Potty Training at Night

I've never attempted to really "potty train" Annabelle at night. It has just sort of happened on its own. She started keeping her diaper dry at night shortly after Sophia was born. And, lately, she keeps her diaper dry probably 6 days out of every week, if not all 7 days.

Of course, that does mean that she generally wakes up in the middle of the night to go tee tee. Generally, it is between 12:30 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. Fortunately, I am normally still up at that hour. She is usually crying, and she wants to be carried to the bathroom.

It doesn't help my sleep routine to get awakened again between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. for a Sophia feeding! Have I mentioned that I LOVE and NEED my sleep?

But, a mother's job never ends does it?

And, Grandmama, hubby also reminded me this evening that I had promised Annabelle I'd take her to Mayfield Dairy as soon as she started keeping her diaper dry at night. I made that promise over a year ago when I was extra zealous and thought that potty training during the day would mean a rather quick transition to being potty trained at night.

Potty Training 350

Because I am crazy and apparently don't think I already have enough clothes to wash, dry and fold among my three children or I think I need a little less sleep every evening, I mentioned to Annabelle this morning that perhaps she could stop wearing a diaper to bed and instead wear her big girl panties to bed. She has kept her diaper dry over the last week, so I figured it was about time.

Of course, you don't mention anything to Annabelle unless you are prepared to move forward. Because if you change your mind, it is all drama on her end! Drama, drama, drama! She broke down into tears this evening when I told her that perhaps we should wait.

I had plans to buy another waterproof mattress pad and set of twin sheets before moving forward because I wanted to put another layer of each on her bed. That way, if she wets the bed at night, I don't have to worry with changing the sheets out in the middle of the night. Instead, I can just strip the bed of the first layer and then hope for the best!

Well, Miss Independent was having none of that! She did not want to wait! So tonight is the first night that we purposely did not put a diaper on Annabelle for bedtime.

As I suspected, she did take advantage of her freedom to go potty on her own during the night as she opened her door and left her bedroom within minutes of me tucking her in (her pig flashlight in hand). And then again two more times within the next 30 minutes. Hubby got to deal with those last two though as I was trying to rock Sophia to sleep.

Wish us luck! Hopefully this will go smoothly and Annabelle will be one step closer to leaving hubby and I behind one day to go to college and get married. She's growing up way too fast!

Updates to original blog posting:

11:40 p.m. Annabelle woke up to go tee tee. She didn't seem too happy about it as she was all squinty eyed, and she fussed when she climbed back into bed because she was tired. And, she busted me watching television! I wonder if she's always wondered what we do after she goes to bed. Poor child gets to watch very, very little television (unless I'm sick in my first trimester or having labor contractions in my third trimester or I'm just having a very bad day), but she busts Mommy watching television after she goes to bed. I am sure that she'll remind me of this in the morning.

08:50 a.m. Annabelle woke up dry!!!

Peer Pressure

"Mommy, the tee tee changed its mind."

This is Annabelle's new phrase when she feels like going potty, runs to the potty and then decides that she doesn't want to go potty as she holds herself until she actually does use the potty.

I'm quite irritated with her at the moment. Since this weekend, she has wet her panties several times because she didn't want to stop and go potty. And, she completely wet the bathroom floor on Sunday for hubby when she didn't make it to the potty in time. This has not happened in a very long time. Not to mention, I have to actually ask her if she needs to go potty. She normally just goes on her own without any prompting from anyone.

I asked her yesterday who she got this from. "Molly. Molly tells Aunt Merefith that she doesn't need to go potty when Aunt Merefith asks her."

And people say that children should be exposed to other children through preschool to help them "develop their social skills." She only learns bad behavior from other children. How is that developing social skills?

Not to mention, she refuses to call me Mommy any more because "Molly calls Aunt Merefith Mama." Aarrgghh! I hate being called Mama!

I love that Annabelle enjoys spending time with her cousin Molly, and I do think that she needs to play with other children, but I have a new challenge ahead for me. How do I teach her that other children do not always behave appropriately and that she doesn't always have to act as they act? Peer pressure is already challenging me at 3 years old! I thought this was a teenage problem.

I wonder what bad behavior she has rubbed off on Molly and Adam?

Oddly enough, she doesn't seem to learn anything else from other children. I think it has something to do with Molly being older than her and Molly being quite the bossy child. And, I can say that because Molly's mom has said herself that Molly bosses Annabelle around. Annabelle is very, very bossy herself, but I think she looks up to Molly for some reason. Again, maybe because she is older?

