Not Ready for the Potty

We bought Annabelle a new potty a couple of weeks ago. We figured she wasn't quite ready for it yet, but we wanted her to get familiar with it. Her potty is a singing potty and sings songs when you use it. Within a few minutes of us having it, Annabelle figured out how to make it sing without actually going to the bathroom. Sometimes she's just too smart! =)

Every time I go to the bathroom, Annabelle comes in and sits on her potty. Today when we got home from the beach I went to the bathroom. Annabelle came in and I asked her if she wanted me to take her diaper off so she could go potty. She said "Yesh!" So I did and she sat on her potty and actually started pooping! I was so excited for her. I was cheering for her, but when she turned around and saw what went in the potty she was not happy! She started crying and freaking out. She wasn't done going to the bathroom, but she wouldn't sit back down and she wouldn't let me put her diaper on. So I set her in the tub, cleaned out her potty and then clean the tub when she was done. Needless to say, we aren't quite ready for the potty. At least she is learning what it is for though!

I'll Just Improvise!

Every night when we give Annabelle her bath, we tell her she can stay in the tub until all the water is gone. We pull the plug and don't take her out until it's empty. Since she LOVES bath time she learned pretty quickly how to put the plug right back in. We let her put it back in a couple of times and then we take it away for good. She has now discovered that she doesn't need the plug. When we take the plug away she scoots her butt over the drain. Her butt suction cups to the drain and blocks the water from going down. It's hilarious, especially when we take her out and there is a ring around her butt! I guess we need a new rule for when it's time to get out of the tub! =)