# IT IS FINISHED!!!! :D **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2000, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263 "2000-03-29T01:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263/1 "2000-03-29T01:15:00Z")
Oh yes! yes yes yessssss! Nicky is * * * - POTTY TRAINED \* * * * He’s been potty trained at home for over 6 months, but going out and going to school he still wore pull-ups. For the last 2 weeks, he’s been wearing underpants to school. The first day he wet his pants. Every time since, he’s come home in the same clothes he went to school in–dry. YAY!!! * * * – From an actual catalog: “Disco balls create an enchanting, dazzling effect of light shafts, adding movement and glamour to any occasion” _the Abrams’ bris was certainly memorable_ O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263/2 "2000-03-29T01:20:00Z")
Congratulations, Opal! Nicky’s growing up! ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263/3 "2000-03-29T01:43:00Z")
Whoo hooo! Let’s celebrate with chocolate cake and lemonade. j/k So when is Nicky going to start dating? ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263/4 "2000-03-29T01:45:00Z")
Great news! That must be one hell of a milestone. I can’t imagine the relief of not changing diapers anymore. Cool! Zette * * * “If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit) [Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) Voted “Most Empathetic”- can you believe that? ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263/5 "2000-03-29T01:59:00Z")
Yeeeeehaaaaaah!! Way to go Nicky and Opal!! * * * “There are more things you don’t know than there are things that I do know. I despair of the imbalance.” – Dr. Morgenes, _The Dragonbone Chair_ ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263/6 "2000-03-29T02:54:00Z")
I’ll do double-duty. 1. A congratulatory hug for Opal, a gold star for Nicky and an exclamation of “Yay! You’re getting so grown up!” 2. A small pout and a pat on the shoulder for Opal when Nicky’s not looking because “he’s not a baby anymore, is he?” ::sniffle:: * * * My Excruciatingly Commonplace Homepage: [FireMoon](http://www.crosswinds.net/~firemoonbcs) ---
**Author:** ![Nanno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nanno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanno)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263/7 "2000-03-29T03:19:00Z")
WOW!! no diapers what you gonna do with all that money your saving now?? ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263/8 "2000-03-29T03:20:00Z")
Congrats. My daughter had a few ‘accidents’ last fall, and it was more to do with the school, which she no longer liked. New preschool, no accidents. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263/9 "2000-03-29T03:31:00Z")
Congrats, felicitations and cheers to both Opal and Nicky. It is a mile marker for both of you. Opal, take 2 steps back, 3 deep breaths and reflect. For all you’re so hard on yourself, there is nothing, NOTHING harder, more positive or more lasting than rearing loved, secure kids. You’re a great mother, and I can’t honestly think of a higher or more meaningful compliment. Oh…and the sign of “independence” is a true benchmark for doing it RIGHT. The highest goal around is help kids grow and let them turn into themselves. You rock. Veb ---
**Author:** ![SingleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263/10 "2000-03-29T03:40:00Z")
Rah! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263/11 "2000-03-29T03:43:00Z")
Congrats Opalcat!! (sniff :() still chasing hyper 2 1/2-year old Babypony #1 with potty trainer. Babypony #2 due in August and I don’t wanna get stuck with two sets of diapers! Anybody got suggestions?? * * * _…send lawyers, guns, and money…_ ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263/12 "2000-03-29T03:53:00Z")
Congrats, Opal & Nicky! That is so great! Bluepony: I was gonna ask the same question. My daughter is three, and while she’s getting really, really good at going potty, she’s not quite all the way there yet. You might end up like me, and have two kids in diapers for a while. My son will be six months old next week. One thing I did notice was that my daughter got much better at using the potty after we brought the baby home. I think that after seeing us change a few of his diapers, she made the connection that diapers are for “babies,” and she’s a “big girl.” Whatever works! * * * This space blank, until Wally thinks up something cool to put here. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-d/15263/13 "2000-03-29T03:54:00Z")
[http://www.beginbids.com/ubb/smilies/icon25.gif](http://www.beginbids.com/ubb/smilies/icon25.gif) Congratulations Opal!! Way to grow Nicky 😃 ☹ Sorry Bluepony, no advice. #one might regress a tad anyway, if ya’ll managed to get them potty trained before #2’s arrival anyway, at least reassure yourself of that! * * * “Um, according to who? Nothing more than a high brow troll, though occasionally the bi polar personality swung in a constructive direction on innocuous topics.” Omniscient