Toddler Potty Faux Pas
The quads are doing great on the potty training, we're down to only a couple of them needing diapers at night now and they take care of their own business the rest of the time. Of course its been well over a year since Jacob was out of diapers so we never have to worry about him right? WRONG!!
I do think the problem comes from living out in the woods though. We take the kids for long walks quite often and we rarely come across ANY traffic on our loooooooooooooooooong driveway so the boys have gotten into the habit of tinkling, if necessary, along the side of the road. Well being close to nature is great until you realize that the kids now take most any green spot as "nature".
Recently on a trip to the park the boys disappear one by one into a small "playhouse" made from pieces of fencing. Well mamaw goes in after them to see what's going on and catches them tee-teeing in there on the ground. When asked why they didn't just go the bathroom that wasn't very far away Jacob replied "cuz this our barn mamaw". So she tells them that only animals tee tee in a barn but he says "well, we are cows, and this is our barn, so we're just doing what we're supposed to do".
How do you argue with a toddler? At least it had walls I guess! Now we've just got to make sure he understands that when he starts school this fall, he will always be a little boy on the playground, and little boys excuse themselves to go inside to the bathroom
I do think the problem comes from living out in the woods though. We take the kids for long walks quite often and we rarely come across ANY traffic on our loooooooooooooooooong driveway so the boys have gotten into the habit of tinkling, if necessary, along the side of the road. Well being close to nature is great until you realize that the kids now take most any green spot as "nature".
Recently on a trip to the park the boys disappear one by one into a small "playhouse" made from pieces of fencing. Well mamaw goes in after them to see what's going on and catches them tee-teeing in there on the ground. When asked why they didn't just go the bathroom that wasn't very far away Jacob replied "cuz this our barn mamaw". So she tells them that only animals tee tee in a barn but he says "well, we are cows, and this is our barn, so we're just doing what we're supposed to do".
How do you argue with a toddler? At least it had walls I guess! Now we've just got to make sure he understands that when he starts school this fall, he will always be a little boy on the playground, and little boys excuse themselves to go inside to the bathroom








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