Potty Talk

OK, so 15 months might be a bit early for potty training. But this kid has been saying and signing "diaper change" (which comes out like "diapah cheeeee") for months now, and every time she says it, she needs it. She now says it WHILE she's peeing, an interesting development. Earlier this week she was getting ready for her bath, a process that involves throwing a bunch of toys into the tub, watching it fill up with water, stripping down the kid, and at the LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT, taking off her diaper. Why wait until the LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT? Because watching lots of water flowing into the tub makes this little girl's bladder kick in and she pees. I figure if she's covered while watching the tub fill up, then we're good. If I whip off her diaper and plunk her into the tub and then she pees, well, urine is sterile. This particular night, she was diaper-less watching the tub fill, and started to pee. This is interesting stuff, so Jasper was watching as she peed. Jill caught it quick and scooped her up and plopped her on the toilet. Fascinated, Jasper watched herself pee into the toilet. Excellent! Great Job! All of the appropriate accolades were pulled out. First time a kid pees in the potty is a cool thing. (and I missed it... ) Peeing done, Jasper is in the tub, having good clean fun. After only a few minutes she starts saying "all done", or rather "ALL DONE! ALL DONE! ALL DONE!" OK, so she's done with her bath, out she comes, gets all toweled off, puts on her lotion, and runs around for some post-bath naked time. We all need post-bath naked time. What does she do? Runs around for a few seconds, then stops dead in her tracks in the kitchen and poops right in front of the fridge. Guess she was ALL DONE with her bath because she was NOT ALL DONE on the toilet. Next, she checks out her creation, notices that she has a new ball, and starts to kick it. Nice. The next star in Bend It Like Beckham is my kid, the Sooper Pooper.