Potty Time

Apparently, my two-year-old is potty training her doll. For those of you who've followed my wordpress blog, you are aware that I began potty training Ally, in June. Now it's late-October, and let's just say, we haven't accomplished our ultimate goal...the one where Ally wears big girl underpants and uses a toilet seat when she goes to the bathroom.

But the good news is, her doll does. Did you know that her Purple Baby (Ally's favorite doll), Elmo, Dora, the Backyardigans, and Kai lan all pee in the potty chair? It's really quite amazing when you think about it. They take the initiative and go to the bathroom on Ally's potty. They don't need sticker charts, candy, or toy incentives of any sort. When they have to pee or poop, they just sit on this Dora potty and go. Ally, however, does not.

The only time Ally truly takes the initiative to not go in her pants or a diaper, is when she is stalling before bed. Maybe it was my fault for trying too soon...before she had the urge to go. What's interesting to me, however, is that she tells me before she goes, after she goes, and often while she's going. Hmm...

Yes, this doll pees in the potty. In fact, Ally put her there so that she could go. And while this doll was peeing, Ally went in her pants, and then told me about it.