Journal FortKnox's Journal: Parenting: "Hey, there's rocks in there!" 12
Just an FYI... I'll be using the "Parenting" subtitle for JE's that involve stuff only parents would talk about (kids vomit... kids toilet habits, etc...), so if you have a weak stomach, feel free to skip.
Any parent with a child old enough to start trying to potty train can tell you that you have to come up with a word for crap. Its usually what the kid describes it as, and you have to go with it, cause, well, this is an exercise in potty training, not in vocabulary.
Joey's been semi potty trained for a while. He just kinda started holding it in, so we went for it. He goes pee to the potty, no problems. He has for a while. Of course, we still diaper him for naps and overnight. He doesn't pee during naps, he usually does overnight. So what we have been working on (for what seems like forever) is getting him to take a dump on the toilet. Its been a long road, but he is really starting to catch on. The first time he did it, he looked into the potty and said "HEY! There's rocks in there!", so Joey's word for crap is "rocks." Its really amusing, cause of the way he says it (which I can't describe... maybe I'll get him to say it in a mic or something someday). Anywho, last week he had the runs, but still was mostly able to hit the toilet instead of his diaper, which is pretty impressive seeing as he was feeling like crap (no pun intended). So I told him if he 'put his rocks in the potty' two more times, I'll get him a new Thomas[1] Train piece (the wooden tracks... an expensive hobby, but its good for us, because we only get pieces rarely so they are of high value to him). We went to Toys 'R Us (which has a demo out) and he picked out the Car Wash and every afternoon around the time he needed to go to the bathroom, he'd tell the wife "Get a Thomas car wash!" so we knew he was really catching on. He counted out his 'two times' which he did great (in fact, I don't think he's gone in his diaper since!), so we went out and got his car wash (which he played with for hours, so I am told). He has two smaller starter sets, so I bought some expansion tracks that include splits and such that I will either give him the next few times he goes potty, or will wait and give it to him on his birthday (5/10).
It appears only a few more weeks before we can toss out one set of diapers :-D
[1] For some strange reason, Joey calls "Thomas" (tom-ass) the romantic language way (toe-mas). No idea where he got it, but I am saying it now, so I guess he isn't going to change it to the english version.
Any parent with a child old enough to start trying to potty train can tell you that you have to come up with a word for crap. Its usually what the kid describes it as, and you have to go with it, cause, well, this is an exercise in potty training, not in vocabulary.
Joey's been semi potty trained for a while. He just kinda started holding it in, so we went for it. He goes pee to the potty, no problems. He has for a while. Of course, we still diaper him for naps and overnight. He doesn't pee during naps, he usually does overnight. So what we have been working on (for what seems like forever) is getting him to take a dump on the toilet. Its been a long road, but he is really starting to catch on. The first time he did it, he looked into the potty and said "HEY! There's rocks in there!", so Joey's word for crap is "rocks." Its really amusing, cause of the way he says it (which I can't describe... maybe I'll get him to say it in a mic or something someday). Anywho, last week he had the runs, but still was mostly able to hit the toilet instead of his diaper, which is pretty impressive seeing as he was feeling like crap (no pun intended). So I told him if he 'put his rocks in the potty' two more times, I'll get him a new Thomas[1] Train piece (the wooden tracks... an expensive hobby, but its good for us, because we only get pieces rarely so they are of high value to him). We went to Toys 'R Us (which has a demo out) and he picked out the Car Wash and every afternoon around the time he needed to go to the bathroom, he'd tell the wife "Get a Thomas car wash!" so we knew he was really catching on. He counted out his 'two times' which he did great (in fact, I don't think he's gone in his diaper since!), so we went out and got his car wash (which he played with for hours, so I am told). He has two smaller starter sets, so I bought some expansion tracks that include splits and such that I will either give him the next few times he goes potty, or will wait and give it to him on his birthday (5/10).
It appears only a few more weeks before we can toss out one set of diapers
[1] For some strange reason, Joey calls "Thomas" (tom-ass) the romantic language way (toe-mas). No idea where he got it, but I am saying it now, so I guess he isn't going to change it to the english version.
Crap (Score:2)
I'll never forget the day in art class when we'd gone to a Halloween party beforehand where Kiddo had been permitted to indulge in all kinds of sugary snacks. She was *completely* hopped up -- it was very disturbing to see.
In any case, once we got to art class, she ran back and forth bringing me bits of paper from under the art table, yelping, "I'm bringing you crap and junk! I'm bringing you crap and junk!!"
I'm *sure* she learned it from me griping abou
Re:Crap (Score:1)
Used to be he would use the potty sometimes if we asked, but in recent months he's decided he's not going to tell us anything. We have to have good sniffer noses to even tell if his diaper's dirty. Well, sometimes. Other times it's really obvious, but we still get:
"Have you pooped?"
"No. Me no poopy diaper."
(pulls back of diaper open...WHEW!) "Yes you do!"
Fond memories (Score:2)
Yup (Score:2)
I think we just call it "poop"
Oh yes, two nights ago (Score:1)
just poop (Score:2)
Re:just poop (Score:1)
Re:just poop (Score:2)
squirreltracks (Score:1)
Skip the Thomas Roundhouse. Way, way, way expensive. Get the Maxim or Eichhorn. I got lucky and picked up an Imaginerium one last winter while working at TRU. $20 with 10% off. (Thomas is ~$85)
We track Joe's progress with stickers on a chart in the bathro
Re:squirreltracks (Score:2)
Cooool idea! Will have to try that one out (and its much cheaper, too)
Re:squirreltracks (Score:2)
It's all about the wording (Score:2)
However, when it's time for poop, she'll say "I'm doing poop!" Which, of course, is the cue for the nearest adult to fly with her to the potty as fast as humanly possible while trying not to bonk her head in the door frame. 9 times out of 10, though, not only wasn't she already doing anything, but there's nothing to do on the pot, either. She's sti