to sit on your own princess potty! You sat down and pointed for me to leave the bathroom. I left the bathroom and a few seconds later I heard the music go off.  I was walking into the bathroom smiling, so excited and ready to praise you... and you were running out in horror.  The music that played when you pee-peed scared the ever-living life out of you! The cute, pink, musical potty was now an evil torture device....

You refused to get back on the potty. I showed you how fun the music was by pouring water into it and dancing around when the music played.  You were not impressed.  I even took the music part out of the potty, so it became a regular potty. I showed you how it wouldn't play music by pouring more water into it.  You weren't convinced.  You would cry and say, "Scary potty.." So I decided to let you heal from that experience for a few weeks.. but later, every time I would try to get you to use your potty you would freak out. 

So now 7 months later, I got a seat that just fits on the big potty.  Yesterday was the first day of the second potty training experience.  You will sit on the big potty and you are perfectly content.  You just won't pee-pee. We sit, we wait, you get down, pull-up goes on and then you pee. Every time. Day 2 is much of the same.  You are just too silly, Adia.  I don't know what I am going to do with you.  I know you can use the potty, you just don't want to. Last night you said, "I want baby diaper." And I asked, "You want a baby diaper so you can be a baby again?'' Your reply was simply: "Yes."
 
Even though I would love to keep you as a baby, you are growing up.  You have to go potty like a big girl.  So I'm going to keep putting you on the potty, and one of these times you are going to forget to hold it and you will pee-pee!!! Hopefully....

I love you and your independent, sometimes rebellious nature.  Things hardly go as planned, and nothing is typical with you except you doing what Miss Adia decides to do when you decide to do it.  Thankfully, most of the time all your antics are hilarious and entertaining.  Thanks for keeping me laughing, now just pee-pee in the potty!!