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April 22, 2004
Potty training begins
Two days ago, while I was getting Quinn dressed after her morning bath, she asked to sit on her potty. She's had a potty chair for awhile now, and she sits on it in the morning sometimes, mostly so she can relax over a few books, a habit learned from her father, I'm sure. When she got up I glanced in and was shocked to see actual output.
"SOMEBODY MADE SOME PEEPS! DID YOU MAKE PEEPS ON THE POTTY, QUINN?" I roared. "DADDY, COME HERE AND SEE HER PEEPS! SHE MADE THEM! ON HER POTTY!" Andy hurried in, half-dressed, and I showed him what she'd done. By this point, Quinn was off in the corner of her room, clearly alarmed by my hysteria.
"YAAAAAAAAAY!" I cried, gesturing to Andy to join me in my applause. "GOOD GIRL, QUINN! GOOD PEEPIN'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Quinn screamed, falling to the ground, completely overwhelmed by the scene I was making. She continued to scream until I left the room.
"Do you think she was proud?" I asked Andy excitedly a few minutes later.
"Not as proud as you were," he said. "I'm surprised you didn't try to save it."
This morning she asked to sit on the potty chair again, and got up a few minutes later announcing that she'd made peeps. I looked, and she did! And this time she was excited about it! She tried to make some more in celebration, but she was all done. We had many discussions throughout the morning about the peepin' she'd done.
Later today we were in Toys R Us buying a birthday present, and I asked her if she wanted to get some Dora underwear. Did she?!? Here she is, modeling them for you!
We don't have any good shots of her wearing them that aren't pornographic, so you'll just have to enjoy this close-up of her face (note the dirty pudding-mouth) while she sat on her potty.
Before she goes to bed each night we do this family dance in her room (I could saddle you with the story of how it began, but I won't):
and Quinn always has to get the big white bear inolved. ALWAYS. The dance is not complete until the white bear is dragged into the situation.
Finally we plopped her pudding-faced self in bed. Night night!
Posted by Amy at April 22, 2004 10:27 AM
Comments
YAY! Quinn pictures! Keep them coming... :)
Posted by: Anne at April 22, 2004 10:39 AM
I just love her little haircut with the clippie!!! What a cutie!
Posted by: lex at April 23, 2004 1:26 AM
Wow, Quinn is beating Katie and Laura to the potty training. Good job Quinn!! She's SO cute!!
Posted by: Maggie at April 23, 2004 1:55 AM
aww im so glad the potty chair is working! my daughter is 21months we are just starting on that:) my names beth im from missouri and we are also ttc #2!! just wanted to say cute blog
Posted by: beth at April 23, 2004 2:08 AM
Oh, the sweetest little girl in the world! And I for one would like to hear the story of the family dance!
Posted by: susie at April 23, 2004 2:23 AM
Quinn is adorable.
Posted by: Phyllis at April 23, 2004 5:37 AM
Quinn is so going to love these pictures when she's older~excellent blackmail material ;)
Posted by: avril at April 23, 2004 7:09 AM
oh wow! i call them 'peeps' too with the little boy i sit for! PEEPS FOREVER.go quinn! please let her know she has the best hair in the world and i am insanely jealous.where do i get dora undies?
Posted by: lara at April 24, 2004 4:06 AM
Is she on the potty in her bedroom and not in the bathroom??Also, i think with the teaser, you NEED to share the history of the dance...
Posted by: Aunt Cinda at April 24, 2004 12:10 PM
Quinn is absolutely the cutest little dollface in the whole world. I love her pictures......they are sooo sweet!!!
Posted by: Karen at April 28, 2004 10:36 AM
Oh my, I just died from cute-overload! How you do not bite that girl's face off I have no idea.Good luck with the potty training. We had such a hard time my friend ended up kidnapping Billy for a day and training him her damn self. One day! I'm pretty sure she put a voodoo spell on him.
Posted by: Diana at April 28, 2004 12:14 PM
Congrats to Quinny for making peeps! Maybe she should go on tour in the Dora undies, singing ''I'm a Big Kid Now'', with Mom & Dad as backup!!! LOL And I too would like to hear the story behind the ''Lester Shake''!
Posted by: Katt at April 30, 2004 9:00 AM
My four year old also considered dora underwear a "must have". She chooses those first even now. What a cutie.
Posted by: Christi Stratton at May 3, 2004 2:30 AM
she's darling.*not to be an alarmist- *Incase you hadn't known to do this: every day you need to make sure that the nipple part of her paci/binki is secure and not wearing/ at risk for coming loose while she sleeps/sucks.*A local woman here lost her toddler because the rubber nipple came loose and choked the baby during the night. *So I'm telling all moms to tug on those nipples (pardon how inappropriate that sounds)*to make sure they are secure and safe for little ones.*hannah*your little girl reminds me a lot of my little girl when my little one was that age- she's now 7 years old :) but she had round soft cheeks and a head of thick hair.
Posted by: hannah at May 7, 2004 4:39 AM
Amy, your Quinn stories are always funny and sweet - she is so adorable!
Posted by: kristin at May 9, 2004 1:42 AM