Is it really time, this time?

The twins are almost 2 and a half, I keep looking at that huge box of diapers that keep disappearing and the need to buy yet another huge box, and I wonder when diapers will be a thing of the past!

For the past year, Charlotte has gone potty a small handful of times, usually months apart. Her desire to keep it up was not there, and I was not going to try to force this upon her yet.

Over the past few weeks I have seen a lot of progress and interest in not just Charlotte, but Zander as well! He went potty about a week and a half ago for the very first time!

Now, here is where we are.

Lastnight at church, they were in a bigger kids room, and most of those kids are potty trained, so at a certain point in the evening, it was time to get all of those kids on the potty. BOTH of my kids see this going on and get excited to give it a try. Charlotte sorta half goes in her diaper and half in the toilet (and a bit on her onesie ha!), Zander goes (STANDING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME!) and before service is over he goes a SECOND time!!! I come to get them and hear about this, and I am shocked, and THRILLED for them both!

We go home from church, and I am curious what Zander will do if he stands at his potty chair at home, so I give it a try... He stands there, I can tell he is trying but nothing is happening. Clearly the way he is standing tells me if he does go it's not going to land in the toilet, so I hold the potty up closer to compensate the aim... He's still "trying" but it's not working yet... He then grabs the potty chair, turns away from me, puts it on the ground and stands up and pee's!!!! (Of course, most of it does not land in the toilet, but that's ok I guess)! VICTORY a THIRD time!!! YAY! Charlotte didn't quite make it, she started peeing as soon as her diaper was being opened (so I kept the diaper there).

Today, Charlotte has emptied her bladder twice and Zander sat for a long time and presented a tiny little poo. I am starting to see a trend, at least a glimmer of hope perhaps!

Honestly, I am surprised this potty training thing is going the way it is, I had not seen any interest from Zander at all, so to be training them both at the same time is surprising, and a bit challenging (Charlotte wants to stand up and pee now)..

I hope they will continue on, and I can keep them interested and encouraged! I hope this is the beginning of a short lesson, so that diapers can be a thing of the past! I am SO proud and SO excited, and at the same time, it's just one more of those "baby things" to leave our home.... Right now, I don't feel sad about it (I mean, it's diapers after all), but I know in a way, I will be sad to see them be that much older, and that much less reliant on me.

So, this is entry 1 in my "Potty Journal" for now... I hope I can continue with the good news on this topic :)