Forgot the HAPPY News!!

In my vast disappointment with my doctor's appointment I forgot to mention the extremely wonderful event that happened yesterday....Jenna pooped in the potty!! Now, if you have been following my blog, I have posted about the potty war before. Jenna has been "pee" trained since she was three. She no longer needs a pull-up at nap nor at night and hasn't used one for a long time. But the poop. Oh the poop! She has had an unexplainable fear of pooping in the potty. Nothing we did or said could change this fear. After trying rewards and punishment, we gave up and just let her poop in a pull-up, sitting on the potty. I began the when-you-are-four-there-are-no-more-pull-ups speech a couple of months ago. Well, for whatever reason, yesterday she decided that she was going to poop in the potty. I said, OK, thinking nothing would happen. But, she did it. And, boy, did we celebrate! She ran and told Alex. She called Daddy at work. And then the rewards...Jenna got a Ben 10 figure, that she has known has been in the house waiting for just this moment and she got all her "truckses" back that had been previously taken away (part of the punishment that did not work). She pooped two more times in the potty yesterday and has pooped three times in the potty today. Yes, extreme, but we think she is still getting used to it and doesn't release everything at one go. Regardless, we are so proud of her and more importantly she is so proud of herself and has declared herself an official big girl!! Way to go Jenna, you beat your fourth birthday deadline and we are so happy for you!!!