Potty Training @ 7 months..what??!!

Today is the first day Diego went potty with no misses! I am so excited! Last time I felt this excited was waiting in line to see Santigold in concert, dang how my life has changed! Now my excitement comes from a baby peeing in the toilet, I love it! So yea, I started potty training, or as I like to call it, "diaper freeing Diego" with no real coaching or knowledge of what I was doing. I just sat with him on the potty every morning and he miraculously went potty! I did find that turning on the faucet while sitting on the toilet does the trick. I tried without the water and we sat on the potty for 10 minutes with nothing, then faucet on, pee comes right out, amazing! At first he looked at me like what the hell are you doing to me?! But after a few tries he knew what he had to do. It is so cool watching my boy pee and poop in the potty. I no longer have to deal with a diaper rash, and I know Diego is happy too! Who wants to sit in their poop and pee all day? Not me! Don't get me wrong it's not the easiest thing in the world, especially at night, but if you're dedicated and in tune with your little one then you can totally do it.

Nonetheless, I have had an array of criticism for potty training my lil one, especially from family. My dad thinks I'm insane and my mom was skeptical at the idea at first but once she saw Diego doing his thing, she was amazed, "Ay Dios Mio! He's peeing in the toilet!" she yelled. My brother calls me a hippie, but is impressed by my dedication. And of course my man loves it, and helps out whenever he's home. The more pee in the toilet, equals less diapers, and less money, and less trash for mother earth! I'm excited for the day we are completely diaper free!