poop on the potty

this past weekend we started putting riley on the potty. we've done this before and nothing happened so it obviously wasn't the right time. we gave it another shot and had a few great days. i put her on her potty chair saturday morning and let her sit and sit and sit and sit for a while. i even left the room, closed the door and let her take care of business. and that she did. pee!!! yay!!! she got three marshmallows and a prize (left over from her stocking at grandma's). an hour or two later poop!! no way. this was awesome. i knew i would be excited but not this excited. i was thrilled. she showed daddy by pointing at her poop, wrinkling up her nose, and saying "don't touch it. it's stinky." she peed a few more times that day. of course it just being the beginning she's not telling us that she has to go but we put her on there and wait and see what happens. i say, "wanna sit on your potty?" she says "yeah, sure" or "oh-kay" i need to record the way she says this because it's the cutest thing. and then she runs off to the bathroom.

sunday--peed a few times but pooped in her diaper
monday--pooped and peed. still had some wet diapers
tuesday--no pee, but poop in the potty. i found that whens he gets entranced with something she soaks her diapers. like when watching tv.
wednesday--bit of a speed bump because she's not feeling well at all. my mom saw that she was going to poop and asked if she wanted to go on the potty to which riley replied "no. i want to go in my diaper." HOWEVER, tonite (after she was tucked in bed) said "i want to try to poop." at first, i was thinking that she just didn't want to go to bed but gave her the benefit of the doubt and i'm so glad i did because she peed for an eternity. she actually told me she had to go! that's a step in the right direction.

we'll see how she gets over this cold. our next step is to put training pants on her and let her wet herself. i hope that's the right thing to do. the last thing i want is to pressure her. it seems like such a long process--the whole training thing--and i'm honestly not looking forward to it just because it feels like i have no idea what i'm doing.

thanks to carin for the potty power dvd. riley loves it. mike and i even find ourselves singing, "whatcha gonna do when you're sittin' on the potty . . sittin' on the potty for a while"