Adia has been having trouble with potty training. She hasn't quite picked up the cues from her body that tell her when it is potty time, so often she will spend an hour or so out of the day just sitting on the potty, trying to go, only to get up and promptly have an accident.

Last night she decided to sleep in underwear and keep the little plastic potty right next to her bed so she could use it.

Ten minutes after she went to bed, I heard her shriek, "Dad! Come here!"

She had done it!

We praised her for listening to her body and sang a song about how awesome potties are. You know, the kind of thing that makes you wonder if parenting is a special kind of insanity, because no grown adult should be this excited by pee.

Anyway. I think she really likes praise, because an hour later, as I brushed my teeth, I heard her in her room saying, "Mom, Dad, I'm using the potty!" After we went to bed, I think she may have fallen asleep on it.

Congratulations Adia.