Q and I have been a little lazy with the whole potty-training thing, but we recently decided to make a last-minute push (no pun intended) before the new baby arrives. After a couple of promising attempts, Zoe went the entire day without diapers or accidents yesterday. And when she woke up this morning, the first thing she said to me was, “I’m wet. Will you change me, Mommy?” (The first thing she normally asks for is milk.) It feels like this is the beginning of the end of the diaper era, and I’m pretty excited about it – but not for the reasons you might think. My happiness has less to do with the hassle of changing her (which, after 2.5 years, I’m used to) and more to do with the pride I see on Zoe’s face every time she does her “big girl” thing. She gets so excited when we praise her, and you can tell she feels good about pleasing us. (She also, in turn, likes to cheer us on: over the weekend, she started clapping when she saw me going to the bathroom. “Good job, Mommy!”)

I know we’ve got some more work to do, and there’s a (good) chance Zoe will regress when the baby arrives. But for now: I’m a pretty proud mama.

-M

This entry was posted on Monday, June 1st, 2009 at 6:00 pm and is filed under 34.Two and a half years. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.