Last August we started potty training Julia. Things went smoothly until we went to Tennessee for Labor Day. After a week of sporadic training, Julia came back home very resistant to going on the potty. I spent several months “forcing” the issue, hoping that she’d finally get it and be potty trained by 2. But alas, her second birthday came and went, then Christmas, then New Year’s.

When we moved in with the Abdos we thought we might give training once last go. On January 31, Julia went “pee-pee on the potty”. Afterward, we told the Abdos. Their reaction was priceless. They cheered, danced, sung and hugged Julia. And she was hooked. Since then, she has refused to wear a diaper during the day, has more dry days then accidents, and always asks to “Go tell Abdos” after she goes potty. Sometimes she even has an audience: