It was late one evening and Princess Cadence was quite frustrated as she was looking at Flurry Heart’s potty chart. Sighing to herself, she saw that it showed Flurry Heart’s progress on her potty training (which had begun about three months ago) and from the looks of things it wasn’t going so well. Almost every day on the calendar had a sticker indicating an accident of some sort, either wet or messy. The princess of love groaned in frustration. “Flurry really needs help. She needs somepony to be a role model for her.”
Shining scoffed. “Hey I already tried being her ‘potty pal’ and I'm not doing it again. It’s your turn, honey. We both agreed.”
Cadence sighed while showed the chart to Shining Armor. “Well, at this rate she’s going to be in diapers for a while. I’d rather not send her to preschool having accidents all the time. She’s sure to be laughed at and teased.”
Shining Armor gulped as he responded. “Right, don’t want that...Actually, I want to talk to you about something," The stallion then showed Cadence a big brown package with “Nanny De’Foal" printed on it. He explained, “This came in the mail the other day. It might help with our problem.”
The princess of love eyed the package and asked. “You think that it's for us? And who is this ‘Nanny De’Foal’?”
Shining blushed as he explained. "Well it's a long story but she used to foal sit me and Twilight too. And trust me, her methods are usually weird but they’re very effective.”
Cadence took the package into the hold of her magic and slowly opened it. When she did it revealed something quite odd, something called “potty kit”. Curiously she opened it and squealed in surprise! It had something called “Cady’s Potty Chart”, dozens of pull-ups with her crystal heart cutie mark printed on them, and a pink colored training potty. Then a light burst out from the box itself! It zapped her and she slowly regressed into a toddler.
Shining Armor squealed as the surrounding room morphed, becoming a toddler’s room with the bed turning into a small one with rails, the closet was now filled with frilly dresses, and there was a chest full of plushies and toys. The prince was quite confused and stammered. “Wh-what's going on? What is the meaning of this?!”
A chubby, blue-coated earth pony mare then suddenly appeared in a puff of foal powder as she explained. “It’z obvious. You want to teach your daughter how to use ze potty? Well I think one of you needs to be an example. Zo Cady zhall be a big sister,” She turned to Shining Armor and cooed. “We did zomething zimilar to zhis with you when we potty trained Twilight.”
The stallion blushed and whimpered. “You’re Nanny De’Foal aren’t you?” When the mare nodded he commented. “Yeah, I r...remember that. She didn’t have a lot of role models and our parents were really busy.”
Cadence looked over at her husband and exclaimed (in a high pitched voice. “Wait...you did this before?!”
Shining Armor nodded as he pushed his mane back and sighed. “Yeah, and I remember that it was really embarrassing. I made Twilight swear never to tell anypony.”
De’Foal snickered,.“Oh, zat was so cute when you were little, Zhining. You weren’t afraid of anything, not even ze big potty,” She then took Cadence by the hoof and lead her to the training potty as she explained the situation. “Now don’t worry, you’re only going to be a toddler until Flurry Heart iz potty trained.”
Cadence pouted and snapped. “That will take forever! I can’t be a toddler for months! Shining can’t run the empire all by himself!”
De’Foal waved a hoof and cooed. “Oh, don’t worry about that, you can ztill do your royal duties in your current ztate. Plus, I assure you zat zis will only be a few weeks at most. Trust me, I’m a pro at potty training,” She then plopped the little toddler princess on the pink training potty and cooed. “Now, I need to watch you go at least once, just to zee if ze training potty works.”
Cadence eyed the nanny. “What do you mean by that?” But then she squealed, feeling herself push a mess into the plastic potty with a loud plop. Shining burst into laughter as Cadence was stunned. “Bu...but I didn’t even need to go poo, how did that happen?!”
De’Foal clapped her hooves together and explained. “It’s zimple, if you don’t need to go ze potty will make you go provided zere is zomething in you to let out. So if you need to demonstrate for your daughter there won’t be any need of waiting. It also has another feature zat makes it convenient.”
Cadence watched the training potty clean itself instantly, making everything in it disappear as it flushed like a regular toilet. Then she squeaked as she plopped onto her bottom.
“Ze training potty will not clean itzelf until you get off it, zo you won’t have to worry about emptying it. And if you zhould fall in you will just be teleported out zafely,” De’Foal explained and then chuckled as she took out a pair of pink pull-ups and carefully placed them on the princess’s bottom. “There, zome protection for you az your body iz younger and you have less control zen when you were an adult.”
De’Foal then took Cadence by the hoof and lead her to the potty training calendar from the kit. She placed a smiley face sticker on the day and explained. “Thiz potty chart iz alzo enchanted, az I can predetermine if you’re going to have accidents. Zat way you can be prepared to show Flurry what to do, even if you don’t make it. I will alzo do it if you mizbehave and give Shining a hard time.”
