We have a wee!

Cassia did her first wee in the potty on Thursday! How exciting... Unfortunately I don't have photographic evidence of this important milestone to share with the world (I would have taken a photo except Craig's reaction to the idea put me off; yep, it's his fault), but let me tell you all about it.

She was sitting on her potty next to Craig in the computer room while I was outside hanging washing on the line. Usually she doesn't sit on it for extended periods but this day was an exception for some reason. After a while I heard Craig through the glass door saying "Yay!" and I knew instantly that it meant we had a wee. So I dropped the washing and came inside to see Cassia standing proudly next to the potty with a small quantity of water in the bottom of it. "Cassia did a wee!" Craig said. "Did you do a wee?" I replied (to Cassia, not Craig). "You DID do a wee! YAY!!!!! You did a wee in the potty!" And then I waved my hands in the air and danced a little jig on the spot. Cassia grinned mightily. And proceeded to crouch down next to her little work of art and stick her hands in it... I guess you can't learn everything at once.

Later Craig told me that at the moment wee left body and entered potty, Cassia had quite a shocked expression on her face. Usually she can hold on long enough to ask for a nappy (all previous attempts to get her to use the potty have failed), so perhaps this one snuck up on her. I guess our little celebration over her milestone achievement fairly quickly changed her mood, though, so I'm glad we were able to seize the moment. When we reminded her later that night that she'd done a wee in the potty she was very proud of herself again, so I'm really glad it wasn't a traumatic experience.

And how many wees has she done in the potty since then? None, of course. Baby steps, baby steps...