Elmo, Big Bird, & Cookie Monster are my latest allies in The Great Potty Training Challenge.
Braden is so good at peeing on the toilet when he’s naked. I mean, seriously, I never thought I’d be writing these words about anyone, but:
I am SO proud of the way he hops on that pot and pees!
I’ve watched him progress from a potty in the living room to the toilet that’s off the kitchen near the garage. He’ll stop playing (!!!) hold it while he runs all the way there, move a stool over, put the potty ring on the toilet, climb up, hop on & slide back, and then let the stream go.
It is the best hissing sound I’ve ever heard (so far).
We’re working very carefully right now at getting him to be just as good at it when he’s wearing pants.
Some days are good. Other days? We’re swimmin’ in Peed Up Pants, Yo.
And, just in case you were wondering?
Good Things To Swim In:
- Water
- Beer
- Wine
- The Ocean
- Money (A La Scrooge McDuck)
I was going to say Jello, but enough to swim in would be enough to drown in. Yeah.
Note To Self: Save the Jello for the super awesome, fun Naked Wrestling with girlfriends at our slumber parties.
Bad Things To Swim In:
- Vomit
- Unpaid Bills (Speaking from experience here)
- Booger Pies
- Warm Spit
- Peed Up Pants, Yo
We are making strides, but it is bumpy and sometimes ugly. It is as if having anything on his butt is a signal to him that it’s okay to let’er rip.
We have been calmly and lovingly letting him know that we have other expectations, and encouraging small steps towards the final, desired behavior at all times.
Simultaneously, we’ve been talking to him about how FREAKING AWESOME WONDERFUL GREAT AND FABULO-TASTICAL it is to “put your Poo-Poo in the toilet!!!!!!!!1″.
And can I just say, that on the day that he pulls down those pants and drops a log into the porcelain throne, it will be the most FABULOUS PLOP I have ever heard.
I think I might cry a tear when it happens.
Or do some Naked Jello Wrestling.
#1 by the planet of janet on March 19, 2009 - 12:52 AM
well.
yay, braden!
(i think)
#2 by Veronica on March 19, 2009 - 3:04 AM
Yes. Me too.
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#3 by Joy on March 19, 2009 - 3:17 AM
My kids are older now, but I still remember that first moment. Cherish it. Document it for posterity. And then post pictures on your blog? Photos of Naked Jello Wrestling or Fabulous Ploppage, I leave it entirely up to you!
#4 by connie on March 19, 2009 - 7:08 AM
He’s on his way Mama! That’s awesome!! I say just keep going w/the flow (no pun intended, lol) & let Braden be in charge. He’ll master it eventually~all kiddies have to have accidents along the way~that’s how they learn. I think he’s doing an awesome job-Congratulations Braden (& Mama!)!
*Kendall has that same Big Bird, Cookie Monster & Elmo potty seat & LOVES it! Every time he poopies on the potty (he only uses it if he has to poopie~when he tee-tees, he stands~SUCH a big boy!), we have to talk about each one & what they’re doing & everything that’s pictured on the seat
Hey, it passes the time while he’s doing his business~just sayin’
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#5 by lceel on March 19, 2009 - 8:58 AM
You bring the Naked, I’ll bring the Jello.
Okay. I can dream, can’t I?
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#6 by Hockeyman on March 19, 2009 - 9:12 AM
I still cry tears of joy when I hear from across the house “DADAHHHH, I need you to come wipe my butt.” It’s way better than a diaper. Good luck, soon he’ll be like my kids and describe it for you. Mama, I had one big one and 3 little ones. Kids…
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#7 by jill on March 19, 2009 - 9:14 AM
speaking of which, how bad is the diaper pail smell with toddler poo? I’ve had several people broach me with that question and I can’t answer that. How has the sprayer been? a pain, good, what? meeces.pieces at gmail.com
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#8 by SingleParentDad on March 19, 2009 - 9:25 AM
I nearly mounted my son’s first potty turd, instead I just have a framed photograph above the toilet.
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#9 by Jennifer on March 19, 2009 - 9:35 AM
Oh, you’ll cry, just wait. It is awesome. And then…. the next step…. wiping his own butt. That is what we are working on and I can not wait unitl the only ass I have to wipe is my own.
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#10 by jennielynn on March 19, 2009 - 10:10 AM
I’m so jealous, I could cut you. I’ve been trying off and on for a while now, but hand to God, if that boy could get his middle finger up by itself, he’d flip me the bird.
Our Parent-Toddler teacher told us that children sometimes think that it’s a part of their body falling into the toilet. I bit a hole in my lip trying not to fall on the floor screaming, “My butt cheek! Aaaaaahhhh my left butt cheek is GONE!” I’ve learned from experience that she has little tolerance for that.
#11 by Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com on March 19, 2009 - 11:17 AM
Well, good luck to you and GOOD LUCK to Braden!!!
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#12 by Maria on March 19, 2009 - 11:53 AM
My spazzed out kid has now decided it’s cool to pee in his pants ON PURPOSE all the time. So we’re swimming in peed up pants and peed up sheets. I had to wash THREE SETS OF SHEETS yesterday. He’s totally potty trained, too. He’s just being a dick.
Sigh.
Good luck!! You’re way ahead of our pee schedule.
Pooping took like three months of bribes but we’re finally on the toilet and I am happy to be dealing with 100% fewer man-sized-toddler-shits.
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#13 by debby on March 19, 2009 - 12:37 PM
Ditching the diapers is a real red letter day! Ah, the memories. Mine have been potty trained for at least 17 years now.
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#14 by Colleen - Mommy Always Wins on March 19, 2009 - 12:51 PM
You’re closer than we are!
