No Pictures to Share - For a good reason

We took the "potty training plunge" with Camille over Spring break at the end of March. With my older girls home, I had extra help and Camille took to the challenge remarkably well. After only a few days, she was a pro. However, Camille drinks about 64 ounces of Gatorade a day (low-calorie) so you can imagine how often she is having to visit the bathroom. With Mommy attending to Baby Brandon, Camille devised a new way to get Mommy's attention. Yelling "I have to pee!" seemed to get Mommy to stop what she was doing and focus the attention on her.

Well, this Mommy got tired of accompanying Camille to the bathroom 216 times a day, so I got smart. Actually, after saying a prayer for guidance, I received a wonderful inspiration. Camille's sippy cup got put in "time out" every time Camille demanded help going to the bathroom. If Camille went to the bathroom by herself, the sippy cup could come out of the time out. BRILLIANT! It worked like a charm. When the sippy cup went into time out for the first time, you would've thought this Mommy had brutally beaten her child. The wailing awoke the neighbors, I'm sure. But, like I said, it worked. Camille now does her business by herself, no longer interrupting me 216 times a day.

Yes, I was feeling quite proud of myself ..... until this morning when Camille said "Uh oh! I'm wet." Yes, that gets any Mommy's immediate attention. For some unknown reason, while Camille was ALONE in the bathroom, she stuck her head in the toilet. WHAT??????? Her hair was all wet. I was hoping to find the toilet empty but it wasn't. She had successfully done her business like I had trained her to do. I'm still not sure what she was thinking but she's had a bath and her head is sanitized.