Ray of Hope

Last night Jenna gave me a new ray of hope in our battle of wills over potty training. After getting out of the bath, she looked at me and said, "Mommy, I pee on potty." I quickly dried her off, put the little potty seat on the big potty, and sat her down. A few seconds later we both laughed and cheered and celebrated at the sound of pee hitting the water!! When she was done, we did the happy dance and quickly ran to tell Daddy and Alex her good news!! And of course, as she reminded me the whole time, Jenna got her two M&M's for peeing in the potty. It is a move in the right path. This morning she told me she didn't want to wear diapers anymore (I was elated!). We went to the potty again, she sat, but something happened in those few moments. Was the seat too cold? Did I say something wrong? Did I look at her wrong? Who knows, but in those few moments, she looked at me and said, "no, I don't have to go." We then went back to her room to get her dressed. I had the pull-up ready. She looked at it and said, "no, I want diapers" and lay down for me to put one on. Oh well. A small moment of victory for me. It gives me hope that our days of diapers are soon coming to an end. Until then, I will patiently wait for her to make her next move.