Went in to wake Thumper from her afternoon nap today at about 3.45 pm. She had been a bit difficult about settling down to sleep when I put her in the cot at about 2 pm - I had heard her playing for a while and moving about. So I was, at the very least, expecting to find her asleep upside down in the cot with a foot or two hanging out between the bars.
I certainly was not expecting to find a completely naked child, curled up sound asleep in the top corner of her cot, with her nappy in another corner of the cot and her dress thrown out on the floor!
My first thought was: wet sheets and blankets! But to my surprise, she hadn't even wet the nappy, let alone the sheets. She had been changed into the nappy at about 12.45 pm (just before I left StompyDad's house, where we had been visiting that morning). It was now several hours later but she was completely dry.
So I got her up and put her on the potty. Still the drought did not break. Back into a nappy and off to Gran and GrandPaul's house for swim then dinner. Even more surprising, when Gran removed that nappy, at about 4.30 pm, it was still dry too.
I can't help but think this child is cleverer that she is letting on: that she knows exactly how to use a potty, but she is just choosing not to. I admire her spirit.
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