It's official! We have started potty training! Madison has been going on the potty at daycare, but would not at home. I could get her to sit on the potty, but she wouldn't sit long enough to do her business-even with books. So, finally I decided while I had five days off in a row, the diapers would come off and the panties would go on. I asked Madison's daycare teacher if there was a problem with me bringing her in panties the next time she comes to daycare and she said, "That's the best way to do it. Just bring extra clothes and underwear." (No brainer!) So, Wednesday night I pumped her up by telling her tomorrow when she woke up she could wear all her pretty panties in her drawer and NO DIAPERS! She was excited about getting to wear her "sleeping eauty's" (that's right, sleeping beauty without the b)! So, when she woke up Thursday, off came the diaper and on went the panties! And increased mommy's workload! She peed three times and pooped once in her panties....then we had to go to WalMart so the pull up had to go on! Thank God, I have a carpet cleaner....it's my best friend right now. I ended up having to throw a puzzle frame and her sleepy time Dora away because Madison happened to be standing too close when the accidents happened. Dora was electronic so I figured I couldn't put her in the wash and the puzzle frame was wood so off to the trash they went. Today was the success day! The morning started off with an accident and I thought to myself...'Here we go again!' But the second time, daddy got her on the potty while I was napping and we hit the jackpot!!!! She went pee pee on the potty! Her reward....mini M&M's. After getting her cleaned up, because although she went pee pee on the potty, she hasn't quite figured out she had to pee down into the potty-it's squirting out, she was given her M&M's. I guess she liked them because she told us after eating about half that she had to go pee pee again. I figured the little terd is getting good...already knows that she can try to con us out of her reward candy!!!! This picture is her sitting on the potty eating her mini M&M's after she pee peed on the potty, showing me her candies! (Yup, that's a gold toilet....we rent....landlords motto..'If it ain't broken, don't fix it!') The whole potty training isn't over...but it's a start!!!!