We've been trying to give Abby more freedom to do things on her own, especially in regard to using the potty. We figure this is a good idea with baby booger coming so soon.
We're home from school today for a snow day (four whole inches! hah). Abby wanted to wash her hands after breakfast. So, I let her pull one of the chairs from the kitchen in to the bathroom to wash her hands. She did it all by herself. Well, apparently to her that was the coolest thing ever (she usually doesn't get to wash her hands by herself because she's not tall enough!).....
Over the next 30 or so minutes, she magically had to go to the bathroom 5 times. Well, she does most things herself now (pull down her pants, holding herself on the toilet, pulling up her pants, etc). We just help her up on the potty (when she doesn't have her step stool, which was upstairs at the time) and wiping.
So, I decided to bring her step stool downstairs to see if she would do everything herself. So, she climbed up on the chair to turn on the light. Got down. Stood up on the step stool, pulled down her pants, sat down, (didn't go because she had just gone), "went," stood up, pulled up her pants ("undies first" as she always tells us), closed the toilet, flushed (even though there was nothing there, she enjoys flushing), got off the stool, got on the chair, turned on the water, washed her hands, turned off the water, dried her hands, turned off the light, and got down. Success!
Again, apparently that was awesome, because she proceeded to tell me she has to go potty another three times in ten minutes.
She's very proud of herself, as am I.
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