Potty Training

      Camellia has been begging me to potty train her since April of last year. One day she said she needed to poop, walked into the bathroom, I placed her on the toilet and she pooped. I tried to potty train her after that and it didn't work. She'd pee and say, "I need to pee!" We tried off and on for the rest of the year, never having much success. I finally decided to get down to business and train her at the beginning of December and then she got a stomach bug that gave her diarrhea on day two of potty training. Needless to say I gave up again.
      Yesterday, upon waking up, somehow Camellia made it upstairs and to the bathroom without Sam or I noticing. We found her coming out of the bathroom with panties on and her Pull-Up off as she announced, "I'm potty training!" The night before, we had heard her in the bathroom grunting. We found her standing in front of the toilet and a log on the floor. We should have known what the morning would hold for me, but, alas, we did not.
      I am still not ready to put any effort into potty training, so I let her take herself. She had two pee accidents and pooped in the toilet and one successful peeing in the toilet after, "I need to pee!" And she literally held herself as she ran to the bathroom. She made it with dry panties!
      This morning I ignored that she was wearing a Pull-Up after I had asked her if she wanted to change them and she said no. My mother-in-law was here so I could go to a cooking class, and while I was at the cooking class Camellia announced, "I'm potty trained!" And put on her panties. She didn't have any accidents while I was gone, and went once before we to Grandma to the train, and once before bed. The only reason why she had an accident when we got home was because I didn't insist on her trying when we got home. Instead, I found her in the bathroom trying to pull off her pants that she had peed in when she was in the bathroom trying to make it on time. I think we might actually be successful with her potty training herself this time.
      I tried to get her into a Pull-Up tonight and she resisted, "No! Flower panties!" And she ran into my room, opened the dresser, and pulled out plastic training pants. Not really ideal for night time, the last time she used them at night she got a rash, but she insisted she wear them and not Pull-Ups, so there's no point fighting her. I've got the butt cream ready to go for the morning. I'm interested to see if she can potty train herself with minimal help from me or if I'll finally find some desire to only be changing one kid's diaper everyday and really take the time to train her.