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Rosco’s potty training has taken a detour. By “detour” I mean “diverted and yanked to a screeching halt.”
Since my surgery and numerous other unscheduled events I just haven’t been feelin’ it. I haven’t had the energy to remind Rosco to take his soggy self to the potty every thirty minutes. Occasionally I’ll call out to him: “Rosco, do you need to potty?” and he’ll say “Ummm, no thanks,” and continue to push his cars around.
He just won’t go when his bottom is covered up, and I haven’t felt like being so proactive as to let him go commando again. He will plead to sit on the toilet at naptime and bedtime, though. I guess he doesn’t like the idea of sleeping wet.
Wednesday night as we were going through the bedtime routine I had set him on the potty after we’d read his library books and had walked off for a couple of minutes to toss some things in the laundry. By the time I rounded the corner of the hallway again I heard him telling me “Pee-pee on floor.”
Apparently even when you’re sitting down to pee your aim can be off and he had missed the splashguard on the potty seat completely and peed on the hallway floor. I guess it took him a moment to realize that his socks were getting wet. So, that was fun. I had to remind him, yet again, that he needed to point his boy bit down when he goes or else turn himself into a fountain o’ yellow. I couldn’t really get too upset over it, though. I knew he hadn’t done it on purpose (though I’m sure the thought has crossed his mind) so I put him in a new pair of pajama bottoms and sent him on to bed while I cleaned up.
I wonder why I bother putting him in training diapers at all if he’s too lazy to take himself to the freaking bathroom. I could go back to regular diapers and save myself a few cents per unit and get that extra absorbency. But, having to put that kid on a horizontal surface to strap him into a regular diaper is murder on my back. My posture has been so much better since he started stepping into his diapers instead, so I’ll just have to suck it up and take it on as a sacrifice.
Since we’re going “kamping” next month, I’d like to have him somewhat potty trained so that if we need to stop and pee he’ll go when we go, but that’s adding another factor to the mix - peeing in public bathrooms. Why is this so complicated? I *almost* wish he were in daycare so that THEY could train him. *almost*, I said.
Anyhoo. My peeps at Parent Bloggers wants to hear about your potty training stories this weekend. They’ve teamed up with the Pull-Ups Potty Project (check out the real-people potty training videos) to offer some great prizes to a few lucky participants. Go take a look! You might win a video camera to capture your own little tyke forgetting to point his wee-wee down, or if you’re quick - a free pack of Pull-Ups. Who wouldn’t want free Pull-Ups? That’s crazy if you don’t.
He’s a boy, who needs a bathroom? He can go pee anywhere he wants to go! Yes, I’m jealous!
Good luck on the potty thing. My son didn’t give up the diaper until he was 3 1/2. I sat him down on the couch one day beautiful morning and said, “I’m sorry to tell you this but we don’t have money in the budget for diapers anymore so you’ll either have to go in the toilet or your going to get wet and stinky if you pee in your pants”. We only had one accident (all over a girlfriends kitchen floor). He got it.
LB, we tried the wet approach a couple of months ago and Rosco just sort of wallowed in it. He’s generally ok with being dirty! I’m going to try it again soon, though.
Keya, I’m not sure. I think there are some mommies in my group who have little boys who watched their daddies and so they stand, too, but I think our toilet is too high for R to do that…even with the step-stool we have. I’d like not to have a stinky bath mat!
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I know I’m late on this one but have him sit on the toilet facing the wall (backwards). It’s a can’t miss postion.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 06/02 at 08:36 PM
“Point your wee-wee down.”
Rosco’s potty training has taken a detour. By “detour” I mean “diverted and yanked to a screeching halt.”
Since my surgery and numerous other unscheduled events I just haven’t been feelin’ it. I haven’t had the energy to remind Rosco to take his soggy self to the potty every thirty minutes. Occasionally I’ll call out to him: “Rosco, do you need to potty?” and he’ll say “Ummm, no thanks,” and continue to push his cars around.
He just won’t go when his bottom is covered up, and I haven’t felt like being so proactive as to let him go commando again. He will plead to sit on the toilet at naptime and bedtime, though. I guess he doesn’t like the idea of sleeping wet.
Wednesday night as we were going through the bedtime routine I had set him on the potty after we’d read his library books and had walked off for a couple of minutes to toss some things in the laundry. By the time I rounded the corner of the hallway again I heard him telling me “Pee-pee on floor.”
Apparently even when you’re sitting down to pee your aim can be off and he had missed the splashguard on the potty seat completely and peed on the hallway floor. I guess it took him a moment to realize that his socks were getting wet. So, that was fun. I had to remind him, yet again, that he needed to point his boy bit down when he goes or else turn himself into a fountain o’ yellow. I couldn’t really get too upset over it, though. I knew he hadn’t done it on purpose (though I’m sure the thought has crossed his mind) so I put him in a new pair of pajama bottoms and sent him on to bed while I cleaned up.
I wonder why I bother putting him in training diapers at all if he’s too lazy to take himself to the freaking bathroom. I could go back to regular diapers and save myself a few cents per unit and get that extra absorbency. But, having to put that kid on a horizontal surface to strap him into a regular diaper is murder on my back. My posture has been so much better since he started stepping into his diapers instead, so I’ll just have to suck it up and take it on as a sacrifice.
Since we’re going “kamping” next month, I’d like to have him somewhat potty trained so that if we need to stop and pee he’ll go when we go, but that’s adding another factor to the mix - peeing in public bathrooms. Why is this so complicated? I *almost* wish he were in daycare so that THEY could train him. *almost*, I said.
Anyhoo. My peeps at Parent Bloggers wants to hear about your potty training stories this weekend. They’ve teamed up with the Pull-Ups Potty Project (check out the real-people potty training videos) to offer some great prizes to a few lucky participants. Go take a look! You might win a video camera to capture your own little tyke forgetting to point his wee-wee down, or if you’re quick - a free pack of Pull-Ups. Who wouldn’t want free Pull-Ups? That’s crazy if you don’t.
Posted by Tiffany on 05/22 at 09:24 AM
_______________________________________________________________He’s a boy, who needs a bathroom? He can go pee anywhere he wants to go! Yes, I’m jealous!
Good luck on the potty thing. My son didn’t give up the diaper until he was 3 1/2. I sat him down on the couch one day beautiful morning and said, “I’m sorry to tell you this but we don’t have money in the budget for diapers anymore so you’ll either have to go in the toilet or your going to get wet and stinky if you pee in your pants”. We only had one accident (all over a girlfriends kitchen floor). He got it.
Posted by Lisadiana Bates on 05/23 at 10:31 PM
***When do little boys start standing up to pee? Your stories are so funny. I wonder what my little one is going to bring when we get to that stage.
Posted by Keya on 05/25 at 06:07 PM
***LB, we tried the wet approach a couple of months ago and Rosco just sort of wallowed in it. He’s generally ok with being dirty! I’m going to try it again soon, though.
Keya, I’m not sure. I think there are some mommies in my group who have little boys who watched their daddies and so they stand, too, but I think our toilet is too high for R to do that…even with the step-stool we have. I’d like not to have a stinky bath mat!
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 05/26 at 09:51 AM
***I know I’m late on this one but have him sit on the toilet facing the wall (backwards). It’s a can’t miss postion.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 06/02 at 08:36 PM
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