Dear Molly,
You did it!!!!
After
weeks of touch and go potty training and days of no diaper and you
holding it for impossible lengths of time till you had a diaper for nap
or bed time, you did it. You peed in the toilet.
We
were sitting at dinner and all of a sudden you got that look in your
eye and said "I go potty." This happens 20 times a day without you
actually peeing at all, so your dad and I just kinda rolled our eyes and said
"okay, go pee in the toilet."
As soon as you
were gone your dad asked me if I thought you would actually go one of
these times. I laughed and said "maybe when she's twenty."
Next
thing we know you are yelling from the bathroom "I pee! I pee in the
potty!" This was new. Usually you just sit there and say "I'm done!" And
I tell you that you can get up and then you wipe and flush and wash
your hands, for no good reason, because you didn't really go.
But this time I could sense the
difference in your voice. I ran in the bathroom and sure enough, you
peed! I yelled and screamed and did a happy dance.
Brooklyn
and your dad ran in wondering what the deal was. They didn't believe
you actually did it. But soon we were all whooping and hollering with
joy.
Then you got a check mark on your potty chart and some candy.
And
now I sit here and laugh at how such a silly thing like peeing in the
toilet can make me so proud and happy. But it does. It really does. Motherhood is crazy like that.
Good job, Molly. I love you. And here's to this not being a fluke thing.
Sincerely, mom
