What can a mother say about potty training that any other mother doesn't already know and even empathize with? I think potty training your child defines a part of motherhood that is indescribably bittersweet.
Complete satisfaction that you'll never have to change another diaper on your child. Excitement over the independence she has attained. Excruciating pain as you find yourself betwixt, knowing you have to let her grow - but terrified to let go.
She's my last baby. I know that. That's probably why she's 2 and a half and still in her crib.
I will use any reason to keep her there. Because I know the moment she's in her big girl bed, that's it. Very different from the oldest child.
I so enjoy each step from infancy to toddlerhood. It's like looking at the same jewel through each of it's different facets, never seeing the whole of it. Until one day, there it is, a beautiful stone that's been carved, at least in part, by you.
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