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Potty Training is fun isn't it?!

This is a long post mainly for my records so it wont hurt my feelings if you skip down to the pictures! ha

I am sure some people think Ramsey should have been potty trained a long time ago but we are just now getting the hang of it. I tried this summer some, especially when she was in a bathing suit or we were hanging out at home. She just kept saying she didn't want to go so i never pushed her. We have all had enough stress this year and i didn't want to add any to her or me. Then school started and it was hard to be at home for three days straight and do that method. A lot of it was me being lazy and not wanting to sit in our house for three days. That sounded miserable to me!

Eventually she actually wanted to go in her little potty so i just tuned into her and went with her pace. I think this was the best way to go for us. We have been doing it more and more and when we are at home we don't wear a diaper, then when we would go somewhere she would. I tried putting her in panties just to go to my parents but she would always have accidents so i took a break from it for a while. Since school is out for two weeks i thought it would be perfect to get going strong. Jonathan is also home all week and since we are potty/crate training Nala also why not jump right in! ha

I don't know if Nala was our magic potion to get Ramsey going but she has done great this week. She has been great helping with Nala and we are always taking Nala out to potty so i dont know if this triggered something in her or not.

I have been very consistent with it and we have been doing naked potty training at home since Monday. We finally decided today would be the day that we would go run errands and she would wear panties. She was actually very excited about it. We went to Perkins for breakfast and she did great going to their restroom and trying but no luck. That was another thing i was worried about in public. At home, she uses her potty that sits on the floor. I wasn't sure if sitting on a big potty would be a problem or not. I did have to help her sit on it but we tried and I was so proud of her. We stayed dry at Perkins then decided to go to Best Buy. I asked her a couple times if she needed to go and she didn't then all of a sudden she said "i gotta teetee"!

So we hurried to the restroom and she went! I was so excited. It was almost like i was proud of myself! ha

So Best Buy will always be known as the place Ramsey pottied for the first time! ha

She stayed dry the rest of the time, then we came home and she did great. We do sleep in pullups. Ramsey has very full diapers during nap and bedtime but today she had a dry pullup during nap time. I was shocked!

She seems to really be getting the hang of it and i have been doing my best at being consistent. I certainly would not say she was potty trained and i am sure there will be more accidents in our future, but we are getting somewhere! It's about time!

On another note watching Nala and Ramsey play has been such a joy. Like I have said several times Evie and Maddie had such a sweet bond but Ramsey never took to her as much. She talks about her all the time now though. Nala watches everything Ramsey does and like i have said Ramsey is all over her and really sweet to her. They are so cute playing together. I am really glad we decided to keep her, it really has been great for Ramsey. She told Jonathan Nala was her best friend. Watching them makes me think of Evie and Maddie and i am so glad Ramsey has Nala! She has brought joy to us as well :)