Ok, I know I frequently post very similar pictures of Mia reading books. However, this is a daily occurrence and it shows what she really likes to do. She was reading and singing this book with "Cooper baby safe and sound…" :)
Darcy, I will just continue to offer Mia the opportunity to go to the bathroom every time Riley or Nora ask to go. I simply ask her, "Would you like to go in and go potty too?" I am not making a big deal out of it and I will not pressure her; just letting her 1.) know what we're doing and 2.) giving her the opportunity to go too. Yesterday and today she just simply says, "No." Yesterday she did ask to go potty at the end of the day shortly before she was picked up. I'm also wanting to reassure you that we've seen this many times and it's very common for her age to relapse. Some don't, but many do and it works soooo much better to not pressure them. And I know you are working hard at that too. It's not easy to back-off when we know they are totally capable of doing the whole thing! And regardless of what anyone says ("my child trained at age.., blah blah blah..") she is still young and everything is developing. Birthday # 3 is kind of the magic moment when everything clicks and we've seen it over and over. And at that point it's usually a done deal! There have been lots of children go through our program who didn't start until right at age three and it was soooo easy.
Mia was doing the "sign" for Friend. (We always call it "Good Friend" just in case you hear her saying that.) And she was also saying, "Good Friend." So I asked her, "Who's your good friend?" And she answered, "Nora!" Well Nora heard that and said, "No! Mia!" (Meaning "Mia is my good friend!") And that's how the ensuing bickering started and they were going back and forth. LOL So I asked Nora, "Who's your good friend?" She answered, "Mia!" And Mia yells, "No! Nora!" And on and on it went! I love silly toddlers!! :)
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