I’ve already mentioned how cute my 22-month-old is, right?
One thing she does that
I love is sit on her little potty next to her brother while he’s using the
toilet. She thinks she’s “using the potty” even though she’s still in her
Pampers® Easy Ups, and I’m pretty sure nothing’s coming out most of the time. But she likes to think she’s making use of it.
Here’s the thing.
(Of course, I have to find an issue with it):
When my son was first
potty training, I wondered whether we should have just gone straight to the
toilet seat and skipped the potty all together. I mean, why not just have
the pee or poop go into the toilet? Why give ourselves and the kids extra
clean-up? Why not eliminate the middle-man?
But of course we kept
the potty around, and now my daughter enjoys sitting on it. I’m not going
to get rid of something that might assist in the potty training process.
So, I’ve devised a plan. When it’s time for her to actually take off her Pampers® Easy Ups and do
her business, we'll introduce her to a toilet seat. Perhaps we’ll get a
special one just for her. And she will love it and go in it on her own…and she will learn to wipe herself...and she will also teach herself to read!
Why not? Gotta dream big, right?
P.S. She likes to put Bear on the potty too.
