The Jansens in Chicagoland!: Potty

Okay, it's done. Hannah is potty trained at 26 months and I did it in one weekend! We started last weekend with lots of accidents on Saturday but Sunday she had only 1. On Monday she went to school with cotton panties and pull-ups. She has done extremely well. Everytime she pees, she is so excited and tells me to come see and check. Of course , this is a great accomplishment, not to mention no more diapers though we still have an unopened box of Pampers Size 4 but this also means new responisbility on my part. Taking her to the public bathrooms when we are out and about. Needless to say I have always hated using public bathrooms, no I am not germ-a-phobic, there's just something about using public bathrooms that makes me cringe.

July 4th was the first time I had been out with Hannah since we started potty training. We participated in the July 4th parade in Hyde Park and went to the park afterwards. She had pull-ups on but if you have a toddler you know those aren't as absorbent as diapers. By the time we were done with the parade Hannah's pull-up was completely full and she needed to go potty. I didn't think she would actually use the toilet since it would be a big toliet and she's used to her little potty at home. ON top of that I didn't want to deal with pulling her pull-ups off and putting on a new one in the public bathroom. To my surprise, Hannah actually peed in the toilet. (She also went again later.) WOW!!! So now we have reached another milestone. And I must be alert of public restrooms else risk my child wetting her pants b/c I don't like public restrooms and cringe at the thought of going in. Side note: we are going to the Shedd Aquarium tomorrow so I'll update you on how it goes!

Here are some recent (random) pictures.