And just like that, Bear toilet trained himself.
I think it was mid-week last week when he started telling me, “Mama I need to pee,” and managed to hold his pee, with his cheering contingent (aka me, dad, and Kitten), made it to the loo, said he was ready, and peed to our exuberant joy.
Previously, he would tell me but he wouldn’t make it on time. This is because children can’t actually hold their pee (to make that trip to the bathroom) till they are 3+. But he never gave up and one day it just happened!
And it continued…
“Mama I need to pee,” he’d exclaim and we’d hustle ourselves to the bathroom excitedly and watch him pee, close the lid, flush, and wash hands with soap.
And now at home, he doesn’t need a diaper anymore. 
I am so proud of him! He did it all by himself.
Mephala is a strange and rather interesting 
September 20th, 2009 at 1:51 am
Congrats Bear!
I am going to print out your blog post and pin it on my fridge so when my MIL comes, she will stop hassling me about toilet training Sean.
September 20th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Yay! Hope it helps.
We’ve had to deal with a lot of negativity because he wasn’t toilet trained at 2 but my friends of 4 kids tell me he’ll be ready when he’s ready. Don’t stress. And today he did the big one all by himself! 
We’re so proud.
September 21st, 2009 at 12:06 am
When they’re ready, they’re ready. Although you can toilet train them earlier, you do have to deal with a lot of regressions and days of, “Mummy, I don’t want to wear my underwear, I want to wear a diaper.”
September 29th, 2009 at 5:12 am
That’s so great!!!