At 22 months, she came up with it on her own and we just jumped at the chance to see if she was "for real". She has taken two road trips, and logged five mornings of VBS in addition to her customary church attendance --never soiling a diaper. She is a regular princess...literally: "Her Royal Regularity".
Today we let her try wearing big girl panties since we planned to stay home all day. She did it with a little group effort. We set the timer and every half hour somebody took her running to the bathroom. Her siblings are very pleased with her overall commitment to the program.
In the beginning, she was flushing with such excitement that I worried the little brute would yank the handle off, so now I insist that she flush with her thumb with a calm, downward motion. When Philip came in this afternoon, she proudly hoisted up her shirt to babble something about pretty pink panties. Then she walked him through the whole process: "Tee-tee, plop, yay, shroo, bye-bye, fosh, tum." Translation: "I went tee-tee then plop! Yay! When I was through, I said good-bye and flushed the toilet with my thumb."
