On the 11th of February we received a training potty from a friend. Her advice to me was start as soon as possible. I had to laugh. I had never heard of a five and a half month old being potty trained so early. I would hate to waste time on a project that would most likely take two years!!!!
We got it home and I thought, "What the heck...it can't hurt anything?" My expectations were beyond low. So I placed Jaya on the potty and of course...just like I had thought...nothing happened. I kept repeating.."Go Potty"..."Go Potty!" She just smiled at me. I then decided to try one more trick. (I wasn't very patient, only three minutes had gone by) So I turned on the facet with my free hand. Immediately after hearing the water she began to pee in the potty!!! I was dumb founded. I thought maybe I had just imagined it. I wanted to call Travis, but I was worried he would think I was off my rocker. So I set the timer on the oven for one hour. After an hour went by I set Jaya back on the potty. After five seconds she began peeing. Who would ever believe me? I really thought world peace was more likely than Jaya peeing on a potty at five and a half months old. It's been three days now. Jaya has peed several times in the potty now. This morning Travis and I watched her and afterwards cheered. (I really think it's the cheering that she likes more then anything!) At night and when we are out she conveniently uses her diaper, but when we are home I set the timer and have her pee every hour. After all, she doesn't talk yet and can't actually tell me when she has to GO!!! Well that's our rendition of Hickey's Believe It or Not!!!
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