Little Stinky
Isaiah has started potty training… himself. Yeah.
You read right. I started potty training a while ago, then I went back to work and it fell into the “not so super important at the moment” pile. Since the initial tries, however, Isaiah has started removing his diaper and attempting to sit on the potty by himself. He refuses to put his diaper back on once it is off. So all day my little man bounces around the house naked. I ask, like a robot,: “Isaiah potty? Isaiah pee pee?” Each times he smiles at me and, as coy as ever, responds, “Mom! Noooooo….”
This morning he removed his diaper and watched Sesame Street. I was busy in the kitchen when I heard Isaiah shout, “Little Stinky MOM!” “Little Stiiiiiiiiiinkkkkkkkyyyyyy!” I walked in the front room, imagining that it was some new character on Sesame Street. ” What Toad? Can I help…..” I stood there realizing I was WRONG! Nope! Not a new character….It was literal piles of “little stinky”. Isaiah had polka-dotted the carpet with a bowel movement. He was leaning over one pile pointing and chanting, “stinky, mom, stinky mommy.”
I don’t think I am cut out for this potty training business!
Tips, Suggestions, HAZMAT suit?!!!
♥ Jasmine
Hazmat suit.
I potty-trained two kids and thought I was some kind of pro.
and then Charleigh came along.
I am proud to say she is going to Kindergarten potty trained.
That’s pretty much all I can claim about my successes with her.
i had to train the twins at the same time…good memories…lol!
i thought things were supposed to get better after the diaper phase??? i’ve been up to my elbows in the newfound *solids* poo but at least most of it is contained in a diaper and not on my carpet! another joy to look forward to, i guess.
Ah, potty training little boys. My son eventually decided the potty was a good place to deposit his “gifts.” Don’t ask me how we finally got him to do it — I was just happy when he finally did!
Now we’ve been working on my daughter… oh joy!
Haha that is so funny!! What an imaginative boy! Good luck
Oh, ugh! My oldest took forever, and I finally resorted to “bare butt” all day every day for about a week. He was an extremely predictable pooper, though, which helped. I knew exactly when to put him on the potty. My middle one is now 3 1/2, and it seems like every time we start really saying this is it, something happens–like construction that means we don’t have a very accessible bathroom for several months.
I have potty training charts I’ve used (you can also get them online, but I’m used to the ones I use) to mark when he goes and what he does, as well as where. (Though there’s not a category for “floor.”) It might help to write down the times he goes, so you can try to catch him when he’s gearing up.
Of course, I had my single worst poop experience EVER just a few days ago. My middle one was eating lunch, wearing a pull-up and T-shirt, and I smelled it. “Did you poop?” “No.” “Did you poop?” “No.” And he got up and walked away. And I realized that the pull-up had contained almost none of it. I honestly thought for a moment that someone had dumped wet cat food on my dining room chair.
And now that you’re dealing with that image… while I was in the other room, cleaning him off (the baby was in her high chair and I wanted to deal with this while she was confined), the dog ATE IT!!!!
I flipped out, screamed at everyone, and the dog wasn’t allowed back in the house for the rest of the day. And I must have used 50 Clorox wipes on that chair.
Because I apparently haven’t said enough already… Have you seen this? http://www.imperfectparent.com/articles/articles585_1.php
It made me feel a lot better about the whole thing.
I don’t have kids, and thanks to these stories might never have kids (I jest) (sort of).
No helpful tips, just some sympathy.
lol OMG I can not stop laughing!!
Yikes! Potty training a boy is SO hard. My oldest was two and a half when he finally decided to start going on the potty. We took advice from our pediatrician. He said to take him to the store (Wal-Mart or where ever) casually go to the toy department and find a really cool toy. Then talk the toy up “Oh isn’t this toy great?! Don’t you want this toy?” Then when he can’t live without it, flip it over and read the back. “Uh oh. Oh no, sweetie. We can’t buy this toy. It says right here that it is against the law for little boys who do not use the big boy potty to have this toy.” And then act really sad for him. “I’m so sorry! Mommy really wanted you to have this toy. Maybe if you decide to use the potty we can come back and get it.” Don’t pressure him, ‘he’s your baby and you don’t care if he EVER gets potty trained’. Make it his choice, one that would benefit him greatly. It may take a while, or he may decide that day that this is enough of the diapers. You can do this with something as big as a new swing set (like we did) or as small as a pack of M&Ms.
It took us about 2 or 3 months because my child is SO stubborn, but he finally decided that he WANTED to potty train. (And we always went by the picture of the swing set he wanted at Wal-Mart and ‘remembered’ how badly we wanted it).
However you do it…good luck! I have another one coming up in age, and I’m hoping he’s easier!!
Thanks for stopping by Jasmine. It’s great to discover your blog. I’m laughing my head off.
Can’t offer any advice – I don’t have kids – but you’re all doing a pretty good job (entertainment-wise)
ROFL at Kenda’s story too. hihi.
I’m not going to lie. Kendra, I love you. ; )
Wow…that sounded much creepier than I meant.