Life and Times of Potty Training
"Mom. Moooooom."
"Yes, honey?"
"Gotta push." Face twists into a funny look. "Potty please."
"Potty?"
Head nods.
"Let's go to the bathroom." My hand instantly cups the front of his pants--we've just *tried* the big-boy-underwear on a trial basis. The bribing-so-you-make-it-to-the-potty-on-time sorta big boy underwear.
Polite maneuveraing aside, pulled down the pants, the big boy underwear, and placed the big guy on the toilet in under 10 seconds (I swear I counted. He was standing on our wool-blend area rug bought from Potter Barn seconds after we sold our first house so we could afford it the brief second before we bought the next house).
He grinned. Laughed. And then said, "All done!" Raised his hands in the air and hopped off the potty.
Nothing swiming in the water. Not even a tint of yellow.
"Are you sure your done?" I try not to sound condensending or annoyed. And yes--I was annoyed-- my dinner was seconds away from being done.
"All done." He picks up his newbig boy underwear, fanagls a leg into one hole and balances just enough to get the other leg in the proper position, pulls them up and runs into the living room screaming success to his father.
"Yes, honey?"
"Gotta push." Face twists into a funny look. "Potty please."
"Potty?"
Head nods.
"Let's go to the bathroom." My hand instantly cups the front of his pants--we've just *tried* the big-boy-underwear on a trial basis. The bribing-so-you-make-it-to-the-potty-on-time sorta big boy underwear.
Polite maneuveraing aside, pulled down the pants, the big boy underwear, and placed the big guy on the toilet in under 10 seconds (I swear I counted. He was standing on our wool-blend area rug bought from Potter Barn seconds after we sold our first house so we could afford it the brief second before we bought the next house).
He grinned. Laughed. And then said, "All done!" Raised his hands in the air and hopped off the potty.
Nothing swiming in the water. Not even a tint of yellow.
"Are you sure your done?" I try not to sound condensending or annoyed. And yes--I was annoyed-- my dinner was seconds away from being done.
"All done." He picks up his newbig boy underwear, fanagls a leg into one hole and balances just enough to get the other leg in the proper position, pulls them up and runs into the living room screaming success to his father.
