Apr 01 2009
It’s In The Toilet Today
No, my mind is not in the toilet today. Scratch that…my mind is not in the toilet today any more than usual. Yes, I admit that potty humor sometimes makes me snicker, but we all need to smile every once in a while. Studies have shown laughter is good for your juju.
So what’s up with the catchy headline then? Well, we’re having a bloggy potty party for my remarkable little toddler. He stayed dry ALL DAY yesterday AND while wearing underpants!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUZZAH!!!!!!
He stayed dry all day Monday too, but while still wearing a pullup. I sent him to school yesterday armed with 4 changes of clothes and lots of cute little underpants. He even made it during the 20 minute car ride home and through supper before going potty before his bath.
I’m positively swelling with pride today. My little boy can use the potty. He’s not going to grow up to be some freak of nature that wets himself without warning. He’s a freakin’ genius.
I was a little concerned there for a bit. He started using the potty at school, but wasn’t good about using it at home. Every once in a while he would, but it started to get worse till he flat out refused to use it at all. I think he just got lazy, and it was way more fun to torture Mommy with his shun of the toilet. I went from casually concerned to downright panicked. What if never uses it? What if he spends his life wearing Depends? The girls will surely avoid him and the boys will laugh. He’ll be a social pariah, and I will be his failure of a mother.
You think I’m blowing it out of proportion a little? So maybe I am a little, but I have no control over my late night restless thinking. It takes me into all sorts of strange conclusions.
But, it’s all moot anyway because there’s hope. My son has bladder control after all, and isn’t hell bent on tormenting his mother. Woohoo!
Well, for those of you who were actually hoping for toilet humor and stuck around this long but fear you may have been disappointed, think again. After all, I’m a full service blog, remember?
Well, not THAT full service. Sheesh. Get your mind out of the toilet.
Here’s a link to site with some funny jokes found on bathroom stall walls throughout the country.
My favorite?
A Woman’s Rule of Thumb: If it has tires or testicles, you’re going to have trouble with it.
* Women’s restroom, Dick’s Last Resort. Dallas, Texas.
Congrats to you and your little guy!!
Woo hoo!!! Great news!!
Thanks all!
We have an update (because everyone is just DYING to know about my kiddo’s potty schedule). He was dry all day again today!! Woohoo! Plus, when we got home, he went right for the potty and did #1 AND #2!!! The #2 was clearly something he’d been holding for quite a while…if you know what I mean.
That’s awesome, great news!
Hurray!
My son, of course, waited until he was five years old. Talk about panic (and many episodes well worth forgetting). It was literally a week or so before he started preschool. We put him in underwear and he’s had hardly a bobble since.
My favorite potty humor: bathroom graffiti (from France, translated into English)
Sign: Please do not throw cigarette butts in the urinal
Written underneath: It makes them soggy and hard to light.
I sincerely hope we’re already had that stumble. I kind of thought we’d accomplished potty training many weeks ago. It would make me so happy if we are now permanently on the path.
Thanks for the warning. I need to keep a level head and not panic. I mean, he won’t be 16 and wearing diapers, right?
Right?
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very cute
Woohoo! An award! Thanks Stephanie!
Congratulations! Big boy undies are really cool! I can’t wait until we get the little one into big girl undies…must try to bribe with Dora panties or something….:)
Big boy undies ROCK! He has Clone Wars, and Spider Man, and Madagascar 2, and Cars. The only problem is that the really cute pictures are on the butt. He wants to wear them backwards so he can see the pictures.
I know, John. It’s complicated and hurts my head. Regardless, I will be dropping Entrecard and the credits are yours. Spread the good word.
Woohoo! It’s always harder to teach a boy to potty. Thank God for “Sink the Cheerios” huh?