Big Girl Maddie

Maddie and I have been talking a lot lately about being a big girl. Sometimes she is really excited about being a big girl and other times (like on the subject of potty training) she is okay being a little girl. It is so cute to watch her try to do things to be a big girl. Like the other day she wanted to brush her teeth "by myself, mommy...you stay out" in the middle of the day because that is what big girls did.

However, like I said when it comes to potty training she is all about being a little girl. She says no to panties and yes to diapers, she is hesitant to use the potty and sometimes will even have fits about it. But I am not worried. Maddie seems to do things on her own schedule. She likes to think about it or practice before taking a leap into a new thing. She never really did the half crawl or army crawl thing...one day she just crawled, she never did the few steps and fall thing...one day after holding peoples hands for practice she just walked...I figured potty training would be about the same.

Today I was downstairs doing laundry while Blake and Maddie played upstairs. When I came upstairs I saw Maddie in the bathroom working with all her might to take her stockings off. I asked her what she was doing and she said "I am going to the potty, go away, I do it by myself". So I went off to the rooms to put away laundry. A few minutes later I came back by the bathroom and there was Maddie at the tub rinsing off her potty seat in the bathtub. Turns out she had to poop but couldn't hold it long enough to take off her tights. So she instead emptied her diaper into the toilet then threw the diaper away and then peed on the mini potty. After she cleaned off her potty, she pulled her steps up to the sink, washed her hands and brushed her teeth.

When I took her into her room to put on a diaper she said "mommy, am I a big girl now? Can I wear panties?" I told her almost.

I was so proud of her though. Doing that all on her own without being asked. I pulled out the prize bin she didn't know I had and let her pick through all of the toys for a special prize. She picked the musical princess wand and was so happy. What a big girl. Let's see where this takes us! Maybe she can potty train Blake for me when she is done.