Cadence sighed while bouncing in her fresh pull-up. “That’s just wonderful. So I can have accidents without even knowing when they’ll happen?”
De’Foal nodded. “It zhant be too often. We want to make it as if you’re in potty training, az well it will make Flurry feel better if she sees you not making it to ze potty zometimes. Besides, most little ones do not always know when they need to go, zis shall make it more realistic.”
Shining smirked. “Oh this is going to be fun!”
De’Foal turned to Shining. “Oh it is! Do you wish to join az well?”
The stallion squeaked and stepped back. “I think I'll pass...I already did this before and I’d rather not do that again. Besides, somepony has to make sure little Cady makes it to her potty on time.” He delivered the last line with a wink.
Cadence was unsure if she wanted to continue doing this, but she was at the end of her rope over trying to potty train Flurry Heart. Every other method she’d thought of hadn’t worked. She sighed and reluctantly pulled her pull-up over her rump “Alright...um De’Foal? Would it be okay if you stay and help? Shiny and I have been trying for months to potty train Flurry with no luck. I’m not even sure if me being a toddler is gonna help.”
De’Foal gave the princess a pat on the head and cooed. “Of course I will ztay. Amd don’t you worry, we're going to get Flurry potty trained together. As Shiny will vouch, my methods always get results.”
Cadence was quite nervous as she was taken to Flurry Heart’s nursery. She felt odd with her new pull-up between her legs making her have a cute waddle. As she made her way to Flurry Heart’s nursery she turned to see that her husband was snickering the entire time.
They came into Flurry Heart’s nursery, the little alicorn foal resting in her crib. She turned with a surprised look and De’Foal raised a hoof as she cooed. “Hello little Flurry Heart. I am Nanny De’Foal and thiz iz your mommy. She’z going to teach you how to uze ze potty as a toddler.”
The toddler princess fluttered over to her mom with her mouth agape in awe, poked her mom’s pull-up and babbled. “Wow, she wearing a pull-up! Does tat mean she not potty trained too?”
Cadence blushed as she explained to her daughter. “Only a little bit, I’m still older than you.”
Flurry asked De’Foal. “Weww I two, how owd is Mama now? An”
De’Foal blushed and explained. “She’s four, zo she is older than you, but not by much.”
Cadence, feeling a little happier at that fact, proudly exclaimed! “See, I’m older! That means you still gotta listen to me!”
Flurry Heart giggled and babbled. “But ya stiww weaw pww-ups, tat means ya have accidents now.”
Cadence blushed as she scrunched the padding between her legs and whined. “So what?! I’m gonna go potty like a big pony! I’ll show ya!” The toddler waddled over to the training potty and tried to pull down her pull-up, but was struggling with the seams of her padding. She rolled her eyes and held up her hooves as she called out. “Can somepony help me get this pull-up off me?”
Shining Armor helped Princess Cadence pull her pull-up down and plopped her on the potty as she began peeing, and with a big smile on her face she raised the hooves and proclaimed. “See? I went potty like a big filly!”
Shining Armor dawwed and gave Cadence’s head a pat. “Good job, hon. You’re just so cute!” He helped clean up his wife’s bottom as the training potty cleaned itself, and then pulled the pull-up back up her rump. “Alright, well I think it’s time for the little ones to go to bed. You two will have plenty of time to play together tomorrow.”
Flurry flew over and hugged her mom. “Night night, Mama. Twy to stay dwy tonight.”
Cadence blushed as she whimpered. “Uh...y...yeah, I don’t wet the bed!”
Nanny De’Foal blushed. “Well you’re a toddler now, and nighttime accidents may occur. It might be best if we put you in a diaper just for ze night. Once we know whether or not you wet ze bed, we can adjust your nighttime wear accordingly.”
Cadence sighed. “I guess I don’t have a choice.”
They eventually got back to her new room and De’Foal helped strip Cadence of her padding, before helping her into a thick, dark blue nighttime diaper. “There, all ready for any accidents during ze night,” She then helped tuck the little filly under the covers and cooed. “Now, do you need anyzing else?”
Cadence blushed and shook her head. “No, I'm fine. Thanks though.”
De’Foal kissed Cadence on the forehead and cooed. “Have a nice night. And if you see Princess Luna, tell her I said hi.”
The filly blushed as she asked. “Did you foal sat my aunts Celestia and Luna!”
De’Foal nodded and replied. “Yes I did, zey were just wonderful little foals.”
“W...who are you?” Cadence questioned the mare. “How could you have foalsat my aunts and been around to help me with Flurry?”
