Thoughts of a potty training mom.

I recently sent the following email out to a few friends who have been through my potty training woes. I hope this is helpful to other moms:

"At Cambria's 3 year visit with Dr. Halvorsen in July, I bemoaned the fact that we were backsliding in the potty training department. Dr. H's advice to me was to lay off potty training for 6 weeks. She told me to not say a word to Cambria about anything to do with the potty unless Cambria first initiated it. Well, Dr. H. was right. Shortly after our trip to VA in early August, Cambria decided to start wearing underwear again and going tinkle on the potty. Then, last weekend at Jeff's sister's house, Cambria started pooping on the potty. Lastly, she's been more rational about using public potties, even ones with automatic flushing...however, if she does throw a fit about a public potty, I put a pull-up on her and don't say another word.

So, now armed with my new potty training wisdom (aka Dr. Halvorsen's advice), I will advise new potty training mom's to let their kids potty train in their own time. :-)

I just thought you might appreciate my mommy growing moment."