Potty Trained!

We did it! Mckinley is potty trained! I cannot believe it! We started just over a week ago, and honestly in the beginning I was skeptical if she was ready, but she has proven that she was. She still is wearing a diaper at nap time and overnight, but I am hopeful that at least the nap time diaper will be gone soon too.

This was one of the most foreign areas to me that I have come across since having kids. Before having kids of my own I had watched kids most of my teen-hood, so I was somewhat familiar with feeding, bathing, changing diapers, etc. It is obviously much, much different when you have your own kids, but it at least wasn't completely foreign to me. Potty training on the other hand was. I had never been a part of any sort of diaper-ditching efforts. To put it lightly, I was terrified! 

I am utterly shocked at how smoothly it has gone though. While I know we are not completely out of the woods (i.e. I totally still expect accidents) and I have not mastered going out of the house on long ventures, Mckinley has done amazingly well and really picked up the concept pretty quickly. 

There have been tons of milestones that Mckinley has hit that have signified to me that she is growing up, but I don't think any of them have been quite like this. She is becoming this little kid right in front of my eyes and honestly, I'm really excited about it. Maybe it is because we now have another baby, but I have finally let go of my need for Mckinley to stay a baby/toddler (maybe it is also because the toddler year are ridiculous in most aspects!). While I do not want her to "grow up" completely, I am really excited about how quickly she is becoming this little contributing member of our family. She contributes to conversations, laughs, playtime, and a million other aspects of our day. 

Now if I could only get her to drop the phrase "poo-poo-potty" as her signal for the need to use the bathroom we would be set. :)