Comments on: pottykampf

By: shonda

shonda — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:34:05 +0000

I’m in the middle of potty training my second son. The oldest LOVED pissing in the house. I mean, REALLY LOVED IT! I’ve steam cleaned his closet six times.
Now the littlest one has accidents, but he doesn’t seem to just get some odd kick out of wetting the carpet. However, when he pees in the potty, he gets on his stool and then props his right foot on the toilet rim. It looks like those Captain Morgan commercials. He has a little captain in him.

By: Georgia

Georgia — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:40:27 +0000

With Euey we waited for all the ‘signs’ and he still, by his reactions, was still not ready. He got to the stage where he went and hid to do a poo in his jocks, so we put the nappies back on. About 2 weeks later he said ‘I’m going to the toilet’, and he did. Easy peasy. Trained in about 2 days then, and a few weeks later was out of nappies at night too. I say wait ’til they absolutely refuse to wear a nappy. (Although, in saying that, Aoife refuses to wear a nappy some days and she’s definately NOT ready. I try to convince her that pull-ups are undies on those days!)

By: Ally

Ally — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:58:24 +0000

Oh lord, the pee on the floor. How familiar and disgusting this is to me. I just cleaned up pee on the floor this morning for the 3rd time this week. And the strange thing is? It’s from my 5 year old daughter, NOT my toddler. Kill me now.

By: amanda

amanda — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:23:44 +0000

Our floors are aglow with girl pee, two-year-old-I-want-underwear-OOPS pee.

Sigh.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:58:00 +0000

ooh, as for advice? Cheerios to aim for in the big toilet and a step stool….then a smartie jar occasionally appearing as reward. It worked for the peeing…as for number 2? don’t be surprised if you hear something grunting from behind a chair for a while to come….and just hope that he doesn’t dump the evidence as company is arriving….

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:54:45 +0000

I have a few Funny stories about G, K and S potty training…I’ll tell you sometime. There howls of laughter here,as I read this, and I’m passing over my crunchie bar. I feel your pain and offer chocolate as solace. Beer for Dave. Love to you all

By: nessa

nessa — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:33:02 +0000

Ahhhh…. control battles… my least favorite part of mothering and it ain’t going away anytime soon. Or ever, more likely.

Good luck! I am keeping Eleanor in diapers another 3-6 months if I can…

By: Kyla

Kyla — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:01:28 +0000

KayTar is still in diapers at nearly 4…not that I think O will hold off that long or that KayTar is any approximation of normal child development, but I’m just saying even this isn’t so bad and definitely preferable to pee on the floor. LOL.

He’ll get there. He’s just had his world shaken up with the arrival of his sister, I’m sure he’ll be asserting his control as much as possible for a while.

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:14:15 +0000

You totally crack me up, and you sum it up amazingly well. Yep. 100% right on. YEP.

By: SianOna

SianOna — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:06:24 +0000

Sorry about the potty training adventures! I remember them all too well, since we are only recently out of that stage in our home. Best of luck with it!