Baby Girl is sick today. She has a low grade fever and a mild sore throat. Husband stayed home from church with her today. I left B.B. with them as well so I could set through an entire church service for once.
Oh, and this was #1 Son's first foray into the real world in "big boy pants." I carefully explained to him that he had to pay close attention to when he had to go potty and to be sure to let someone know when it was time. I was going through the list of people he could ask for help if I wasn't around when he said, "And Beffie?" She's his cousin. She's 15 and #1 Son has decided he's her boyfriend. I said yes, Beffie (that's what he always calls her) could help him if she was around. "No, Mommy. Beffie hava' take me potty 'cause her my girlfriend." Things must've changed since I was dating. I don't remember taking each other potty being part of the courtship rituals.
When we got to church he needed to go so I tried to take him. He saw Beffie and wouldn't have anything to do with me. She's a good sport and took him to the bathroom. We had just finished the first song when #1 Son and Beffie got back from the bathroom. It was unusually quiet in the sanctuary when #1 Son announces ,"Me Go Pee, Mommy!" very loudly and about half way down the church aisle.
After Sunday school we have Children's Minute as we're getting ready for worship. All the kids go to the front row and have a short object lesson. Husband's Aunt C. Teaches this each week and this week she was using kitchen utensils to demonstrate how everything has a special job (just as each of us have special gifts). The first thing she pulled out of her bag was a spatula. She asked the kids what it was and what it was used for. They all yelled "Spatula" and then "Pancakes" or "Hamburgers" or "Grilled Cheese" but not my son. He yelled, "Crabbie Patties!" Maybe we should lay off the Sponge Bob for a while.
Well, Baby Girl must be feeling better because she just bit #1 Son's forehead. He was wearing my black pumps and that was reason enough for her.
4 comments:
Crabby Patties! I love it!
We've just had our first full week of potty trained little Boy. We've made about 6 trips out of the house and have had no accidents. It's amazing. He's having trouble with the whole "#2" thing though. Any advice?
Em, my gson had trouble with the #2 thing, too. I don't know why that is. Seems like they'd be able to figure that out quickly, but we had a LOT of clean-ups before he did.
FW, I read your comment on Emily's blog about your MIL potty training her kids before they were a year old. My mom used to say the same thing. Then I watched her when she was baby-sitting, and trying to potty-train the sittee. It turned out SHE was the one that was trained. She'd figure out when the child had a little water in her and hold her over the potty until it came out! Not my idea of potty-training.
On that Dr Phil show back like 5 years ago, he said just what Cate just did. He said kids aren't ready to potty train that early and if anyone tells you that their kids were trained, they're wrong. It's the adult who's trained.
It's funny, I just read an article that said it is impossible to potty train prior to 18 months because of a nerve connection. The bladder automatically empties when it reaches a certain point and that connection isn't severed until around 18 months.
As far as #2 goes, I'm not sure. My kids pretty well figured it out on their own. I just watched for the grunting and straining and eye bulging that goes along with toddler poop. We had a time explaining to #1 Son that he had to tell us when the poop was still inside. I can't believe I have a blog commited to the waste habits of toddlers!
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