Potty On
This morning, Wonderbaby tugged on my arm as I lay on the sofa, sniffling and coughing and muttering softly about the evil of Bill Maher and of viruses in general. She tugged on my arm, and said, potty. Pee-pee. Go potty.
Potty?
Potty.
And so I dragged myself out from under the covers, and took her by the hand, and - asking, all the way, are you sure? you want the potty? - pulled out the little green Boon Potty Bench that we had tucked away for the toilet training that we felt sure wouldn't begin until she was two, and I helped her unlatched her diaper, and she sat her little round bottom upon the seat, and she tinkled.
And then she asked for her sunglasses, which I fetched, and she put them on. And then she tinkled some more.
And then she asked for paper, and I helped her dab her parts, and then we tossed the paper in the toilet, and we washed our hands. Then we went back downstairs and I took some more Tylenol and crawled back under the covers on the sofa and thought, what the f*ck just happened?
I considered the possibility that I'd dreamt it, or that it was an hallucination induced by the cocktail of Neo Citran and Tylenol that I've been taking - the sunglasses were, I thought, a particularly fantastical detail - but then I checked my camera:
I must leave the bathroom door open a LOT.
posted by Her Bad Mother @ Tuesday, September 18, 2007
65 Comments:
Wow! I am impressed! Dawson just turned three and he refuses to go on the potty unless I beg him and bribe him!
Wonderbaby is so smart!
Hey - we bought the exact same potty bench!
Congrats to WB! The Boy is, I'm sure, going to reach the ripe old age of 3 and never touch the fashionable green potty.
Amazing! PunditGirl didn't get it until she was 3! Feel better. Maybe you should wear those glasses!
I'm so impressed. Way to go Wonderbaby!
And good timing too, eh? A little bit of happiness in the middle of the sick for mommy.
Go WB!!! Good girl. Now, could you get her a stack of trashy Hollywood magazines to read while she's sitting?
That is amazing!!! I am green with envy right now.
She is on top of things, that WB.
And my goodness, that photo just ROCKS.
She's potty training herself. That's awesome.
Even in a daze, you take great pictures.
She and Oliver would get along just fine...he likes to throw things in the toilet after he's tinkled, too.
Congrats WonderBaby!! 'Atta girl!
You go girl (and spread the word to your BumpBud 'k?). Mom, this means we have got to map out all the clean public bathrooms in the Tdot ASAP (is clean public bathroom an oxymoron?).
Get better would ya? ;)
Rock ON Wonderbaby!
We have the exact same potty. Boon has some pretty neat products. Not a lot, but from what I've seen, all really well designed.
The Impling is totally into the peeing thang, and will happily empty the basin into the toilet and flush with glee...but forget it for poop. She asks for a diaper.
Nicely done, WB! I am so impressed. Now let your mama rest, sister...
Wow! Congratulations! WB rocks!
And the sunglasses, well, a girl has to keep up with fashion, even in the toilet!
Hooray, Wonderbaby! The sunglasses are a sweet touch.
She's a superstar! Love the shades!
WhooHoo! Who knew we'd all be so thrilled to hear of someone tinkling with sunglasses on?
'Sawesome. Pumpkinpie started about 18 or 20 months, then gave it up for a while. We didn't push it, knowing she was about to start daycare and one change at a time, I say, and she started again a month or two after turning two. So good.
And that is one cool potty bench!
Wow! You're pretty lucky to get one of the self-trainers when it comes to the potty. Cordy is three on Friday and still just laughs when we ask her if she wants to use the potty.
i guess wonderbaby kows that big girls get haircuts, that big girls use the potty, and that big girls wear glamorous sunglasses
Count me in the jealous but proud group. Maybe WB can give Rosie a few pointers?
oh that's awesome. it was TIME, you know? stuff like that doesn't happen until then, no matter how much we'd like them to.
congrats, lady.
Rock on, Wonderbaby!
That is so cool.
Tacy trained overnight. Like, woke up one morning and announced that she was going to use the potty from now on. Here's hoping you get so lucky!
Wow! Big H didn't get it until he was almost 3 and then he was a bit reluctant. That potty can be scary!
I always get to the point where I think my children will be 16 and in diapers and then magically TA DA! they toilet train.
Good job, Wonder Baby.
Way to go, WB!
When they are ready, they are ready.
The glasses are fantastic!
Wonderbaby has a really cool potty! I wonder if they'd let you use that at Applebee's?
Wow! I wear my sunglasses while doing my business too!
:)
Yep, a lot of girls do this. Both of mine did, albeit not straightforward thereafter. (In other words, think of this as the beginning, not the done part LOL.)
Way to go Wonderbaby! Wondergirl??
Julie
Using My Words
FANtastic!
Love the photo - very 'surprised by the paparazzi' there
P.S. We're finished with a fold-up portable purse-sized Dora potty seat. Great for those out and about occasions.
P.P.S. I must be the only mean mommy in the world who didn't get her kids a baby potty. Not even a cool one that sings. I made them climb a stepping stool to the real potty and sit on a seat on that.
My skeeves hit defcon 4 at the idea of cleaning a baby potty and having it in rooms like the living room instead of the bathroom.
Julie
Using My Words
Potty on, Dude!
Julie, I'm a toilet mom too. I'm just too lazy to have to bother with cleaning a potty. I tried, but the day it got kicked over onto the rug was the day it went in the garbage and everybody started peeing like a big girl.
