Princess on the Throne {A tale of potty training success}

 2 weeks ago Eva had spent the night with Ryan's parents. While she was there her cousin, Mallory, came over to play. Mallory is about 4 months older than Eva and is potty trained. Eva came home and later that night told me, "Go potty." And then she did. That was it. She was potty trained.

Now, I take absolutely zero credit for this success. I tried with all my heart and determination to do the whole "Potty Train in 3 Days" thing back in August (like  7 months ago). It never really caught on and eventually I gave up and decided to try again later. You really can't "make" a child use the potty in a positive way before they decide they want to. My plan was to attempt potty training in the spring so that we wouldn't be dealing with so many layers of clothing.

Yep, I give all the credit to Mallory. I think seeing her use the potty so easily made Eva realize that she could do it too. I guess it's true that kids will do things at their own pace when they are ready. Eva is definitely not 100% potty trained, but I think she is doing really well. She is motivated and asks to go all the time. At home she mostly uses a little potty because it is so much easier for her to use, but when we are out and about she will use the big potty too (with some help - otherwise she might fall in!) We've even had a few days with no accidents which is so awesome! Most days aren't quite like that but I am so proud that she is moving in that direction. Plus we will be saving some $$$ on diapers...which we plan to put directly towards our increased cost of toilet paper :)