Posts Tagged Under potty training
Monkey See, Monkey Poo
It’s a good thing there are three toilets in our home. At any given time there might be three small bums occupying each one. You see we have twin girls who are three-and-a-half and a son who is four. When one has to go, inevitably they all have to go. I realize this is a huge stage in their development. I did a small dance the first time I went to Costco and didn’t have to buy diapers. I’m just wondering when they’ll be able to do it all on their own…pull down their pants, go, wipe, flush, pull up their pants, wash their hands.
They are pretty good at everything but the wipe part, which I don’t really mind that much. It’s when they are all on the potty at once yelling for me to help them, not understanding that I can only wipe one tush at a time. It’s a bit frazzling. I often wonder how Kate Gosselin handled it. Imagine six having to go at once. I hope her two older daughters weren’t into the monkey see monkey do when their siblings were potty training. Maybe they were even old enough to help. Continue… »
By Teri StevensA-ha!
I occasionally have an “A-ha!” moment while parenting. I love them. These moments occur when you find a solution to a lose-lose situation. A good A-ha! moment gives you a new way to think about an old problem. It gives you a fresh start. It gets you to win-win.
Here’s an example. Not long ago, my five-year-old son wouldn’t go pee. I’d watch him dancing and running in circles like a bee in a hive, pinching his placket, hopping from foot to foot, and he’d still refuse to go. Most days, he’d pee in his underwear before he’d break down and go to the bathroom.
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I Can Think of A Lot of Words that Begin with P to Describe THIS Situation
I’m happy to share that my article, “Good Day Sunshine” is in this month’s Common Ground magazine. It’s about celebrating the Winter Solstice and was a fun topic to research and write about.
When I was working on it though, the fates seemed to be playing with me.
