Savannah is officially in panties full time. On Thursday Mike heard her screaming for help up stairs so he rushed up there to see what was the matter and she was stuck with 2 legs in 1 leg hole of her panties. She had pulled them out of her drawer and tried to put them on herself. Mike reminded her "you know what to do if we wear panties right" she said "pee pee on the potty" so there it was. This was about 9am and aprox 1pm he sees her run over to the potty and sit down, a short while later she gets up and continues on with her business. Assuming nothing happened he continues on his phone call. But then he walked by and looked in and sees she had gone pee. He got so excited for her and they called me on the phone (I was at court with my CASA girls). She was all excited to tell me the news so I had my mom call her to further affirm her. So then it was nap time and she insisted she sleep in her panties. I would have never allowed this but that's what's great about Mike is he is more willing to take chances with her and let her figure things out on her own. So he puts her potty chair in her room during her nap. About 2 hours later he hears her on the monitor saying "Daddy, I pooped" YIKES Mike runs upstairs thinking there is going to be a big mess but to his surprise.....she had put her potty chair IN her bed then climbed up on top and pooped in it. Imagine the balancing act that required. He was so proud she wants to call me and Nana to tell us the news but instead he texts us both (nana is asking for pictues) and Daddy gives her an ice cream.
On my way home from court I stopped at CVS and bought her a Disney Princess swim towel and came home to find out she had peed again on the potty. So proud of her! So then on Friday I put her in a diaper to go to school but told her teachers how good the previous day had gone. When Mike came to pick her up from school her teacher said she had gone pee pee in the potty at school too. YAY! This was a first. She sits on the potty a minimum of 2x per day 3 days a week at school since January and this was the first time she pee'd during potty time. She then pooped on the potty at home and didn't have any accidents the whole day. Yesterday (Sat) she did really well going pee on the potty but when we went to the pool she didn't have a diaper on. She told me "Mommy I have to go pee pee" but when we ran into the restroom at the pool she got scared of the big potty's because they make loud noises when they flush. She sat on it but wanted to be done really quickly. I kept trying to encourage her to sit on it but she wouldn't go. Well about 5 minutes later she peed standing outside the pool. She was so upset with herself Daddy just reminded her that accidents were ok and to try to use the potty next time. So she was good the rest of the day yesterday and insisted she wear panties to church this morning. I was a little hesitent but I thought what would Daddy say....so I allowed it. I brought extra clothes and panties and told the care takers she was in panties. She was so good she told them she had to go potty but again when they took her she was scared of the big potty. But she held her pee until we got home then she went. She also just went poop on the potty. I am so proud of her.
If you recall she first went on the potty when she was 18 months old and did so multiple times before deciding she wanted nothing more to do with it. I knew she knew what she needed to do and how it all worked she just needed to make the decision to do it. So my guess is since she is now in a new classroom with mostly 3 year olds that are potty trained she sees they are all in panties and she is in diapers. So she probably just wants to wear them now too. She is so my daughter. Everything has to be her idea and in her timing. Can't get mad at her for that as I am guilty as charged.
So I am sure there will be many more accidents but she seems to really have the hang of it so we will continue to keep her in the panties except for night time. What perfect timing considering we are leaving for Florida the end of this month!
**Here are some other random pictures from the last few months**
