Potty Training - The adventure begins..

We were not sure if it was time to potty train Rhea. She seemed more aware than her brother at this age. She would tell us when she had pooped and had a soiled diaper. It seemed like she was ready for it but we didn't want to push her partly because i guess we were not ready for the extra effor from our side for the task at hand. However in her class, there are kids getting potty trained and some days she would come home and want to sit on the potty. So i spoke to her teacher and she said that Rhea is ready and that she was going to the potty like the other kids in training. I felt like i wasnt doing justice to her by holding her back so last weekend we went underwear shopping. I got her underwear in size 2T/3T but they seem too big on her. We have to fold the bands to stop it from falling off her hips :) So she has been wearing underwear to school. She seems to be having 1 accident per day on average and i think thats ok. She hates when that happens and is so upset. So i guess that is a good sign and that will help her to be more alert about getting the timing for potty breaks right. Today evening for the first time she wanted to go poo poo and i took her to the bathroom. She doesnt like sitting in the potty for long. 3 secs is the max she will sit and then she is ready to leave. So i sat with her and we read books, sang songs and when i checked her in between she had done Poo poo. YAHOO!!! Congrats Rhea!!! this, a big milestone...of course we have ways to go because half hour later we had a pee accident but this is definitely a step in the right direction. Needless to say i made a big deal out of our success tonight and Rhea was mighty proud of herself!