Accidental potty-training? you ask. I am well aware there are plentiful accidents in potty-training, but yes, you can accidentally potty-train your child.
Take Kelsey, for instance. We started training her in November of 2011 when we found out I was pregnant. Actually, we learned her cues and promptly sat her on the pot. She was a harder sell than Averey (potty-trained in one weekend, and then in underwear at night four months later--seriously), but she got it. Eventually.
By spring, she would wake up dry occasionally. I figured we were in the home stretch. Jacey's birth negated all of that progress. But since the new year (a resolution on her part?), she's been waking up dry every morning.
Yesterday morning at 6:30, she entered the bathroom as I'm exiting the shower. She wanted to sleep in our bed, but I had already made it. She choked out a few crocodile tears, and then stopped as she realized something. "Mommy! I slept in my underwear and I'm dry!" I patted her bottom, and sure enough, there was no Pull-Up. Whoops. Jake and I failed. Again.
Post-bath, we put her in underwear until bedtime, because more than once, she has decided it's appropriate to pee in her Pull-Up. A couple months ago, we forgot the Pull-Up and got lucky. Same story Wednesday morning. With my towels wrapped around me, I made my way to the phone to tell Jake the good news. Kelsey emphatically told her daddy she slept in underwear and stayed dry, and Jake said to me, "Well, we dodged another bullet."
Last night, Jake rolled the dice and left her in underwear, and we both were clapping for Kelsey at 6:30 this morning in the bathroom when she was dry. A sight to behold, I'm sure.
There are many thrilling moments you get to experience as a parent. I just never expected to be so enthusiastic over dry underwear... at 6:30 in the morning... in the bathroom... just after I've showered.
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