So I'm trying to take an example from my childhood, where my grandmother used to make us say, "Please, beautiful Gramma?" whenever we wanted a cookie, and put it into practice with my 2-year-old.
But the conversations to remind him to say "Please, beautiful Mommy" instead of just "Please" go more like this:
Him: "Milk! Milk! Milk!"
Me: "What do you say?"
Him: "Please?"
Me: "Please what?"
Him: "Please what."
Me: "No, Please beautiful...."
Him: "Beautiful mommy, beautiful Mommy, BEAUTIFUL MOMMY!!!!!"
Me: "OK! Uh, what did you want?"
It's just like Abbott and Costello live right in my house. Only I'm, wait, which one is the fat one? Hey, I shouldn't be so hard on myself, I have lost 20 pounds since we saw the fertility docs again. So I'm doing good.
Anyway...it's slow going, but he's sort of getting it. And I don't care what anyone says, it's completely adorable, and if I'm not getting that kind of support from Matt, I should at least be getting it from my boy.
Such a sweetie.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Potty Training, At Last!
I was beginning to think we were the last ones getting on board with the potty training, and I did figure out that the diaper aisle eventually does run out of sizes, so we would have to do this eventually...someday...when he was ready...
That day has come! OK, I really have no idea if that day has really come, but he's getting interested, and I'm definitely interested, so we took steps to start.
Day 1
Went to Walmart and bought big-boy underwear! We have three pairs of Thomas the Train and 5 pairs like Daddy's (different colors). I tell him what they are and why we are buying them and make a big deal of it, letting him hold them until he got tired of it.
5:30pm: After the big poopy diaper of the evening, I put him in the big-boy underwear for the last hour of being up (so from 5:30 to 6:30). I make a big deal of it. I then ask him about every five minutes if he needs to go potty, or needs to pee-pee. Always got a no answer.
6:30pm: We go upstairs to do bath time, etc. After asking him one more time if he needed to go potty, I let him help undress himself, then put all his clothes, including the underwear, into the dirty clothes hamper. My now naked child runs around a bit, I ask him if he needs to pee-pee. No. I go into the bathroom and start running the water, he comes to the edge of the bathroom door and pees on the floor between the carpeted hallway and the bathmat. I do have to admire the aim, it's only really about an 8 inch gap, but I make him clean it up anyway.
After I make him throw the toilet paper full of pee into the toilet and flush, he's into the bath and we're done with potty training for today. We'll try again tomorrow. *sigh*
That day has come! OK, I really have no idea if that day has really come, but he's getting interested, and I'm definitely interested, so we took steps to start.
Day 1
Went to Walmart and bought big-boy underwear! We have three pairs of Thomas the Train and 5 pairs like Daddy's (different colors). I tell him what they are and why we are buying them and make a big deal of it, letting him hold them until he got tired of it.
5:30pm: After the big poopy diaper of the evening, I put him in the big-boy underwear for the last hour of being up (so from 5:30 to 6:30). I make a big deal of it. I then ask him about every five minutes if he needs to go potty, or needs to pee-pee. Always got a no answer.
6:30pm: We go upstairs to do bath time, etc. After asking him one more time if he needed to go potty, I let him help undress himself, then put all his clothes, including the underwear, into the dirty clothes hamper. My now naked child runs around a bit, I ask him if he needs to pee-pee. No. I go into the bathroom and start running the water, he comes to the edge of the bathroom door and pees on the floor between the carpeted hallway and the bathmat. I do have to admire the aim, it's only really about an 8 inch gap, but I make him clean it up anyway.
After I make him throw the toilet paper full of pee into the toilet and flush, he's into the bath and we're done with potty training for today. We'll try again tomorrow. *sigh*
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