For some reason, Delaney has started calling her poop “turtle”. I don’t have the slightest idea where she got that from. But, now when she poops, instead of saying she has “yuckies” like she used to, now she says she has “turtle”. And, of course, she always makes “turtles” in her panties and NOT on the potty.

She is doing great with peeing on the potty and staying dry during nap time. Although, last night, for some strange reason, she was sitting on the futon upstairs and peed…but didn’t say a word…she just sat in it, for who knows how long, until I picked her up to take her downstairs to get ready for bed. I was NOT happy. I poured a bunch of vinegar on the spot. (That reminds me, I need to add vinegar to the shopping list.) Hopefully it won’t stink.

Anyway, like I said, in general, she’s doing great with keeping dry during the day. She’s even been dry for about 5 nights this past week. Tonight she REFUSED to wear the “backup diaper” (the diaper I put on over her panties at night). So, I made it quite clear to her that she was NOT to pee in the bed. The other night she woke herself up at midnight to pee on the potty, so I know she’s capable. I’m crossing my fingers to see how it goes.

This morning, Delaney sat on the little potty we keep in the living room and started talking about poop.  So, I asked her if she needed to poop in the potty. I ask her this often when she starts to talk about poop, so, I was expecting the same answer I always get, which is “no”.  Well, not this time! She said she did need to poop in the potty and started trying to take her shorts off, so I assisted with her shorts and diaper. She proceeded to sit down and attempt to poop. (ALERT!!! GRAPHIC INFO AHEAD!) She said “it’s stuck” and yep, there was a very tiny piece of poo stuck between ther butt cheeks. A tiny push later I heard the sound of a poo hitting the bottom of her potty! YAY! She said she was done, so we wiped and flushed the poo down the toiled and said “bye bye yucky!” then danced around the living room in joy and called Daddy to tell him what happened.