My kid just tells us AFTER he’s already gone. If you can get him there before the fact – success! But the damn kid is so stubborn…you have to trick him into thinking it was really his idea!
You know this’ll happen soon…and then you’ll probably cry, realizing he’s no longer a little boy anymore! (Oh, OK – I admit. *I* cried when Nick was completely potty trained!)
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#15 by Liz on March 19, 2009 - 12:54 PM
Gotta tell you…I did all the gentle and loving stuff with the poop hesitations. Finally, one day we told our 3 year old “That’s it. You’re a big kid. We’re getting you big boy underwear. We’re throwing away your diapers. You can’t go in your diapers anymore.” We had 2 days of lots of accidents. And then…magic. Not one more. Hissing and plops away! He is now working on the wipe!
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#16 by Jessica on March 19, 2009 - 12:58 PM
OMG, we dealt with this VERY SAME THING! Naked, he’d go without fail, something on his butt, free for all. I have no answers. We made him take off his peed clothes, but we’d make him walk to the laundry room to do so, so it was uncomfortable and walked splayed leg and make him clean the floor(with a towel) and one day, he just told us he had to pee!! I was so excited!!! He’s been telling us/going on his own even with pants on for a few weeks now. We still have occasional accidents, because we all know his trains will walk away if he doesn’t take ALL of them into the bathroom with him, but over all he’s really good. Maybe making him uncomfortable was the key? Maybe he was like “Walking in peepee pants blows” ?
As for the poop, I fortunately didn’t have that issue with my two, but my hubby had that issue with his daughter from his first marriage, and I think he’d just sit with her and rub her back while she acted like she was dying on the toilet.
At least he goes! WOOT!
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#17 by Silly Momma on March 19, 2009 - 2:08 PM
Naked is good when potty training. It shouldn’t take too long and he will get it even with the clothes on. As far as pooping goes, both of my boys were afraid to go on the toilet. I had to try to catch the signs that they needed to go and get them to the toilet fast. The first time for both of them was traumatic. I had to keep soothing them telling them not to be afraid. As soon as that first time happened it was like a light went off in their minds and they decided they could do it every time. Absolutely no problems after that. You are doing a great job. Just keep encouraging.
#18 by Jesnicole on March 19, 2009 - 5:30 PM
HAHA. YOU HAVE SUCH A WAY WITH WORDS, I ALWAYS CRACK UP WHEN I READ YOUR POSTS! HERE’S TO THAT FIRST GRAND POOP!!
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#19 by Jesnicole on March 19, 2009 - 5:32 PM
OH, AND WE SWEAR BY M & M’S!!! DYLAN WAS SO EASY TO TRAIN, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS GAVE HIM ONE LIL’ M & M FOR PEEIN’, AND TWO FOR POOPIN…….HE WAS ALL ABOUT WORKING FOR THOSE THINGS!!
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#20 by Kecia on March 19, 2009 - 6:13 PM
Dude. My little man has the poop on the potty thing licked..(ewww)…but DOES NOT CARE if he is saturated in urine. I put on the “big boy pants” and hound him every 15 mins to pee. When I stop asking I turn around and he is walking like a cowboy tellin’ me …”I’M WET MOMMY”.
argh
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#21 by 'cuz I'm the mommy, that's why on March 19, 2009 - 8:51 PM
You will shed a tear (or two). One of pride, one of sadness at your baby growing up. Poose did it Monday and I bawled like a baby. See here: http://peddlincrazy.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-happened-to-this-guy.html
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#22 by Tranny Head on March 19, 2009 - 9:38 PM
My son is just now getting to the point where he can tell me that he went “poop poop” but hasn’t yet figured out how to tell me that he’s about to do it. But he DOES announce loudly for everyone in the grocery store/mall/park to hear that he just dropped a big one. Niiice.
#23 by VideoGameRockstar on March 19, 2009 - 11:23 PM
I TOTALLY Need One Of Those TOILETS RIGHT NOW!!! I don’t feel like getting up, and that seems cute enough to motivate me…
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#24 by Kelley on March 20, 2009 - 2:02 AM
You know I WAS eating dinner while reading this. Now, not so much.
The one that set me over the ledge? Booger pies.
Oh, I feel ill.
And YAY for pee where it is supposed to be! You know he will stop once he is standing up, right? Then it will be EVERYWHERE!
#25 by *pixie* on March 20, 2009 - 8:17 AM
My little guy (who will be 2 next week, gah!) is pretty good at pooping in the potty. It’s the peeing that he doesn’t really care for.
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#26 by ~Sheryl on March 20, 2009 - 4:00 PM
You know together we have one potty trained kid. Mine only poops in the potty… no pee. But I hope, we have a nakey weekend coming up.
~S
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#27 by juanita on March 21, 2009 - 9:56 PM
I got a tip from some parenting guru 16 years ago when potty training my son. He did not have accidents.
The tip was to gently whisper in his ear every hour or two (yes through the night too) for about a month. ‘honey do you have to go to the bathroom?’
It didn’t wake him up he sort of groggily said no or if he said yes then I would guide him sleeping to the potty and stand with him, or sit depending on the need, while he did hid business.
When we are -trained- then we wake ourselves in the night to go when we have to. But we have to learn this.
Best potty training advice I ever got. Kept me up a few nights but it actually only took 1 week and he was waking him self up to go.
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#28 by Zoeyjane on March 26, 2009 - 12:46 AM
I bribed the hell out of potty training. Then, when we encountered the same naked PRO/Clothed AM moments? I took away her diapers. She was stuck in the panties, since I knew she knew what she was doing.
Then I got all drill sargent and set up a calendar with stars for days without accidents and told her that if she kept peeing in her pants, I was going to take THOSE away, too.
Who says you need a ruler to put fear into a child? Just keep taking away their butt-coverings.
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