Annada Marie Vergo

After Annada woke up from her nap this afternoon, I asked her if she wanted to put on a diaper or…. (ta-da!!) big girl panties!! The big girl panties were an immediate hit. As Aunt Erica (who has been a HUGE help) said, it was hard to see her eyes for a great deal of the afternoon, Annada’s smile was so big.

I told Annada I wear panties and Annada had to check to make sure. Then she went downstairs to show Erica her panties. I asked Erica if she wears diapers or panties. Erica said, “diapers.” As retaliation, Aunt Erica then had to show off her panties and Annada was suitably impressed.

Then we walked to the bathroom to sit on the potty. I gave Annada a blueberry (yep – I am shamelessly embracing bribery) for sitting on the potty. We set a timer for five minutes then read books on the potty until the timer went off. At 5 minutes I gave Annada another blueberry for sitting there so long.

After we were done I set a timer to signal the next potty break in 20 minutes. About 10 minutes in Annada came up and told me she was wet. Actually, she was more than wet, but no worries, we cleaned it up and started again.

When the timer went off, Annada sat on the potty and Annada peed!!!! We went ballistic! Annada scarfed her 2 jelly beans. Erica and I screamed and sang for 10 minutes. We all danced together. There was clapping and cheers.

Meanwhile Annada peed in her panties. Again – no worries – but we did have to laugh. Every 10 to 20 minutes this repeated and by 7:30 when Annada went to bed I was exhausted. But there were 2 hits. This just might work…

(Shopping with Aunt Erica)

I have a side story:

When it was time to go to bed, Annada was not happy about it. Marc wasn’t home and he usually puts her to bed. So when he isn’t home she grabs the side of the crib (so it is hard for me to pick her up and read to her) and cries “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!”

We were half-way done with the bedtime routine, when Annada suddenly became complacent. It was a dramatic change. She just sat there, quietly thinking. When I was done, she looked at me, and with her “I’m-so-serious-my-right-eyebrow-is-up” look, she asked to go potty.

We walked over to the potty and she was extremely helpful: taking off her clothes, marching up and sitting on the potty. Normally it is a bit of a struggle. At this point, I was getting suspicous.

“Book,” Annada commanded from her throne. I started reading but checked the time. 5 minutes later Annada was still happy as a clam to sit on the potty.

“Are you done?” I asked. “No, no,” Annada replied, “potty.”

There was no actual using of the potty going on. “Annada, it is time for bed.”

“No,” Annada replied calmly. “Potty, more book.”

She may not have learned how to keep her panties dry today. But she did learn how to stall.

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