As for my friends with younger children, perhaps you should keep your child away from my bossy child or they may develop bad behavior just from watching Annabelle since she is so bossy herself! Or, we can learn how to battle this challenge together.

Nighttime Potty Training

I've had no interest in potty training Annabelle to stay dry at night even though she's been potty trained during the day for a year now. I am waking enough (every 3-4 hours) at night. I do not want to add another sleep interruption. But, I just left Annabelle's room because she cried out for me at 12:25 a.m. She was sitting up in bed when I got to her room, and she said, "Mommy, I need to go potty!"

Although I'm not interested in another sleep interruption, I am excited that Annabelle woke up on her own because she felt the sensation to go potty. That is huge success considering we haven't even been trying to potty train at night!

This may just be a coincidence, but we'll see where it takes us!

Probably to more nighttime wakings this week since hubby will be out of town tomorrow morning through Thursday! I can do this! I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. I know I can, I know I can, I know I can!

Here is to a week with home cooked meals every night for my daughters and me, baths every night for Annabelle, baths every other night for Sophia and loads of laundry treated and washed before Friday. All as a single mom (until Friday)! I am woman, hear me roar!

Big Girl Panties

My baby looks so grown up in big girl panties and heels!


But, she looks so darn cute too! It is sort of funny how heels really does accent your legs and your behind. I'm not looking forward to the teenage years with this one!

Tips for Potty Training

Please note that I'm not writing this because I think I'm an expert at potty training. I do know more than I knew before I had a child, but that isn't saying much at all. I'm only writing this so I can compare these notes when I potty train a second child (if there ever is a second child, and that looks doubtful right now) and so that Annabelle can look back one day when she has a child of her own to know how her Mommy potty trained her. Of course, everything will be different in 38 years (when she's allowed to actually start dating and consider marrying to have a child), but hopefully she'll get a kick out of these notes.

Tips for Potty Training (a girl)

1. Start talking about the potty very early on (probably between 12-18 months).

2. Begin setting her on the big girl potty around 15-18 months in the morning and at bath time.

3. Start reading potty books a month or so before you decide to start potty training.

4. Buy a child sized potty and let her start using it. I bought Annabelle's at 2 years of age. I think that was the perfect time to buy the child sized potty. Any earlier and I think she would have gotten bored with it.

5. Encourage her to go with you and pick out the big girl potty. If they pick it out, I think they are more inclined to like it and use it.

6. Buy a potty that is bright and colorful and cute (if you can lead the child towards those potties while shopping with her).

7. Start potty training with no panties, only a bare bottom.

8. Do NOT force the child to go potty against her will. With Annabelle, once she was naked, she did not want to go tee tee anywhere else except the potty. Just let her go at her own will when she's ready. I think when she first started potty training back in October, I would ask her every 20 minutes, but once she got frustrated with me asking her, I stopped asking her and just let her go on her own.

9. Don't introduce the big girl panties until the child shows interest in the potty and actually starts using the potty all the time without any accidents while naked. I actually didn't do this and instead introduced the big girl panties early on. I think next time I'll talk about buying him/her big girl pants/panties if he/she starts using the "big boy/girl potty like a big boy/girl."

10. Once the child is potty trained with a bare bottom, let her go with you to pick out big girl panties.

11. Then, start potty training with the big girl panties.

12. Encourage her to not tee tee on the princesses on the big girl panties.

13. Reward her all along (even before the big girl panties) with a small treat (M&M's or jelly beans) for going tee tee and poo poo in the potty. Tee tee = 1 M&M. Poo poo = 2 M&M's. Tee tee and poo poo at the same time = 3 M&M's. I know they usually do both when they poo poo, but Annabelle understood the difference between 1 M&M for tee tee and 2 M&M's for poo poo, so it was just easier to start teaching her to count.

14. And, I'm not here yet, but I've offered to take Annabelle to get ice cream when she stays dry all night. When I told her, she said, "Ice cream?!?! With the cow? And rocking chairs? And little girl?" She remembers the last time she went to Mayfield Dairy for ice cream with Grandmama and Granddaddy. She is still wearing diapers at naptime and bedtime. I had previously tried putting the big girl panties under the diaper (back in October), but as long as she had a diaper on over the big girl panties, she still would just tee tee on the big girl panties and in the diaper.

