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I said, "Do you need to change the baby?"

She went and got the pad we use to change her and laid it out and set the Play-doh baby down on it. I gave her a Play-doh wipe and a Play-doh diaper and she said, "Legs up!" and wiped and diapered her tiny, itty bity Play-doh baby. Totally killed us. We were laughing so hard.

So then I thought, well, her baby doll has a diaper on and it's legs don't fall off repeatedly causing Signa to repeatedly say, "OH NO! WHAT HAP NET?!?!", so I suggested she change her baby. The baby doll. The Play-doh baby was tossed aside (literally) and she went and got her neglected baby doll. She put it on the pad and took off the diaper (Okay, *I* took off the diaper after she tried for 1.2 seconds and then had a whine-fest). I gave her a real wipe and she wiped and everything. Then I handed her the doll diaper and she had a Rain Man moment. "NO NO NO! PEE YOU TINKY! POOP DIAPER!"

Crap. She knew it was the same diaper. I mimed washing it and she began crying. "NO NO NO! TINKY! CEEEEEEEN DIAPER!"

Crap. This doll came with pjs, a bottle, and ONE diaper. I pretended to grab a new diaper from the diaper area and she started to go for it, but then saw the Play-doh remnant stuck to the back. "NO NO NO! CEEEN DIAPER!!! PEE YOU TINKY!" Crying hard now with no hope in sight for a way out.

Crap.

"HEY! Maybe the dolly wants to go pee pee on the potty!" (good one, huh?!??!) Diaper is abandoned and she and the naked doll run for the bathroom. She flings off the top to the baby potty and shoves the doll into the hole. Then she made me sit on the real toilet. "MOMMA POTTY! MOMMA POTTY!" So I'm on the real toilet (with clothes) and her naked doll is on the little potty seat and she starts playing with the soap in the tub. No. This isn't right.

"Signa, do you want to show your baby how to go pee pee on the potty?" I knew the answer was yes when she started whining and pulling at her clothes. So then she was naked and sitting on the real toilet and her doll was on the little one and she said, "NO!" She got off and tried to throw the doll into the real toilet so she could have the little one. Whatever. So she sat on the little one and then wiped and clapped (didn't pee or anything, but still).

Sunday morning she did it again with the doll (since there are still tantrums whenever I try to put the diaper back on the doll...). Then we were all messing with the doll and we swaddled it like we used to do her. She got mad, but then had me swaddle again and she rocked her and kissed her and hugged her.

Marc and I said, "Ahhhh" and looked at each other lovingly. Then Signa threw the doll really hard onto the floor and said, "Oh no! What hap net!?!?!"

Twice.

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In non potty news, Signa says, "Daddy" at the end of EVERY request now. Marc taught her too well. "Appo jew, Daddy?" "Down, Daddy?" "Up, Daddy?" "Out sigh, Daddy?"

Marc was not with us.

Speaking of appo jew, We can't figure it out. She asks for it all the time, but means milk. We say, "No, Signa, that's milk" and she just laughs and says, "Appo jew!"