Daddy and I are constantly impressed by your development. You crawled at 5 months, you walked at 9 and now at nearly 20 months you put sentences together and have little conversations with us. We are so proud of you and how well you are doing. You are such a clever clogs.
However, in the last month you have really surprised Daddy and I and if I'm honest you have kind of caught us off guard. You have started telling us when you need to wee or poop. You try and take your nappy off, and you ask to be changed straight after you dirty your nappy.
I hadn't even thought about potty training yet. But here we are, you seem to be ready, so the time has
come.
You see the only problem Pops, is that I'm not ready. I am prepared in the sense that I have potties, a step stall, training pants, toilets seats and travel potties all at the ready. I have read books, sought advice from others, I have a plan, I know how we are gonna play it. But I'm just not ready.
Now don't get me wrong, I love the thought of not having to change anymore nappies, I'm ready for the bum sniffing to be a distant memory, I'm ready to forget the days of nappy disasters, especially the one time you managed to get poop on your face. But I'm just not ready.
You see the baby I met just 20 months ago has gone, she has been replaced by a bubbly, hilarious, bright and stubborn toddler. I am so amazed by you and am filled with such pride as you reach all of your milestones. But Pops, sometimes I just wish I could slow down time. Life just seems to be going by too quickly and Potty training is just a big fat reminder of that.
Obviously my not being ready is tough. Potty training is happening (holy crap!) whether I like it or not and I will do everything I can to make it an enjoyable experience. But i'm still not ready.
I never will be, because you will always be my baby girl, even when your 30.
So even though I'm not ready, Let the potty training begin!
I love you Sweetheart,
Mummy
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