Wednesday, April 9, 2008

No Modesty

Today we went to a birthday party for Levi's friend, Kayley (in the purple suit - Happy Birthday!). It was a nice day, so Darrell got out the Slip-N-Slide. (Side Note: We got one of these last summer...it is not as easy as it was when you were 8). Levi has always been a skinny little guy and pants never fit him (thank goodness we can finally buy adjustable waist pants!!! ). Unfortunately, that was the case today and we ditched the suit and he goes on and plays in his pull-up the rest of the afternoon.

Here's where it gets entertaining. As I said earlier, we have started potty training. This has been a learning experience for me two-fold. 1) Trying to teach a toddler how to know when to go the bathroom and 2) Exactly how this process works for a male (it is not something I see everyday!). So, I'm trying my best to figure out how to transition Levi from sitting down to standing up. My friend Jenn recommended that we take Levi outside so you don't have to worry about "aim" at first. What a great idea!! So today, since we were already outside and Levi has to go to the bathroom, we go to the edge of the woods, I hold up a towel (he prefers to always have the door closed at home) and wait. Nothing. Thinking he doesn't have to go, I drop the towel, he turns around and faces all the onlooking spectators and lets her go. Gotta love it. At least he went standing up, right?
Any other suggestions? I'm all ears. I need to try Cheerios in the toilet tomorrow.

10 comments:

Joy said...

remember all the potty training i did with daycare? here's what we did: cheerios in the toilet, aim at one sheet of toilet paper in the toilet, or my personal favorite, tell him to "Make Bubbles" in the water -- the little boys seem to love trying to aim and make bubbles! -- joy

Bill and Melodie said...

So funny! Hopefully Fern will be completely potty trained by the time we get her so we will have a little time before we have to worry about that with Rosa.

Unknown said...

All I have to offer is be aware that you will need to clean the toilet like, everyday. With two boys I will tell you that boys are messy. yuck! So just be prepared with the toilet cleaner and don't put anything near the toilet that you don't mind being sprayed! haha Another bald truth of motherhood!One of my boys peed through a wrapping paper tube once but not cause I let him, he figured out that game on his own. I thought it was funny but didn't think I should really encourage it!It's an adventure.

Kimberly said...

Wish I could offer some help, but we are only as far as buying a toddler potty as of yesterday.

Jan's paper towel holder idea was kinda funny to me...

Do share whatever great tips you get!

sosagtsie said...

We're potty training too! It's fun isn't it? I'm just letting Isaac run like a jaybird around the house - he gets most of it in the pot when he needs to. The only time he has trouble is with the no. 2

And for that - well, that's what crayons are for (they stick them in it if I'm not fast enough, lol)

As for aim - hmmm....we're working on that as well. His aim is worse the harder he tries, so I don't know. I just clean a lot. I keep a towel in there on the floor and a rug in front of the toilet that he wipes his feet on when he's done. I change them out every day. Kinda gross, but oh well. It's not going to kill them, right? :)

Anonymous said...

Things to look forward too. I've heard of Joys before, except its a boat or something boyish that won't flush that they can "aim" at. I think they actually market these toys as such...:) I've also seen the "third" child run around naked during their training. Parents really just give up or get smart at that point :)

sosagtsie said...

Lol, we do the naked thing for Isaac and he's only my first. Cheaper than buying pull-ups, eh?

Alison said...

I love all these ideas! My favorite has to be the wrapping paper tube - HILARIOUS! I think I'm just going to have to let Levi wear underwear and do it by trial & error. Now that we have laminate flooring, it will be easy to clean up!

Anonymous said...

what a sexy little girl, I love her little nipples showing through her swimsuit I want to suck on them while my hand is between her legs feeling her hairless pu--y

Anonymous said...

love to c how tyt her bumhole is, cockin her bum fingers in herpussy, give her her first dp