She did it!

Ayla poo poo'd and pee pee'd on the potty...TWICE!!! I said I wasn't going to start potty training for a couple more months but I just couldn't help myself. So yesterday I bought pull-ups to make things a little easier and when I got home I couldn't wait to put her on the potty. After lunch I told Ayla it was time to go potty and to my surprise she signed "potty" with her hands and made a b-line to the bathroom. I thought for sure the second I put her on she was going to do her thing. Was I wrong. It took a bloody 27 minutes before she did anything! But as the good little girl she is she just sat there. On her potty. Brushing her teeth. That's right, this clever, smart and intelligent child of mine asked for her "brush" while waiting patiently on the potty. At that moment I was reassured that I don't have to worry about her dental hygiene and that she's never going to have a cavity. After about 10 minutes she was done brushing her teeth and I wasn't sure what to do to keep her occupied. So I thought this might be a great opportunity to learn body parts. Being that she knows the basics - eyes, ears, head, lips, teeth, toes and belly - why not teach her where her knees are. Ok that was pretty easy, she got that down in 2 seconds. Now what? So I spun the fake toilet paper roll and found myself clapping my hands like an enthusiastic preschool teacher trying desperately to get her students to sing along a song she made up about sharing along with moving my head from side to side as the cheerful potty music played to the tune of Frère Jacques:

Toilet paper, Toilet paper

On a roll, Next to me

I can use a few squares, Maybe one or two squares

How 'bout three

Hooray for me!

I played this song about 70 times until I heard a little grunt and realized that she pooped! I started clapping my hands once more and kissing Ayla and yelling for Steve to check out her poop. Then she pee'd! I was overwhelmed with excitement and really couldn't contain myself that I called my sister and my mom and made Steve call his parents! I can't even begin to tell you how happy it makes me that she loves her potty and that she will sit there until her business is done. Even if it does take 27 minutes. For now I have all the time in the world to sit on the bathroom floor until she gets this down to a T.