Betteanne,
AAaaaw I love Toto's name. I have a gold flagstone path in my backyard going from the back side of the house to my log cabin, EVERYTIME Chloe walks down the path toward me, I think of TOTO...... If Chloe had done that on day one, Toto would have been her name
and don't you agree that playpen or crate makes them train themselves really. I don't feel I worked hard on it at all.
ZoiesMom: If you invested in a playpen, it would serve as "eyes" when you were busy with your little one, it would be well worth the investment, and potty train at the same time, then when it is "unrealistic" to keep your eyes on her, she will be safe & able to potty on pads, or wait until you take her out. Chloe never got into any trouble but since I was not an old hand at this as you were, I took this advice from others, Sissy however is always into everything, so I am glad I did. Either way, into things or not - it potty trained both by the time they were 5 months old. We also did the celebration thing when the girls went on the pad (in or out of the playpen) as we did when then learned to sit, shake, roll over or anything else. Good Luck