Vanity & Sin

On the Lighter Side of things...

To any parent, any parent to be, or potty trainers in the near futures...you may be able to relate to this one.

In a team effort to train our 3 year old BOY to use the 'potty' - we (we being, the baby's momma, grandparents, baby's momma boyfriend, daycare, and ME) have made countless efforts to get him to #2 in the toilet. It has been a living nightmare. He seems to be a bit shy sometimes about #2. He always has been (quiet, sitting in a corner, shitting.) And yesterday I almost lost it when I smelled #2, went to check and got a fingernail full of chocolate YUCK. I didn't scold him, but when 'Mommy Bea' goes, WTF?!, and he starts crying - its a tough job to discipline a child who has been doing this even with rewards or minus-rewards and privileges. So with #2 up the BACK (since we are in Big Boy #2 now) and me cleaning up, 'The Warden' trying not to throw up (he has never cleaned a single diaper)... poor 'Boogie' is looking at me with doe eyes and I give him a good talking to. Seems more like a negotiation at times, but I told him he's a big boy now and it's super-nasty to keep crapping in his pants, I don't like cleaning it all the time. We need to be a big boy so we can do big boy stuff. So 'Boogie' promises me to go #2 in the potty...we cuddle and watch cartoons. I am far from a believer at this point...

Until 8am this morning - 'Boogie' comes a running, hollering, MOMMY BEA, I WENT POO POO IN THE POTTY!! And he even saved it for me to check before flushing...how sweet! I almost teared up with joy. It's the little things in life I tell ya.

And for any parents with little boys - Fruit Loops work GREAT for #1 training, good luck and patience for #2.