Potty Update

For those of you who have been with this blog from the beginning, you may recall that we've been doing Elimination Communication (or Infant Potty Training) with Violet since we brought her home from the hospital. (see blog entry from August 21, 2006) It has been a learning experience for all of us and we are excited to report that Violet has been pretty much potty trained for the past month! We still put diapers on her at night, but she typically wakes up dry. We have no way of knowing if she would have potty trained this early without the Elimination Communication, but we are excited to have reached this milestone before her second birthday. We still have the occasional accident and we sometimes put a diaper on her if we know she won't be paying attention to her internal signals. (going to the Wiggles Park!) She has learned that if she announces "Mommy...pee pee potty!" while stuck in her carseat on a long trip that it is a sure way to get us to pull over.