Alright folks. This post is intended for laughter...at us perhaps. It is intended to let you know you aren't alone. To encourage you through humor that potty training isn't for the faint of heart. A friend of mine said I should blog about Wyatt's experience so far b/c it has been cause for laughter. Honestly, that is what has kept me sane through this with him.
I will try to capture some of the moments that we have had...I truly hope you laugh and feel good about where you are in the process from this post! Here goes. Warning...it is a bit graphic! Ha! These are true stories.
Let me set the scene for you. Most of these involve Wyatt running around w/ just a shirt on. My thought process behind this is that he has way more success when he isn't clothed. So when we are here just us...naked he shall be. As he is sitting on the potty the following conversation occurred:
W: Mommy my penis is growing
Me: Well, that happens
W: But why?
Me: I don't really know buddy. That's the way God made you.
-he gets off potty is flushing toilet
W: I don't want it big, I want it small. (he then begins to push it into himself trying to make it be smaller again)
Me: I'm sorry bud. You may just need to talk to daddy about this one.
I realized about 3 months into this fun process w/ Wyatt that he really needed this to be a fun experience. He really needed to be able to say all those potty humor things and words that we really don't want our little ones to say b/c horror of horrors what if they say it in the middle of Target - right? So, we have told Wyatt he can say all of those things when he is in the bathroom and on the potty. The boy has just crossed the threshold and out come the words - "tooty, booty, poopie, pee pee, mommy poopie, daddy poopie, hopie hoopie poopie (you name it he has probably said it)...
In this needing it to be fun I had been saying that when he had an accident it wasn't funny- poop couldn't be funny if it was an accident BUT if he went on the potty it was HILARIOUS! We will laugh and celebrate at the size of the poop (oh things I NEVER thought I would do).
We will also talk about how big of a splash his poop will make in the water when he puts it in there. Oh my...as I write this down I am just a little horrified.
These next two stories take the cake...I have saved the best for last - be horrified.
Me: Wyatt you just pooped on the floor.
W: I did. Oh man.
Me: Bud that is not funny. That is not acceptable. Stay right there while I get some paper towels to clean that up. Don't touch it.
- I go get paper towels
Me: Where did the poop go? Wyatt did you touch it? (inflection in my voice rises)
Caroline: No mommy he didn't touch it. Zeker (our dog) just ate it.
-me screaming, shuddering, running out of room
The grand finale!
Me: Wyatt how are you doing? Let mommy know if you need to go potty.
W: Ok mommy.
-about 5 minutes pass
W: Mommy Lighting is in the mud.
Me: You left him outside?
W: No he's here in the mud getting dirty.
-I look over. Wyatt, who is naked waist down had been sitting in our kitchen chairs and had pooped. Not even missing a beat it seems like the perfect place to have lightning go "mudding". Nasty.
Me: WYATT that is NOT mud that is your poop.
W: It is? Oh man. That is not funny.
There you have it people. All of those stories are pre-Thanksgiving. I am sad to say he just pooped on the floor this morning again. We will move past this stage. He is so not motivated by the same things his sister was. The most success we have is making pottying very parent directed (meaning I say every couple of hours he bud lets go sit on the potty), and making it funny. He liked getting the candy, but the whole poop factor was never motivation to get him on the potty. The prize on the back of the potty...not enough to make him get to the potty. He is hilarious. He is always cracking jokes and trying to make us laugh. I have got to figure out a way to have laughter and jokes be tied even more to getting him to realize he needs to go and running to the potty on his own. Oh the bliss of this season passing!
Be encouraged. Laugh. This too shall pass! (no pun intended)
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