potty time?

Gaby has made it pretty clear that she knows when she's going to do wee's or poo's.... Mum has mentioned a few times that perhaps now is the time to start thinking about potty training my little Gablet, and I think she's right.

Obviously 16 1/2 months is still pretty young to be starting the potty training, so I think I will go into it more as potty-getting-used-to for a start. I will try and get her to sit on the toilet daily - but if she doesn't want to, I will follow her lead and leave it for awhile. I don't expect her to do anything in the potty at this age or stage, but if she does, it'll certainly be met by lots of praise & excitement!

Potty training seems to be a big milestone to me - the milestone that makes her more child than baby. I don't want my baby to grow up! But, it is also really exciting! All these milestones seem to creep up on me really fast, but before I know it... another milestone has passed!

We go to HK in under 3 weeks now, and I am still feeling pretty apprehensive bout the flying aspect of the trip - but really, it is only 12 hours out of our trip (well 24 there and back), so if the experience is bad, so be it.. Her passport arrived yesterday morning which was very exciting - she seems too little to have a passport for international travel!