15. Only potty train when you have many weekdays and weekends ahead at home.

16. Potty train in the spring and summer! This way, little girls can run around bare bottom and not look naked with dresses on. I probably wouldn't advise going out in public this way though as the authorities may arrest you.

17. Hide the M&M's from hubby and yourself. Otherwise, potty training can get very expensive and fattening.

Best of luck potty training! It is yet another "one of the hardest things" you'll do as a Mommy! But, the payoff is rewarding! A dry bottom and at least $30-$40 saved per month! Any other tips from other Mommy's are welcomed!

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Potty training is actually going rather well. I don't recall any accidents during last week (unless I've already blogged about them). She only had one accident last weekend, and the accident wasn't even a complete, tee tee all over the floor, accident. Instead, she just leaked a little, looked down, looked at me and said, "Uh-oh." I told her that was alright, and as she was slightly leaking, I asked her, "Can you hold it?" And, she did! She stopped tee teeing, and she ran to the bathroom and finished in her potty.

Then, on Monday, I decided to finally begin the "big girl panties" yet again. Honestly, I was a nervous wreck and not because I was afraid she couldn't do it, but because I had to go to the grocery store (actually two grocery stores) with her in tote. And, this time, I had to go because I had to buy salad and salad stuff because I was having dinner with a friend, and I had offered to bring a salad. I was determined not to use Pull Ups. So, we practiced for a few hours that morning, and then around 2:00 p.m., off we went to both Sam's Club and Kroger.

I brought her big girl frog potty with us, and before and after we entered a store, I asked her if she needed to go tee tee in the potty. If she refuses to try and go, I don't force it, and I just say, "alright, well let me know when you need to go tee tee in the potty." So far, not forcing her and letting her go at her own will has worked wonderfully! While we were out and about grocery shopping, she decided to try and go tee tee in the potty every time I asked her. And, we never had to use the store potty.

And, before we left, I told her that we were going to leave her juice cup at home because she didn't want to have to go potty while we were shopping if she could help it, and she knows that drinking makes her have to go tee tee. And, surprisingly, she did. I was afraid she'd have a meltdown in the store when she decided she needed it (because she was tired and thirsty), but she didn't. Her juice cup has become like a lovey to her, so her "apple juice, Teddy and paci" go hand and hand.

Well, my stomach was in knots for nothing! She did not have one single accident! I told her I was so proud of her, and she just grinned from ear to ear. I had brought along a towel in her diaper bag in case she had an accident on the floor at the grocery store. And, honestly, I wasn't a nervous wreck because I was afraid she would tee tee on the floor. I was more nervous just dealing with the extra added process and not knowing where the bathrooms were in the store and not knowing what I was going to do with a buggy full of groceries for 10-20 minutes if Annabelle did decide that she needed to go tee tee in the potty.

Tuesday was an awesome day as well, no accidents! And, Tuesday evening, we even met friends who live 45 minutes - 60 minutes away to watch their son play baseball. I was concerned she would be distracted while playing with their 3-year old daughter and forget to go tee tee in the potty. I limited her fluids once again, and she did just fine.

On Wednesday, she spent the day and night with my parents, and once again, no accidents! They even took her to their normal weekly routine of eating at Captain D's, and she went potty in the big potties inside the restaurant.

Well, Thursday was a different story. I met Annabelle and Grandmama and Granddaddy at McDonald's that morning since she had spent the night with them. She had another slight accident while at McDonald's, but again, it was only a slight leak that reminded her that she needed to go tee tee in the potty. She wet her panties, but she still finished in the big potties in McDonald's.

Then, we went strawberry picking in Loganville, Georgia. So, we drove all the way from Duluth to Loganville (approximately 45 minutes), and she had no accident. She tee teed in her frog potty (that was seated in the car) before and after we picked strawberries, but still, no accident!

Then, we went to visit my Great Aunt Belle who lives in Monroe, Georgia. She still did fine all the way there, but after we arrived and were playing with her coloring books and colored pencils on the floor at Aunt Belle's, she tee teed a little more than usual. I asked her again, "can you hold it?" as she started tee teeing and looking down at it streaming below her, and she did. So, she only got the carpet slightly wet. The worst part, Aunt Belle had apparently just gotten new carpet. The saving grace (in my eyes), she only tee teed on a little walking rug that Aunt Belle had placed over the new carpet to walk from room to room. I took Annabelle outside to tee tee in the potty while Grandmama cleaned up the tee tee. I didn't want to leave it sitting there.