De’Foal shut the lights off, and placed a bright pink night light next to Cadence's bed as she cooed. “Just a nanny who loves taking care of foals. I go wherever I am needed.” She then slowly left them room and closed it as Cadence dug under the covers, feeling the thick diaper between her legs.
The little princess felt so calm and secure despite the embarrassing nature of needing diapers, and she slowly fell into a deep sleep.
Princess Cadence grumbled irritably as she woke up the next day. She stretched her tiny limbs and yawned, then squeaked as she kicked about in her diaper hearing it squish.
Shining blushed as he opened the door and whispered. “Morning Cady. Let’s get you to the potty, sweet heart.”
The filly fell back on her bed and gave a long sigh. “Ugh, I already peed in my diaper. Sorry.”
Shining helped the filly out of bed and started to change her out of her soggy pull-up (having gotten a lot of practice doing this when Twilight was in potty training) as he cooed. “Hey, its okay, Cadence. You’re a toddler now, sometimes a toddler’s bladder can be unpredictable. I think it’s something you’re going to just have to get used to. At least you didn’t do a number two, it was always unpleasant whenever Twily did it.”
The little princess sighed as her new pink pull-up was pulled over her freshly wiped rump, and then she was led off by Shining Armor through the halls. She looked around at the maids and guards who chuckled and ruffled her mane. Cadence was a bit irritable now, but she still followed Shining Armor to the royal dining room for breakfast.
Upon entering the dining room, Cadence sighed at having to toddle in her pink pull-up to the table. She stood over the breakfast table with cut up pancakes covered in syrup, and a whip cream smile with blueberries for the eyes. She continued to eat the pancakes with a blush on her face, seeing Flurry Heart in her highchair bouncing up and down with a big smile on her face.
The princess ate the cut up pancakes begrudgingly (although they did taste good) getting it all over herself in the process. She sucked down her milk from a pink sippy cup. She then turned to see her daughter Flurry Heart doing a potty dance. Cadence squeaked as she held up a hoof and shouted. “Come, let’s go potty, Flurry!”
Cadence led her daughter to the training toilet and helped her plop on it. Flurry squeaked as she peed and held up her hooves while squealing! “Tis is awesome! See, Mom? I can use ta potty too!”
Cadence was quite surprised she was able to get her daughter to the potty without incident. Was it really that easy if she had somepony to emulate?
Shining Armor came over with a smile, he had seen everything. “You did well for your first time, Flurry. Now Cady, I think it's your turn. Let’s wait for the potty to finish cleaning itself though”
Cadence sighed as Shining assisted in pulling down her pull-up and placed her on the training potty next (after it was done flushing). The toddler alicorn blushed as she peed too and even pushed out another mess, hearing it plop down.
De’Foal turned to Cadence. “Well, it looks like we're getting rezults.” She said with a wink.
A few weeks went by in the blink of an eye, and Cadence seemed to have taught Flurry how to use the potty by herself. Flurry started having fewer and fewer accidents of either sort.
However, Cadence felt as if she was losing control. She found herself wetting her bed more often and realizing that it was happening even on those days not set up for accidents. She spoke of this concern to Nanny De’Foal one morning. “De’Foal?”
De’Foal simply asked. “Yes, Cady? What iz it?”
Cadence blushed as she explained. “Um, I did notice a side effect with this. I think Flurry is potty trained enough to where I can go back to normal. But um...I think I maybe lost my potty training. I can’t remember the last time I made it to the potty since this began.”
De’Foal checked Cadence’s pull-up, finding it quite soggy. “Oh dear, zis was most unexpected. I didn't realize zat zere would be a zide effect. I’m so sorry! It looks as if you will have to undergo potty training anew.”
Cadence blushed more. “Great. Shiny is sure to get a kick out of this. He’ll probably make me do his famous diaper dance.”
Shining came trotting in with a big smile upon his face. “Oh, what an excellent idea, honey,” He floated over one of the night time diapers and some powder. “Maybe if you dance good enough for me, we can train you with the big potty. Don’t worry, I won’t let it eat you.”
Cadence just sighed as she saw the smirk upon her husband’s face. “Let’s get this over with.” She reluctantly grumbled.
“Don’t worry, only you, I, and Nanny De’Foal will see this. It’ll just be our little secret,” Shining winked as he removed Cadence’s pink pull-up, placed her in one of the night time diapers, and then poured a generous helping of foal powder into the back of it. “Go on, hon, we’re all watching.”
The toddler alicorn blushed and squealed as she shook about, trying to get the excess foal powder out! All the while she could hear the sound of cameras clicking, knowing for sure this was going to end in a photo album. “The things I do for love.” She thought to herself. But at least it would be worth it when she was back to normal and Flurry Heart was fully potty trained.