Potty training my youngest took a big leap forward a few weeks ago when he started peeing standing up. This had less to do with parenting skills or his own abilities than the fact that his older brother does it. The last couple of days though he's been asking to use his toilet seat again. This morning when he told me he had to go and asked for his seat I made him stand since he's made it this far and I don't want him backsliding. As I was standing above him and watching what he was doing I noticed that he stands with his thighs touching the bowl.
Me: Do want to sit because your legs touch the bowl?
Liam: Yes.
*light bulb*
Me: Honey, does your pee pee (we haven't really talked about testicles yet) touch the bowl when you pee?
Liam: Yes.
I am so sorry, little man.
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I suspect that the bowl is somewhat cold to the touch. Growing up is not easy. Tell your boy he has a whole bunch of silly slugs rooting for him. Happy Monday to you, Mrs. Slug
ReplyDeletePoor guy. Potty training is so not fun. I keep putting off training my daughter. I say oh were going on vacation next month, bad timing, oh we might move in the next four months that would mess her up.
ReplyDeleteI think it's time to bite the bullet and just do it. Wish me luck.
ah ha ha, all I can say is it's great to be a girl!
ReplyDeleteI hate it when my pee pee touches the bowl.
ReplyDeleteoh the poor wee thing :)
ReplyDeletei'm with Melanie...glad to be a girl :)
Ahh ... poor kiddo. I'd hate to have a cold wee wee ... I think. I wouldn't rightly know though.
ReplyDeleteI hope the sitting down thing works.
bright blessings!
Woopsy.
ReplyDeleteI'm gripping tiny winkie and the la-las as I type in sympathy pain.
Warmer weathers a-comin'!
ReplyDeleteLet him sit, damnit. Does it really matter? Geesh. Cold goods never helped anything. ever.
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Poor little guy! His boys were catching a chill!
ReplyDeleteGet a little step for him to stand on. Cold knees, warm pee pee.
ReplyDeleteStep. Stool.
ReplyDeleteStand on your tippy toes, little guy. Just an inch or two is all the difference... er, um, or so I have heard :o)
ReplyDeleteI've had this same convo with my little one. I can honestly say I never thought about putting it into words. I'm so very, very greatful that you did.
ReplyDeleteAww...poor little guy! I'm training too so I can relate! Not. Fun. (but funny!)
ReplyDeleteThat sounds cold... Just saying.
ReplyDeleteMother of three boys here. You've brought back some vivid memories for me this morning. Urined-scented memories where I recall how the boys' bathroom smelled just like the cat cage at the zoo. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMother of three boys here. You've brought back some vivid memories for me this morning. Urined-scented memories where I recall how the boys' bathroom smelled just like the cat cage at the zoo. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteA short piece of 2 X 6 lumber ought to do the trick.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think toilet manufacturers would have taken the logistics and physics of this into account.
ReplyDeleteSo young and already so wise..
ReplyDeleteawe, poor little guy!
ReplyDeleteThis should be something you bring up when he is around 18 or so and he is on his hands and knees puking in the bowl. "You know son, other than the fact that you went out and got shitty drunk tonight ,DESPITE the fact I told you not to, interestingly, that very spot your face is resting, used to be where your pee pee touched...my how times have changed."
ReplyDeleteOur toilet at home is like an inch shorter than standard I guess, because EVERYWHERE else, Gabriel still has this problem...
ReplyDeleteI teach preschool and you wouldn't believe the things I've seen in that bathroom.
ReplyDeleteJeez Dad! Get with the program! I actually think it's great that you're so observant of things with your kids. Most men probably aren't!
ReplyDeleteOh - this is the sweetest thing I've heard you say to him yet!
ReplyDeleteI always wanted to pee standing up when I was a kid. But I also thought I could become invisible if I wore a supergirl cape. Really wasent the sharpest crayon in the box. : )
ReplyDeleteAw, his little bits were chilly! AW!!
ReplyDelete(That sentence above is why I should never have sons.)
Cheerios were an integral part of potty training around here with Mr C once he was able to stand up to do his bidness. Until then I pretty much just wore a tarp into the bathroom with him while he was in sitting mode. I'm not envying you at all right now!
ReplyDeleteI just got a chill. Not cool. Good job figuring it out though.
ReplyDeletehow is that aim? We are having some trouble with that one right now.
ReplyDeleteOk, that's damn funny.
ReplyDeleteThe water is cold too. Thank you. I'll be here all week.
ReplyDeleteMy little one never did sit. And he is a tiny little guy. Had to give him a stool at first.
ReplyDeleteIt's time to get a stool. No pun intended there.
ReplyDeleteHa. Today, my 27 month old woke up and demanded to go on the potty. We have made NO previous attempts to potty train and weren't planning to until summer but I spent my entire f'ing day sitting on the bathroom floor cheering him on. Damn.
ReplyDeleteAw, poor kid.
ReplyDeleteWhen we potty trained Jake (who is now 5) he took to peeing like a champ. Pooping? Not so much. Brutal, brutal times ensued.
We are now facing the potty training time with my daughter. And as much as I yearn to be diaper free, those memories of the first few months of training is draining the will right out of me!
Is that why male dogs don't lift their legs until they're fully grown????
ReplyDeleteI don't know nothing 'bout raising no boys. . . but I did have a male dog once. . .
I hope I never have sons. I only had sisters growing up and I would never think of something like that.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it's because it's Monday or because I just don't think about toilet bowl logistics, but it took me a minute to work that one out. I got it eventually and laughed.
ReplyDeletei'd be skeeved out if my pee pee was touching the bowl...
ReplyDeleteOMG!!! Funny....and rings a bell...I got my boys a tiny little stool to stand on. Or a phone book will work too.
ReplyDelete:) way too funny!!!
I'm over here giggling at the words in the comments & post. pee pee and wee wee and la-las. *giggles*
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