Nate was sick. Lily was causing trouble. It didn't look like anything big was going to happen. Getting through the night looked like the biggest accomplishment possible. Then, at the age of 2 years and exactly 4 months, Lily did it, the accomplishment we have been waiting on for months, a monumental event of epic proportions.....she went #2 on the toilet.
She had been on the edge for a while, ever since the breakthrough on #1. She regularly expressed fear with the process, and we'd calmly up-sell the benefits, without the slightest pressure. We'd tell her that there is nothing to fear. She'd acknowledge us, then we'd find her a minute later bearing down to fill up another diaper.
When Cindy took her last night, it didn't look this would be the big event. Cindy even whispered a worn, slightly defeatist comment about the futility of it. Then it happened.....at about 7:15PM, on September 7th, 2010, she did it.
Afterwards, she seemed happy, a little shocked and definitely relieved. We were overjoyed. Everyone but Nate got a treat from Erma's Frozen Custard. Hooray.
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