Just 'Chilax' Moms!

Chilax is my new word. It means, chill out and relax! A little over 5 years ago, I became a mom. Giving the word "chilax" a whole new meaning! I had good intentions. Oh, I read "BabyWise" a gazillion times and I wanted to be one of those "parent directed feeders" not giving in to the demands of my children. They were going to be on MY schedule by golly! They were going to do things MY way! And they were going to potty train when I decided it was time!!! Yeah, right! What was I smoking? Over the last 5 years, I have learned that babies are hungry when they are hungry and you BETTER feed them or else! And I've learned that children get tired when they get tired and you'd BETTER let them sleep right then, or else! And I've recently learned that children will potty train ONLY when they are ready, and not a moment sooner, and you'd better pay attention or else! Now I'm not saying we have Kid CEO's in this household. They very much know the rules and the consequences and they know who's boss, but when it comes to the small stuff, like potty training, just CHILAX moms! Why do we as moms stress and worry so much about these little things? I've decided to just let them be. I've learned this lesson first hand recently. Ashton is 3 and has all the sudden decided that she wants to wear panties, and insisted upon it. She would have no part of a diaper whatsoever! Where this came from, we have no clue. Just happened! 6 months ago, we couldn't have bribed her with anything under the sun that would have made her want to wear panties. It has happened on HER terms, not ours. She has been in panties non-stop for about a week now and has not had one single accident. I don't even have to help her unless she has on buttoning or zipper pants. I haven't even had to remind her to go potty. She just does it all on her own. It's insanely wonderful I'm telling you! She's even been wearing her panties around town. We went to a dinner show Sunday that lasted for 3+hours and she wore her panties there and did FABULOUSLY! She's worn her panties to church and out to eat and out running errands and today we were out and about for 6 hours...not one single accident! Piece of cake! It took me months to let Lexi wear her panties out in public, but Ashton is about a year older than Lexi was when I potty trained her. Now if I had tried to potty train her 6 months ago, it would have been disastrous and I would have been cleaning up teetee and washing underwear non stop! But because it was on her terms, there has been no "potty training" really. She didn't need training. She just did it! Thank you Ashton for again reminding me to CHILAX and not sweat the small stuff! Here's my big girl!