Wet spot on the couch...not necessarily a bad thing.

  So, Kate took a long bath tonight. She was probably in there close to an hour. Totally fine by me because she was having a great time playing in the water and Abby was having a great time watching her. However, whenever Kate takes a bath she drinks a lot of the bath water. Also fine by me because she is rehydrating. But...what goes in must come out. 

  After Kate was done with her bath, I wrapped her up in her towel, sat her on the couch and told her she must NOT pee on anything. She is only to pee in her diaper or on the potty, something she is terrified to even talk about.  Side note-I have attempted to start the potty training process many times with Kate. I have been stubborn for extended periods of time urging her to sit on the potty and refusing to give her any snacks, sweets or soda till she goes to the bathroom on her potty. It all ends in lots and lots of tears on Kate's part, so I give in.  Anyhow, last week she sat on the couch, naked as a jay bird, for a good half hour without peeing. I put a diaper on her once I realized how long it had been and not even 15 minutes later her shorts were wet. She had peed so much that her diaper could not hold any more. I was proud and surprised Kate could, and did, hold her bladder while sitting on the couch.
  Tonight I attempted to repeat last week's experience. I was doing dishes while Kate was watching a movie, naked, on the couch when Kate informs me that she has peed.  ...ummm, what!?  I checked and sure enough, her statement was true.
  Gahhh! I didn't want her to feel so bad for what she had done that she starts crying but I also wanted to take the opportunity to perhaps persuade her to sit on her potty. That way I could explain, again, where I would like her to start going potty.
  As soon as I pull out the potty Kate's tears start to flow. I attempt to distract her from what she is doing by counting with her. It works!! We count to ten, then twenty, then twenty again. After each sequence I ask her if she would like to try and go potty. Nope. Nope. Nope!
  Then I try explaining how her potty chair works. While showing her where she should aim to pee some spit falls out of Kate's mouth onto her seat.  I mistake it for pee and say, "Yay! Good job, keep going!"  So she does!!! Kate went pee in her potty!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  I was ecstatic which made Kate very happy and proud of herself, so much that she didn't want to get off the potty! I am hoping, oh so very greatly hoping, that Kate wants to keep going pee in the potty.  We shall see tomorrow!   :)