Sunday, August 23, 2009

Pah-ee or #2 for you...







Warning: this post contains a few pix of gross. We are beginning to potty train...
the above pic is of L. trying on a diaper with Z. Same size. 4-ish. :)


Since many of you know about the nightmare of potty training L. to poo in the toilet, you'll understand why as soon as Z. expressed interest, we took it as a "go" for allowing her to try the potty. L. would do #1 on the potty as young as 11 months, but the poo was such an issue. It took him until about 3 years to get it. (And to NOT hold it in...poor guy.)
Z. watches him go (he has a "poo time" every night around 7:30-8ish, where he sits from a few to many minutes [it began as 10 min.] ). He sings, dances around (his upper body :), tells stories....she hands him toys & plays with him (never mind the smell...that is love). They have a grand time. :) So, she started bringing me her potty or going to the bathroom & putting the little lid on while saying, "Pah-ee!" After a few times of going in the floor or actually making it to the toilet, we tried some naked days. She held it in 'til I put a diaper on her for sleep. Then as soon as she "made" in the diaper, she brought me a fresh diaper & said, "pee pee." Um, thanks, kid. Little too late.
So, amidst all this "trial & error" there have been about 3-4 poos in the tub. She doesn't seem to care a bit if she goes in the tub (L. was always horrified), but one night they were bathing together & she dropped a log. Ha! The boy was screaming bloody murder! I scooped him out & handed him to B, who took him to the other bathroom to wash, then I let big girl finish on the potty, which she loved. (Then, I proceeded to wash kids, bleach tub, toss toys, etc...the half hour I didn't plan on...at which pt. I thought about people who are "thinking about having kids"...I wanted to post this one for them :).
So here are a few pix of the beginning of our Z going potty days...enjoy. :)poor Langston. He loves to bathe with Sis...until....

2 comments:

Jessie said...

BLEH! Sometimes I just have to laugh and yell out - KIDS ARE SO GROSS! Because, let's face it, they are. Gross and wonderful.

Sarah said...

Yuck! Not sure I needed to see the actual little offender. Anyway, we have had the problem of pooping in the bath, as well. The bath is just so relaxing... We actually have dubbed it "code brown," which means Marcus comes running to hold her while I clean the tub. We don't have another tub to put her in, unfortunately.

Good luck with the potty training, especially with moving soon. We are currently in a non-interest stage...