A cause for celebration!

It was a big day today. My little Asia did her very first wee-wee in her potty! You may be wondering, what has this blog come to...but such is the life of a mother...and I would not have it any other way.

Daddy bought Asia her very own pink potty last Summer and she would occasionally sit on it, while I would sing "If you're happy and you know it..." or "Jingle Bells" or whatever else took her fancy, in the hopes that if the songs lasted long enough she might accidentally deposit something in the potty and would get the idea. No such luck. Since her second birthday I have tried to more actively encourage her to sit on it, but it got more use as a footstool or a stepping stone, that she would tote around the house to aid her in reaching whatever was out of her reach, in most cases deliberately out of her reach, I might add.

Well the last few days, of her own accord, and probably with the encouragement of Bryttain, she has been taking off her nappy/diaper (with Bryttain's expert four-year-old help) and sitting on her potty whilst Bryttain was doing her business.

Today at precisely, 1:28pm Bryttain came running out excitedly to tell me

"Mommy! Mommy! Asia did a real wee in her potty!"

Yup, I wasn't even there to witness the event...such is the fate of a third child I guess.

I went racing in to corroborate the facts and was overjoyed. Asia was looking a little bemused but I clapped and gave her high-fives and did a little song and dance and showered her with kisses and she suddenly lit up. Hopefully that was a light bulb moment for her...we shall see. We washed her hands and emptied the potty, then gave her an m & m to seal the deal and further encourage more successful potty encounters (with a promise that poo-poos would result in two m & ms). We called daddy on his cell phone to join in the celebrations and then she decided to take her nappy off again and sit on the potty for another five minutes, after all this was all fun and games.

Of course her empty bladder yielded no further fruit, but I hope that this is but the start of a short, successful journey :)