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November 26, 2007
Potty Training...
...Crashes and burns.
Potty training is a rite of passage for us Americans. (I say 'us Americans' because that is what I am. Among other things. Also, I have no idea how other folks in other countries do it. That's why I couldn't say us Humans, because I am guessing that there are still humans out there who do not potty train their children.) Anyway, Megan and I decided that it was high time the Boy learns to use the potty. Notice I said 'Megan and I', and not, 'the Boy decided to use the potty'. That's because that decision was not left up to us. We (by 'we', of course, I mean Megan and I) decided it was time to try, we decided the Boy would wear underwear, and we decided to clean up the mess left over by the Boy who decided not to try.
Megan and I have tried this before. We would talk about it, take our nearly three year old to the potty, have him get up on his stool (no, not that stool. The kind you stand on, silly) and try. We would stand and wait, and...Nothing! The Boy then claims he is done, and we exit the bathroom. Sigh.
We aren't pushing him. We just think it would be easier on him, and us. It would be easier on him, so he can live the life of freedom that underwear provides. (okay, maybe not freedom from laundry, but that's another post.) It would be easier on us, because diapers ain't cheap. Especially after almost three freakin' years!
But Megan is probably the smartest woman I know. She knows things I haven't even had an opportunity to even think about yet! She thinks that the Boy just isn't ready. She surmises (see, she surmises. I don't even know how to surmise. She how smart she is?) that Jonah just doesn't know that 'feeling' of having to go. Not knowing or recognizing that feeling, he's going to go no matter what he's wearing. (Or not wearing. Look out couches, rugs, stairs, beds!)
So, we will wait until Jonah is ready. Or until he goes to college, when he will be forced out of diapers. That's just the way life goes, sometimes I guess.
Posted by Jon at November 26, 2007 12:18 PM