I am so excited today! Sophia has done so much just today! So, I have a friend who has been putting his son on a little potty since 6 months old, usually after he wakes and naps to see if he'll do anything. He's now 11 months old and will now communicate to his parents that he needs to "go" and they'll take him to the potty and he goes! When I heard this, I was astonished and thought that I could try it with Sophia!
Well, our 2 baby bjorn potty chairs came yesterday and this morning, she started her little grunts, which is normal right before she'll go #2. I took her to the potty, which is kinda difficult to prep for since you have to undress her and take the diaper off. But, once we got all that situated, she sat there with her toes barely touching the floor and did her business!!!! She stood up afterwards, I held her there, and she took a peek in the pot and saw what she had done. A huge smile came across her face. I really think she understood the purpose of the potty chair! I was over the moon and still am!
We're going to keep at it and hopefully it will become more of a habit for her! Im hopeful that if we teach her now, early enough, then pull ups wont be something she gets too attached too. I think when the get to the point where they know its easier to just go in the diaper than to use the potty, then its harder to train them, but if we do it early enough, maybe she will learn before she knows any better =)I took pictures even, me being the overly proud mother that I am, but won't post them for all you're sake and Sophia's too!
This afternoon I went to have a shiatsu massage and Paul watched Sophia. He calls me while Im on the road and tell me that Sophia just crawled backwards about 4-5 feet! I was so excited and bummed that I had missed it! I hear babies will crawl backwards before the crawl forwards, so maybe she will try the other direction soon? Paul got it on video, its pretty cute. She seems to be complaining about it while shes doing it, but then smiles once shes done it. I guess one of the times she ended up underneath her play pen! Her little head was sticking out and her body was underneath.
Well, we're pretty proud parents over here in Bellevue! Its so exciting to watch our little baby grow and achieve new skills! Soon she will be walking!! She's napping right now...Lord knows shes a tired girl after all the energy used this morning/afternoon! Yay!
