Potty Training…AGAIN!
I hated it the first time and now we find ourselves at that stage again. Jay has been showing signs of being ready for toilet training for a while now, I however have been doing my ostrich act and tried to ignore them. But over the last few days we decided to brave it and let Jake go bare back!
In some ways its been a good experience. Its lovely to see the wee man growing up and gaining his independance. Its nice not to have to clean poo from all his cracks and crevices (too much information I know!). And to be fair to Jay he is doing quite well. He has moved from peeing in every corner of the room every five minutes to holding it for up to an hour. Sometimes he makes it to the potty and sometimes he doesn’t.
The big downside (apart from the constant smell of bleach that eminates from our living room) is the fact that we can’t really leave the house. I don’t want to start putting him in a nappy again and undo all the hard work of this week, but if Jay does give us any warning that he’s about to go its a 5 second one at most, which would not be long enough to locate a toilet in a strange place.
The best thing about potty training Jay is the knowledge that in the near future I will only be changing one set of nappies each day instead of two. the worst thing is the knowledge that I will have to go through all this again in approximately two years time!
Mr Levee: been there, done that, read the book and wore the teeshirt. The lesson is to fresh in the mind to fully comprehend. Lets just say I would,nt want to go through it all over again.
Watching the children grow has been a wonderful experience. One of mine, the eldest, is beginning his first year at uni. His first attempt as a young free independant adult ended in failure in less than a week.
Growing up is hard for all children right from the start. Teething, garbling even taking the first steps might be tough but the potty training is an altogether different business. Just ask Jay;)
Parnell: This was a rare post from the missus, not me!
Starting Uni is a great time, by the way. I started Queens exactly 10 years ago, and in my first year failed 5 out of 6 modules. In the re-sits I failed another 4 out of those 5!
It’s a miracle they let me even repeat the first year, but the experience sobered me up pretty quickly!