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Too cute! No wonder you call her Wonderbaby :)
How exciting! And yes, I realize how very much my life has changed when I say that about toilet use but STILL! HOW EXCITING!
Congratulations.
Bill Maher is an idiot. But he inspired my husband to guest post for the first time ever. Also exciting.
Oh my heavens, could Wonderbaby please give my sweet baby a phone call and let him know that this is how it shall go down when the time comes?
She's a keeper, C!
(feel better)
Yippeee!! That's fantastic! Congrats WB!!
And we love that potty bench in our house. I'm hoping P. will want to use it SOON - we are soooo tired of the diapers!
A song by Corey Hart is running thru my head.
Wondergirl for sure. Big step!
get better Bad.
Yay! Isn't it cool when they just "get it"?
I'm very grateful for my boys and never envy people who have girls --EXCEPT during potty training discussions!
Never argue with a toddler out for a whaz.
She even knows the etiquette of picture taking on the potty. She's showing exactly the right amount of shoulder.
Yay for the potty skills! I hope you feel better.
I am also weeping w/ envy as Charlotte has just graduated to wearing underpants...OVER her diaper. Potty? I caaaan't. She will be 4 in January. I know I know, they all figure it out eventually, but it is really hard to see from here.
Your kid is cute as a freakin' button and a genius. I personally give her a metaphorical Genius Grant. Ohh! Mom should get credit too.
xo
Oh, you're so lucky. Girls seem to be so much easier in this regard. I know lots of wee girls who, on their own initial initiative, just like WB, were completely potty trained before the age of 2.
Sigh.
We're still working on it.
Such the life, to have to have photographic evidence to remember things. No really, I hope you feel better soon.
And amazed congratulations on the potty training!
I am so impressed and jealous. Potty training has been a nightmare in our house. Congrats to you and Wonderbaby!
Most excellent. Her future's so bright, she has to wear shades.
Oh sweet Jeebus. Look at her. All agape and disheveled and peepeeing. Did she have shoes on? Or was she replaying Britney-at-the-gas-station, in an ironic baby way?
Overthinking it ...
Over here, Munchkin peed on her father ...
someone, somewhere, really loves you. because this is an otherwordly gift.
wow. just wow.
Congrats to WB...hooray hooray. My Isa looks at the potty and runs screaming from the room.
Hope the plague will pass and you will feel better soon:)
We are currently in the potty training phase here at chez Momish, so I feel the need to stand up and cheer Wonderbaby! Bravo!
Very impressive, especially when done with such style!
Yea Wonderbaby!
Yeay for your beautiful little girl. I like how she's got that whole Flash dance shoulder thing going there. :-)
Most precious.
Very smart girl
...we all know it was the sunglasses that really did it though ;)
wonderbaby is a total wonderkid :) yay!!
We have that potty! Of course, Boo won't use it, but still. We have it.
Glorious!
BTW, watch that door thing... cuz if it works at your house like it did at mine anytime you are in the bathroom will be designated as free time to chat and ask you questions...
Way to go, WonderBaby! You said "I must leave the door open a LOT", does that mean you wear your shades when you pee, too? *giggle*
Kaitlyn has started saying "I pee! I pee!" when I go into the bathroom, so I think it's time to buy her a potty! The Boon, huh? OH, and are you feeling better? Sounds like you had quite the cold or something.
Um, you two are making it look ridiculously easy. And cool. Definitely cool.
I read this yesterday morning and wsa seriously jealous. Then, mysteriously, my son (who is a month younger than WB) runs up and yells, "Pants!" at me, while furiously trying to remove his pants. I shrug and give him a hand. Next he yells, "Shirt!" SO again, I oblige. Next, he takes my hand and pulls me towards the washroom while taking off his diaper with the other hand. He points to the door knob and says, "Door!" Okay... We get into the washroom and he runs over to the toilet, "Poo-poo!" he's saying, "Poo-poo!"
I am shocked. Literally moments earlier I am reading about WB and wishing it could be so easy when my time comes. And here is my son, doing the exact same thing (though why he feels he needs to be naked to go potty, I don't know). Maybe it's just the new generation of kids? They train themselves.
And then he sits on the toilet, makes a few grunting noises, passes some gas and stands up. Next he faces the toilet, holds his penis for a second or two, spits in the toilet and looks at me with a big grin. "All done!" he announces as he flushes the toilet.
Maybe it won't be so easy after all... (oh! and we repeated this two or three times throughout the day).
I love it! If you're going to go potty, be fabulous about it.
Bill Mahr et al can suck it. It's a non issue as far as I'm concerned. I'm legally entitled to breastfeed my child anywhere I like and I exercise that right on a regular basis.
I hope you're feeling better soon.
That's awesome!
Hopefully she keeps up the interest... beware the potty regression though. My daughter was "trained" for 3 months until it became less fun and more like a chore. Then we had 3 more months of wet pants and "I want my diappy back!!"
Ah, Potty Training. I wonder if that day will ever come for us...
I leave the door open ALL THE TIME.
What kind of drugs are in your house?
You're lucky. My sister also learned an early awareness of her, uh, bodily functions but did not choose to turn this into using the potty. Instead, she would just run up to my mother, squat down, pointing to her diaper, and yell "CHANGE!" It was another year still before she deigned to sit her round little butt on a potty.
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