Finally -- Poopy in the Big Potty!

Wow, what an evening...

Today, Alex pooped in the "big potty" for the first time -- all by herself... literally!

Peeing on the big potty using her little toddler insert, has been fun for her.
We set the timer on the microwave, and when it goes off we pretend she's the only one who knows how to turn it off.
When she pushes the "off" button, we run with her to the potty to "hurry up and go" so we can give Alex one M&M.

We promised her an entire handful if she were to go poop in the potty.

Apparently M&M's are good, but not THAT good... lol.

Alex has refused to go poop in the big potty, and her little toddler potty --
The only place she'll go is in her diaper as she hides under the kitchen table or behind the living room couch, screaming "NO MOMMY, NOOOOO!!"  when i see her heading that way and ask her if she wants to use the big potty to go poopy.

Soo frustrating -- until tonight.

I caught her under the kitchen table, pulling the chairs in toward her so she's more or less hidden from any of us.
My husband was on his way home, so I said, "Let's surprise daddy and go pee pee in the potty! -- Come on!"

Alex didn't say anything, so i scooped her up -- no protest from her! Hmmmm....

I ran to her bathroom, pulled down her training panties and sat her on the potty and suddenly Alex got quiet.
 -- yeah, we stopped using diapers and just told her the diapers were all gone and that she's a big girl now --

Alex can reach the bathroom door while sitting on the big potty, so she ordered me to sit on the other side of the doorway .. and proceeded to slam the door shut as hard as she could.

Silence.   For what felt like forever.
I couldn't believe she was in the bathroom by herself, sitting on the toilette.

"Can i open the door, Alex?" I asked as i knocked playfully on the door.

"Don't talk to me mama!" was my very stern answer... followed by a "Stop it, mommy!"

"Okaaayyy. Let me know when i can talk to you.  Are you ok?"

"Stop it, moma!!!"
"Ok, sorry Alex."

Over the next 5 minutes, i would yell out to the dog .. or talk to baby Addison sitting in her swing next to me.. just so Alex heard my voice and knew i was still there.

I heard her whimper a couple of times, and that was it.

FINALLY, Alex announced that i could, "Open the door, mama!" and when i did, she timidly told me she had gone pee pee and .... poopy, she said -- with her voice trailing off.

Well, you'da though the girl had just parted the Red Sea the way I called her dad into the bathroom (perfect timing, he had just gotten home) and we clapped and cheered.

Alex was SO proud of herself.  And we all talked about it for the rest of the evening, making up "we're so proud of you" songs ... and, "my big girl went poo poo in the potty!" songs and dances...

"M&M's" was all Alex could think of after washing her hands by herself at the sink (thanks to a Rubbermaid stool and a plastic water extender attached to the faucet) ..

We had been giving her just 1 M&M after she would pee on the big potty.
With her pooping -- she got to operate the M&M dispenser herself, and a good sized (adult) handful of the little candies came streaming out into a little bowl she carried around with her while dining on the chocolates.

We let Alex call grandma (manna) -- and Alex was "Princess Alex" the rest of the night -- at her request. lol....

And all it took was the thought of surprising daddy by going to the potty.
If that's not a daddy's girl!  :)

Alex spent the rest of the evening attached to daddy at the hip, btw ... annoying for him i'm sure, but oh so cute!