No More Diapers!

Oh My~what a KrAzY Whirlwind my life has been lately!  We just got off of a week long vacation that SAVED. MY. NERVES.  I swear I was 'this close' to a mental breakdown...YIKES!  But, on the bright side...one of those KrAzY events was a VERY Good One~Potty Training COMPLETE!  {{ Whoop Whoop! }}  


Our Little Ruffles was is quite an opinionated and strong willed child {{@ only 2 1/2!}} and she would be the 1st to tell you that she did NOT like the potty.  She loved her "bipeys" and would continue to use them "always."  UhOh.  I had these terrible visions of sending her to AWANA every week with her diaper bag.  Visions of fights with a 4 year old over her "bebe" {{aka pacifier}} and "bipeys"!  And then it happened that about 6 or 7 wks ago, she started to ask to be changed immediately upon wetting or soiling her diaper.  It got to the point that instead of 3/4 of a pack of diapers/week, we went through 2 entire packs!  The last straw occurred on June 1....


We were waiting to be seated for my sister's HS Graduation and Ruffles informed me that she needed to be changed.  I told he she would have to wait~as we were jam packed into the atrium waiting to be allowed into the theater to be seated~and continued my conversation with another sister {{there are 7 of us}}.  After a few minutes I felt a pat on my arm {{I was holding Ruffles on my hip}}...I looked down and asked 


''Yes Ma'am?''
''Mommy, tan I pwease as' you a hwestion?"
"Of course, thank you for asking Love"
"Mommy, you 'memmer when I tol' you I needed my bipey shange?  You memmer?
"Yes, I do"
"Well, I 'till need it Mommy.  I all 'ticky tause I wet my bipey.  Tan you lease shange it now Mommy?  I neena new one, memmer?"


At this point, I looked at my Daddy and proclaimed "Yep~it's time".  I arranged that night to have another sister watch Robot for me one day the next week.  I was planning 'Operation No More Diapers' using this blog post by {The Moes Family}.  I knew that our Super Smart, Super Crafty Little Miss would NOT take well to pull ups.  I knew she would use them for what they really are~diapers...


The night before 'ONMD' commenced, I told Ruffles that when she woke up there would be no more diapers in the house.


"Dus a little bit more Mommy?  Dus a little bit more diapers? 'lease?"


LOL...she really did NOT like using the potty.  However the next morning came and she got her 'Big Girl' panties, undivided Mommy Time & LOTS of snacks and treats.  Our day actually turned out to be quite complicated {{including a dr visit and x rays for Ruffles}} but I won't go into detail.  Suffice it to say that after only a weekend and 2 wet pair of shoes ~with one DISGUSTING INCIDENT thrown in for good measure~our Ruffles was a Potty Using Lil' Diva.  {{ Turns out that she liked the sensation of warm wet tinkles down her leg WAY less than she liked using the potty!  }}


♥