anti potty training
So yesterday was the big boy underwear wearing day. Suffice to say that we went through all 6 pairs, I washed them and then we went through some of them again. The culmination of the underwear wearing came at dinner time. I was in the kitchen cooking dinner and talking to my sister on the phone, I thought the kids were playing in their room. Suddenly, Eden came in and told me, “MOM, there’s poop everywhere!”
It WAS everywhere. The floor, the walls, his hair, all over him, some toys, some clothes and somehow there were BBQ tongs involved. Don’t ask. And yes, Honor is still alive.
All I have to say is that even though he JUST sat on the potty, he had a little accident and tried to clean it up himself. But I am resolute, if he can try to change his own diaper, he can be potty trained. Today the underwear wearing continues and this kid will be potty trained.
(How many days will it take for me to eat my words?)
Category: Honor 12 comments »
May 10th, 2006 at 11:39 am
I wasn’t giggling until I got to the BBQ tongs. Poor mommy!
May 10th, 2006 at 2:27 pm
Do we get a special present for guessing the right amount of days? Hee hee hee ; )
May 10th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
You might want to consider ditching the underware for a bit and have Honor go au natural for a day (or several). And when I say au natural, I mean completely bottomless. I’ve only done the potty learning thing once with my oldest and I have no experience doing it with a boy, but in my experience underware confused the issue for awhile. This was especially true of training pants (a huge waste of money IMO) but it was even the case with regular underware at first. With nothing on her bum though, my daughter got the idea right quick that it was either sit on the potty or stand in pile of sh*t and a puddle of pee. I wont lie. There where some puddles and a few piles but she developed a preference for the potty quickly.
May 10th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
OMG. The tongs sent me over the edge. Too funny. Hope it gets easier from now on!
May 10th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
Can we set up a beer fund in your honor? It sounds like it was quite a day. Hang in there…
May 10th, 2006 at 6:17 pm
What? No pics? =)
May 10th, 2006 at 7:10 pm
You are absolutely right. Honor “gets it” and it will only be a matter of time until he chooses to put two and two together and apply what he knows. No one says he won’t be creative in the process, though, so brace yourself.
May 11th, 2006 at 5:59 am
we are about to begin that venture w/ my two youngest (ages two and three)…and I am NOT looking forward to this!!
May 11th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
you’re doing good mama! Hang in there, he will get it soon. It just takes a little time and BBQ tongs in your case :)
May 15th, 2006 at 2:53 pm
Awww. Be strong! I don’t envy you. I’m going to be there SOON.
Pip
May 17th, 2006 at 11:30 am
That’s it…diapers until college for my boy.
December 27th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
[…] Friday Jim took the day off and we had a nice leisurely day of shopping at Target and drinking coffee. We came home and put the kids down for a nap and I walked over to get a pattern from the yarn store while Jim took a little nap of his own. Little did we know that when we thought Honor was sleeping, he was instead finger painting with the contents of his diaper. All over the carpet. Again. I guess he got bored with it, because he decided to go ahead and take his nap, commando. […]