Hallelujah!!

It finally happened. Noelle. Is. Potty. Trained.!!! What a different world this is. Here's the story: For several weeks we told Noelle that after Christmas there weren't going to be any more diapers. Telling her things way in advance really works, for other things as well. We also told her once she is fully potty trained she gets her Jessie doll. So we displayed it near the toilet as a reminder. She was really excited about that. We also told her after Christmas we were going to potty train her. So the weekend of New Years Eve (Friday-Monday), we decided to be hermits and stay inside and focus on getting this girl trained. Michael also had all four days off so that is why we chose that weekend. She had a few accidents on Friday and at the end of the day she said in a very sad tone "I'm all done." So I asked her if she wanted to try a diaper on. Little did she know that I had saved one of Mikey's size 2 diapers. So we had her try it on and she realized that it didn't fit her. Well that totally worked because after that she went potty like three times before bed. Seemed that she had held it for quite a while. After that she did so well. A few accidents here and there but pretty much she was potty trained in like two days. I'm so glad I didn't push her earlier. It's been WONDERFUL! We also did this potty prize board that totally has worked. She goes a number of times, puts stickers on a chart and then gets a prize. Although if she wasn't ready I don't think anything would have worked. Also lots of prayers probably helped a little :). I really had hoped that she would get potty trained before she went into sunbeams and it happened the day before. I'm just grateful and want to let any moms out there know that being three and not potty trained is okay. It will happen when they are ready. Thank you everyone for your advice and comforting words about the whole situation. Phew, glad that one is over.

Our potty training magic tools. Noelle has been a potty training rock star.

Potty Prize Board
Directions: Put one sticker on a square every time child goes #1. Put two stickers on the squares every time child goes #2. Once all squares are filled up, give child prize. You may adjust number of squares from five to ten. :)