Then, on Thursday, she fell asleep on the way home from Great Aunt Belle's, and I hadn't put a diaper on her yet, so she had another accident. But, even though it was more than just a slight accident, she wasn't swimming in it, and it dried very quickly without me having to dry it up with a towel.

And, then, today, she's had a few accidents in her big girl panties, but yet again, she's been able to stop herself mid stream. Once again, she was just very busy playing!

So, Annabelle is doing awesome at potty training (even with the big girl panties on). I guess she was just ready! Her candy of choice has changed to "Daddy's jelly beans" and "Nonnie's jelly beans," but when those run out, we'll go back to M&M's again.

So, each day, Annabelle is taking two steps forward and only one step back! Hopefully, the one step back will slowly become another step forward.

I am very proud of my little girl! And, I am so thankful to not have any very wet diapers to change!

Potty Training Again

I finally decided it was time to start the potty training yet again. Annabelle has been potty trained for the poopie part for awhile now, probably dating back to when we initially started potty training back in October 2008. So, she gets the gist of it.

She's probably been ready for awhile, but I had and got my feel of it back in October, enough to make me never want to potty train her again. And, honestly, I think the potty training would have worked last time if we hadn't been gone pretty much every weekend for a month after the week I initially started. I just couldn't bring myself to have her walk around naked at someone else's house. That would just be rude! And, the Pull-Ups just don't cut it!

It probably was a little early for her back in October (at 24 months), so the accidents were probably much more likely then than they are now. And, it was probably all that more frustrating due to the number of accidents.

I cannot think of a better time to potty train a child than in the spring and summer when the weather is warmer and less clothes are required. Less clothes = less laundry! Not to mention, I can put her in dresses all day without underwear and she doesn't look naked! That is one great thing about having a little girl! We've been playing outside, and no one even knows that she doesn't have any drawers on.

So, I started again on Monday morning. It is 3:52 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, and so far (my fingers are crossed), no accidents at all!

Granted, I've been putting diapers on her at naptime and bedtime (and while we were in the car for about 3 hours yesterday), and she's been wetting her diapers. That was until today. Then, I had the bright idea of putting her froggie potty inside her crib with her so she could use the potty during naptime and go without a diaper. Honestly, this wasn't my bright idea. I read it in a book.

I put her down for a nap at 3:45 p.m., another late nap, and just a few minutes ago, I went in because she called my name, and I realized she had tinkled in the potty. She told me, "I showed Becca how to tee tee in the potty." Becca is one of her Cabbage Patch Kids that came from Grandmama's house. I felt a few droplets on Becca's feet, but I think it was just a little tee tee that splashed out from all of the jumping that Annabelle has been doing in her crib. So, I left Becca alone for now.

I have not put her into any big girl panties or Pull-Ups yet, so that will be the true tale. Last time, whenever I put big girl panties or Pull-Ups on her (and definitely diapers), she would instantly tee tee all over them. It was as if she thought they were diapers. I plan to ease into the big girl panties and hopefully never use a Pull-Up this time around.

Last time, after she tee teed on the big girl panties once or twice, she seemed to understand that she wasn't supposed to tee tee on the princesses. I would tell her, "Don't tee tee on the princesses. They don't like to get tee tee on them."

M&M's have been the reward of choice yet again this go around. Oddly enough, I swore up and down I would never potty train my child with candy as a reward. I have learned pretty early on in the mommy stage to "never say never." It takes being a Mommy to really understand and apply that saying even though I still find myself fighting the urge since there are so many different ways to parent.

So, wish us the best! Potty training is exhausting, and I have knots in my stomach after only 3 days of potty training.

I will post later on the naptime fiasco (if any)! Hopefully, she'll stay dry during naptime and use her potty as needed.

Potty Training 102

Annabelle is so very independent. Maybe that is normal for a two year old? But, this seems to the extreme to me.

So, we've been working on the potty training since Wednesday afternoon, and so far, she is doing great! Of course, we haven't left the house, so only a trip to the grocery store with a two year old in panties (versus a diaper) will tell the true story.

But, Annabelle has been using her "big girl potty," and she really seems to like it. Only tonight did she decide that she also needed to try and tee tee on the big potty as well as the "big girl potty." I was afraid that this was going to be a problem, but I am surprised that she has not requested to do so sooner since she was ready to potty train using the big potty long before I ever bought the "big girl potty." Maybe I should have never introduced the "big girl potty," but I thought it would make things more fun.

