It's Official!

It's official... as of yesterday, Jocelyn is potty training.  I started this adventure with much hesitation and apprehension.  Potty training is not a one or two day, one or two week hurdle.  It's a long term, from here on out, "where's the nearest potty?"..., I hate public restrooms!..., "Do you have to go potty Sweetie?"..., did I bring a change of clothes?..., "Please, please use the potty before we go"..., no turning back, excursion, not for the faint of heart! 

I finally found some time in our busy social calendar to just stay home, next to the potty and extra clothes, with no where to go, and (bonus!) hubby is taking time off for the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend!  Lucky him!   Yeah!  I don't have to do it alone.

So far, Jocelyn has been happy to sit on the potty, with a bit of success with the end "result", as long as the stickers keep coming.  We have stickers on the bathroom cabinet, stickers on paper, stickers on her!  Stickers everywhere!  But she's willing to sit because of them, so I can't complain. 

This really is an odd process I must say.  I have Jocelyn in pullups for right now.  I think she needs to see / feel some progress before I bring out the training pants, and frankly, so do I!  So every 1/2 hour to an hour, I bribe her to come to the bathroom and sit on the potty hoping for some magical bodily function to produce something I can cheer about.  I get to sit on the floor in the doorway of our 1/2 bath, (which I must mention is about the size of a milk crate!) and wait for said miracle, all while we play with stickers and read books. 

All kidding aside though, I admit, while I sit in the bathroom doorway, and watch my sweet little one play with her stickers, and smile at me from her plastic throne, I have realized the milestone we are crossing, and I see my baby growing up in front of me, and I'm so proud of her!  And when she's all done sitting, with or without success, I have to hug her and tell her I love her... 
and just hope that in a couple weeks when she goes into training pants, I remember that while I'm cleaning the sofa!!!