the frog potty

several months back, i purchased a little potty for dottie at target. the purchase was inspired by a handful of friends who said that their kids who were under 1 were using the potty successfully several times during the day. i brought it home, showed it to dottie, put her on it, and bam! she used it the first time. i was amazed i must say. i put her on it a couple of times a day over the next week or so and she did it again only once. she started getting frustrated with me for plopping her on it and she would squirm when she got near it. it was also kind of a hassle to pull her clothes and diaper off every time it seemed like she needed to go to the bathroom so i have to admit, i gave up. the frog potty has been sitting in out bathroom collecting dust. sometime dottie tossed a cracker in it but besides that, until about 3 weeks ago, we kind of forgot about it.

several weeks ago, she started taking interest in it again. i was finding toys in it and she was taking the inside tray out and walking around with it for some odd reason. then, i came home from work the other day and kate, the woman who has been watching her, told me that she took a book in to the bathroom and sat on her potty to read it! today, she went into the bathroom and was kind of talking to it. interesting, eh? so i took the cue and pulled of her pants and plopped her on. et voila! she used it successfully again! she was very please with herself and got off and looked in to see what she had done.

the icing on the cake for the day was when we were getting ready to go on a walk, she went into the bathroom, closed the door partially, and sat down on the potty with her little pink headphones on. i peeped in and saw the above picture.... (and then she got tangled up in the cord).