The Potty Chair

A month or so ago, my father and step-mother purchased us a potty chair for Madeline.
At first she did not want anything to do with sitting on it, she just wanted to play with the parts. So I left it alone for awhile, and didn't try again for a couple of weeks. But since she almost always stays dry at night and during naps, last thursday, after her nap, I thought I would give it a try and put her on her potty as soon as she woke up.
She stayed on, and after about a minute she went!! I was so proud of her and praised her for it. Then friday I tried again after nap time, and again she went on her potty!
Saturday, I got up and got her on first thing in the morning and she went, then she never really napped and we were gone most of the day, so no naptime to try it at. But yesterday she went on her potty when she woke in the morning, and from her afternoon nap!!! Today she went first thing this morning, and when she was going she started clapping, because she knew I was proud of her, for going. When she has gone, I have gotten very excited and told her what a big girl she was and how proud I was of her. So this is day 5, that she has used her potty chair!
She is napping now, so we will try again as soon as she wakes. Then once we have that routine down, I will start putting her on every so often during the day.
So we still have a long ways to go, but we are on our way to becoming potty trained! YAY!!!