So, as most of you know, the "big girl potty" comes with a pot to be emptied. Annabelle insists every time after she has tee teed in the pot that "NO! ME!" must empty the pot herself into the toilet, and she also insists that she must rinse the pot out in the sink herself.

Well, yesterday, she was taking too long rinsing the pot, and she was wasting way too much water, so I took the pot away from her and placed it back into the "big girl potty" myself. "NO! ME!" she said. She stepped down off of her stool, grabbed the pot out of the "big girl potty" where I had placed it, and then stepped back onto the stool where she only stepped right back down onto the floor to put the pot back into the "big girl potty" where she had gotten it.

Oddly enough, I had taken the pot away from her while she was standing on the stool with the pot in hand (out of the sink) ready to step down to place it into the "big girl potty." She had just taken too long rinsing it, and I was already annoyed with the time it took to rinse the pot. She was determined to not skip a beat, and this is exactly why she stepped right back onto the stool where I had taken the pot away from her originally.

She wanted to replay every single move herself! Can anyone say independent? I think I may have a Chief on my hands. What do you think? I'm also afraid that we are going to very badly butt heads in 10 years or so (if not sooner)! One stubborn, independent woman in the house is enough, don't you think?!?!

Potty Training 101

And the fun officially begins! Annabelle has actually been interested in using the potty to go tee tee and poo poo since September 21st, but I have officially started the forge ahead battle of potty training.

I cannot believe it has already been a month since she became interested. And, honestly, I did not mean for a month to fly by before I encouraged her to continue potty training since she was already interested in the potty. As she's asked to go "tee tee potty mommy," I have taken her to the potty and removed her diaper for her to tee tee in the potty, but I haven't pushed her to use the potty during the day when she was already wearing a diaper.

Interestingly enough, I started allowing her to walk around naked with only a shirt on once she started acting interested and started using the potty. Whenever I kept her in a diaper, she would not tell me that she needed to go potty, and instead, she would just tee tee in her diaper. However, when I allowed her to walk around naked, she was very quick to tell me that she needed to go "tee tee potty mommy" whether that meant tee tee or poo poo.

She did have several tee tee accidents, and only one poo poo accident, but it worked fairly well. Of course, the poo poo accident was disgusting to clean up, but she tried several times to go potty as she knew that her tummy was telling her that she needed to go, but she just didn't make it that third time on the way to the potty. And, yes, she was naked. But, fortunately, the prize landed on my wood floors instead of my carpet.

So, on October 11th, hubby and I took Annabelle to Wal-Mart to pick out "big girl panties." On Monday, October 20th, Annabelle and I met my parents at Babies 'R' Us to pick out a "big girl potty." And, today, October 21st, we officially started our three to four day potty training escapade. We will be going nowhere as of 2:00 p.m. today through Saturday morning.

I can already tell it is going to be a long few days. From 5:00 p.m. on, I started the potty training by reintroducing the "big girl potty" and "big girl panties." I told Annabelle that she does not want to tee tee or poo poo on the princesses on her "big girl panties" because it will make the princesses very sad. As her reward for going tee tee or poo poo in the potty, she gets a sticker, one sticker for tee teeing and two stickers for poo pooing.

Annabelle learned how to dump the "big girl potty" pot the first time she tee teed in the potty, and she has insisted "me" ever since which is her way of telling me that she wants to empty and rinse the pot all by herself. Lovely, right?!?! This child is so independent! I try really hard not to discourage this independence though. She loves to help me, and she is learning how to be assertive which will serve her well in her future.

Also, whenever she washes her hands after going potty, she insists "me." If I try to help her get the soap out of the soap dispenser or scrub her hands, she'll say, "me!"

Then, I made the mistake of letting Annabelle choose her sticker. Therefore, we probably spend 5 minutes deciding on the perfect sticker. She is already a little negotiator as she'll try to negotiate for "two" stickers instead of the one. "No, two mommy," she'll say. So far, I've been able to persuade her that she only gets one sticker instead of two stickers unless she goes poo poo in the potty. I have explained to her that she'll get two stickers when she goes poo poo in the potty. I'm still wondering why I didn't just give her a sticker instead of giving her the option, but my thoughts are that I am teaching her to make decisions and to learn that even though there is a jar full of stickers, she can only have one for tee tee and two for poo poo.

