Emmy Went Potty. . .

Just typing that title line felt . . . oogey. I mean what exactly IS the protocol for announcing that your child pottied in the grown up toilet for the first time? There has to be some etiquette addressing this milestone in a parents' life! Do you send out announcements that read "soon I can stop buying Pampers"?

As soon as my mother called to tell me that Emily had used the potty for the first time, I immediately grabbed my phone as I so often do to upload a tweet about the momentous occasion but then I thought . . . "ugh, the last thing I want to be accused of is announcing my daughter's bowel movements like some hyped up mom who divulges every secret of their child's life." I can't afford the therapy she'd need when she was older and (as she will likely do because I'm so enjoyable) looks up my Twitter page in the archives of what used to be cool and finds all the dirt about her childhood.

Instead, I quickly scampered over to gmail to type up an email to some friends and family and let them know about the event. But even that wasn't enough. Just yesterday, a friend of mine and I joked that if Emily was potty trained before her youngest, she was sending her little munchkin to my house. LOL! OF COURSE I called her just to rub this in. I stopped a fellow mommy in the hallway at work and she was VERY aware of just how cool a thing this using the potty for the first time was. She even high-fived me. :)

So is it okay to announce these things to friends and family? To post them on the web for any and all to peruse? Or should they just be kept to one's self? I know, I know, this blog has never been shy about sharin the nitty gritty, ever since my pregnancy, which is why I felt like I could post this (which is only read by friends and family and most of whom have already been emailed anyhow) here.

What are your thoughts?