My boys find potty talk pretty funny, and they’re both really young (4 1/2 and almost 3). They have renamed Max and Ruby to be “Max and Boobies” and Timothy Goes to School is now “Timothy Takes A Poo.” I can’t hardly wait to see what they come up with when they are in high school. Or maybe I can.
When Graham was at Playschool this past year, one of the firm rules that Mrs. B. upheld was the rule that no “potty talk” was allowed. It was a good rule, and that rule popped into my head last week after reading a post by my Kiwi buddy Hannah. She had used one of those blogging tools that generates code for your site. This tool told you what your site was rated. Hannah’s was G-Rated and I thought mine would be too.
Nope.
This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:
crap (3x) crack (2x) gun (3x) dead (2x) shoot (1x)
Well. Aren’t I the poster Mommy? My kids are still preschoolers, so apparently they won’t be able to read my posts until high school. I’m sure the rating will change after I hit Publish and words such as Poo and Boobies are on here.
Awesome.
While we’re on the subject, why not keep going?
Nathan will be three at the end of August. He is still in diapers. I have really enjoyed the comments I have been receiving lately from complete strangers. They are so sweet and non-judgmental when they say to me, “He’s almost three? And not potty trained????”
Graham wasn’t interested until a few months after his third birthday, but once he decided he was ready he was trained in a day. We had to bribe him with a Diego Rescue Centre to get him to drop a load. Once he released one he realized that he wouldn’t be going down the toilet along with it and all was well. The kid has only had a handful of accidents since then, and they have been when he was sleeping.
We’ve been letting Nathan run around sans diaper in the yard now that it’s warm. He has been peeing on the “Pee Tree” (I won’t tell you which one that is. Ha!) but he’s also been peeing everywhere else (ha! on me) and even pooped in his swim shorts.
So, so nasty. You really have no idea.
I don’t want to pressure him because:
- He doesn’t care, and;
- He will do it when he is ready.
Even though I have been through it all before, it only takes one insensitive comment to get me all insecure in my parenting. This Mommy gig is a hard one, no?
I don’t want to force him to do something I know he is not ready for yet. I want to encourage him, bit I also don’t want to discourage him, you know what I mean? I want to be super Mommy.
But then there’s also the fact that I am TIRED OF WIPING HIS SPHINCTER. And LOOKING DOWN HIS BUTT CRACK. And WIPING CRAP OFF OF HIS BOY PARTS. And HAVING HIM FART IN MY FACE WHILE I CHANGE HIS DIAPER.
Ahem.
I guess motherhood isn’t all it’s cracked (ha!) up to be sometimes.
I so love the days when I don’t have to wipe Belle’s butt, however she still wears Pull Ups for nap time and sometimes she still drops a load in there. It is my least favorite. But I think you’re totally right, when he’s ready he’s ready and one day when he’s wiping someone else’s butt he’ll thank you! The site rater is cool, but I am not sure I want to know what mine would be rated!
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You’re completely right, Nathan will do it when he’s ready. Ethan was 3 years 4 months before HE was ready. Tyler is looking to be waiting until after his 3rd birthday (end of Sept) before HE is ready. Those “non-judgemental” comments are to be ignored!
But oh, I hear you on being tired of wiping poopy butt cracks. I’m soooo over it.
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My hubby and I enjoyed a good laugh while reading this post!
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hahaha … well stay tuned for my: ‘NO fail potty training program™’ @ mommyknows.com and get ready to rumble
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I was just about to post about this same topic – I will soon. We’re attempting this business before baby arrives and praying that he won’t regress, I guess. I’m not sure this is the right time and that he’s ready but I’ve never been a Mom before? We’re at “pee in the potty” number two for the day! So exciting but hard work, too. You are amazing for the diapers you must change… don’t let others get to you.
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Hahaha! That was quite a good read!
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i just rated my blog and i’m “g” rated!!! HA HA HA… does that mean i’m lame?
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i’m gonna throw some “f” bombs in it.. .
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It’s funny because now that I’ve read how easy Graham was to train I am thinking that I went about the training ALL wrong. Kamden has been trained for months and still frequently has accidents and I thought I did wait until he was ready.
Why do we do this to ourselves?! There’s that mommy guilt again
I hope Nathan takes after his big bro, you have earned an easy potty train after all the poopy cracks
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That’s funny I’ll have to try that on my blog, I’ll probably be G rated how boring. As for the potty training thing Eric was a little over three and Evan who turns three in March is no where near being trained. THEY ARE BOYS!!!
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I’m catching up on your blogs here at Mom’s house.
Too funny. Glad the trip went well.
When my kids were little, I heard of babies being trained by 1, by moms that had one. I was happy for them but couldn’t wouldn’t didn’t accept the challenge.
It will happen.
You and your young moms network are doing an awesome job.
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My girls call it toilet talk. The other day I asked Coco if she had wiped her bottom, she whipped around pointing at me singing “toilet talk, mummy, toilet talk!!!”
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Oh my word! I HATE potty-training. We are getting NOWHERE with Ian and he’ll be three and a HALF in just over a month. UUGGGHH! He has peed and pooed on the toilet, he just shows absolutely no interest in continuing the trend, and if we try to be consistent in putting him on throughout the day he throws a fit. ((sigh)) It will happen one day won’t it?!?
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Potty Training in one day vs. weeks/months sounds ideal.
You know what’s going down.
Keep it up!
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You’re right not to worry about the potty training thing – he WILL do it when he’s ready! Kaylie wasn’t totally potty trained until 3 1/2! I’m very aware of all the comments people make. I’ll agree though – changing the diaper of a 3 year old is grooooooooss! I’m not looking forward to pottytraining the next one – oh how I hate it!
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Reading this and all the comments are making me feel so much better. I have a 27-month old son who is not potty trained yet and I have a few relatives pushing me in that direction… but I know that he is not really quite ready yet. So, I’ll just wait until he is.
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