She never went on the potty until about 3 months ago. Then it was just once. Never again... Then about 3 weeks ago she started to go on her little potty seat a few times a day. Then not at all for a few days. Then BAM! It's like something clicked!!! She got it. And she's not had ONE accident since. I am proud of her. She did her way. In her time. Like I knew she would -but other people had me starting to doubt it and my decision to not rush her.
The other big milestone around here is that Grace is an independent sitter now. !!!! So not only am I down to only one in diapers -but that little butt in diapers is sitting!
When Grace was about 5 months and a week old Alex tried sitting Grace up to see if she was even close to sitting on her own. (NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!) He thought about how old Katelyn was when she was sitting on her own and said that it didn't look like Grace was going to sit by 5 1/2 months like Katelyn did. The following week she was still not able to sit -even for a few seconds. But then a few days later she could for about 8 seconds and then by the end of that week (it was on a Monday that she could sit for a few seconds) she was able to sit all by herself for about 40 seconds. By the following Monday she was able to go it all alone for several minutes before having an "uh oh!" moment.
Grace is now going on 7 months old and starting to lean so far forward in the sitting position she'll soon be getting into the crawling position. I could honestly be content with her just sitting for a few more months, but she's a mover & a shaker & a bouncer (boy! does she give new meaning to the phrase "bouncing baby") so I doubt she will be content to just sit for much longer. Let the baby proofing begin!
Here are some precious photos of Grace sitting all by her big-girl self & one of the girls together.
ENJOY!
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