Dare we say it? Part 2

We're potty trained!!!

(Disclaimer: 2 out of 3 kids)

Now, for my (two) devout followers that read this blog daily (big shout out to Mom & Dad!), I've actually typed these words before so let me explain.

The girls have been potty trained for a while now, during the day. Ever since they were about 2 1/2 or so. I guess this could be "late" for some but I am so glad we waited. I was dreading this time and it was about as easy (with twins no less!) as I could have imagined. Yes, we bought diapers for longer but in the end waiting for them to be ready was worth it. All that being said, our daycare took the brunt of the training. I sent them to school with 10 pairs of shorts and within 3 days and 3 pairs of washed shorts they were trained. I do recognize that we are very lucky we got a "free pass" for this otherwise difficult milestone. However I think it might be due to the fact that we didn't sleep for 8 months in the beginning, or that formula cost $25 a can every 2 1/2 days, or I could on - but I'll stop, you get the point I'm sure.

We decided (against convention maybe?) to keep them in pull-ups at night. We knew I was pregnant and didn't want to rock the boat even more. We also had a not so great habit of letting them have their sippy cups before bedtime which we knew would have to stop when we made this transition. They were sick most of the winter leading up to Christmas so trying to do it then wouldn't have worked. After Christmas I was in my 3rd trimester, big as a house, and with Rowan on the way we didn't want to deal with regression after the baby got here so we just waited.

So 6 nights ago the girls asked to asked to be "big girls" at night. We were planning on this day once our last pull-ups were gone which would have been in a week or so but they beat us to the punch! We told them they could have a couple sips of water before bed but they had to give us their sippy cups after dinner. They obliged without whining, much to our surprise! They've been "big girls" for 6 mornings in a row now and we couldn't be happier!

I realize waiting this long is not normal but it worked for us and has not, at any point, given us a headache. A lot of it I think has to do with the fact that there are two of them so it will be interesting to see how we handle this milestone with Rowan. I say this of course as she is wearing size 1 diapers. We have a LONG way to go before we need to think about pull-ups again!

And the big reward for being "big girls" all day long?
(Because really, would you do this without expecting something in return? Not our kids!)

More on that in the next post!