After she chooses her sticker, I have a small notebook that she places her sticker into. She seems to love using the "sticker book" as she calls it to place her sticker. I have then so far written the date and time next to the sticker. Of course, the time used is the time that we finally make our way into the kitchen to choose a sticker. It doesn't account for the 15-20 minutes we spent in the bathroom pulling down Annabelle's panties, dumping the pot, rinsing the pot, deciding that we need to try and go potty again, running away from Mommy as Mommy says, "No Annabelle, you have to wash your hands before you get a sticker," and then finally starting to struggle of "me" washing her own hands and drying her own hands.

So, this is lots of fun, and I am still trying to figure out who in their right mind would decide to start potty training their child the week that their husband is out of town! Oh yeah, that would be me!

But, I am afraid to wait any longer because Annabelle has already been interested in potty training for a month! I am afraid that if I wait that she'll decide she is no longer interested, and it is easier to just tee tee or poo poo in her diaper.

I am not expecting to have her potty trained in three days, by the way! I know this will take time, but I feel that she needs as much consistency as possible to get this potty training rolling. And, then, maybe I can save $30-$40 per month on diapers!

So, wish me luck! I know I am going to be at my wits end by Friday night when hubby gets home late after Annabelle is asleep, but who knows, maybe she'll be on her way to never wearing diapers again. Ha! Wishful thinking, I know!

Big Girl Potty

Annabelle and I met Grandmama and Granddaddy around 12:00 p.m. today at Babies 'R' Us in Duluth for Annabelle to pick out a "big girl potty."

I told Annabelle on the drive up our plans to pick out a big girl potty. She seemed excited, and she knew that she was going to pick out a big girl potty. When Grandmama asked her what she was doing at Babies 'R' Us, she said, "big girl potty."

As we neared the section of Babies 'R' Us where the potties normally are stored, I said, "I don't see them. They must have moved them." Annabelle darted ahead of us, and she was the first to find a "big girl potty."

She apparently fell in love with the first potty she found. It looks like a frog, and it is the Fisher Price Precious Planet Froggy Friend Potty. She pulled it off the shelf, and she started walking away with it as if that was it.

In the mean time, we found the other potties. Grandmama and I spent time looking over the other potties while Annabelle tried out the Froggy Friend Potty in the middle of the aisle. They did have the Sesame Street potty that I had seen previously, and I liked, and once I showed it to Annabelle, and I asked her which potty she wanted, she said, "dat one" as she pointed to the Sesame Street potty. I think she liked that you could give Elmo a high five.

Well, it didn't take her long before she changed her tune, and she was interested again, without turning back, in the Fisher Price Froggy Friend Potty. In the mean time, she shopped for Gerber Toddler meals and juice boxes and potty liners. She pulled these items off of the shelf and placed them with her new found "big girl potty."

She also ran back over to the Fisher Price Froggy Friend Potties, and grabbed another one. She then told me, "two Mommy." I really think she knows how many potties actually make two. She wanted to take two potties home.

We finally left with the Fisher Price Precious Planet Froggy Friend Potty, and Annabelle carried it all the way from the back of the store to the front checkout counter to purchase it (with her Mommy's money).

Along the way, she found a jumper that looked like a horse, or "dorse" as she likes to call horses. She was intrigued by this horse, and she wanted to climb in the jumper, but we persuaded her to do otherwise. When we finally told her it was time to go after she had already walked away from the horse, she ran back over to the horse and gave him a hug and a kiss without us even telling her to do so. Of course, after she did it once, we encouraged her to continue with her hugs and kisses in hopes that we could snap a picture of her kissing the horse with Grandmama and Granddaddy's slower and cheaper camera. I haven't seen the pictures yet, so I don't know if I actually captured one that wasn't blurry.

Fortunately, Annabelle picked the cheaper potty. There was not a price listed where the potties where stored, so I had the cashier do a price check. It rang up as $14.99! Excellent! The cashier said that they had just gotten those in, so they are apparently a new product. I actually did not encourage the Sesame Street potty any more than the one time I showed it to her originally because I thought maybe the Fisher Price Froggy Friend Potty was the cheaper one, and she seemed to like it too. I think the Sesame Street potty was $24.99 plus.

I also purchased the Sesame Street Folding Potty Seat for $9.99 to use for potty training on the go in public restrooms. I'm not sure if this is really the best option, but it looks like it covers the entire toilet to keep her bottom from the nasty germs without me having to worry about placing toilet paper on the seat while she runs around the bathroom touching every germy object in sight.