I've been spending a lot of time in the bathroom lately. I wish I could say that it was because I was taking time for myself and sitting in a luxurious bubble bath, but it wouldn't be true. We've been potty training on and off for the past 2 months and just when I was about to give up, I found the Peter Potty. Yes folks, it's a urinal potty.
My sister recommended it when we were talking about how frustrated I was with trying to train my 3 year old to sit on the potty. He would sit and sit and sit and then get annoyed because his bottom was sticking to the vinyl seat. I would be frustrated and near tears that I couldn't get him to go. The urinal potty was the last resort for me. When I ordered it, I realized that I will have to get him to sit on the potty eventually because he'll have to do other things like #2 (I hate that term). But, I was desperate! I've learned that especially with my oldest son, things will happen in time. He cannot be rushed.
So the urinal came a few days ago and I put it together hoping that this would be the answer for our "pee-pee" dilemma. I really didn't expect it to work, but within 5 minutes of assembling it and doing a test flush, my son was happily pulling down his pants and using it. I WAS SHOCKED! I also thought that it was a complete fluke and that he wouldn't do it again. I was wrong; I ask him if he has to pee and when he says yes I walk him over to the urinal and there's no fighting or squirming on his part.
Are we completely "pee-pee trained" yet? Nope, but at least it's a step in the right direction. When we had boys I was thrilled because I didn't want to deal with the tough puberty years with a girl. I never expected having boys to be this difficult. They whine and cry just like girls and I'm sure their teen-aged years will be as challenging as if we had girls. But for now, I'm happy that my son likes his plastic urinal. The other stuff we will deal with when the time comes.
Glad you found something that's working. Who knew that potty training would be so difficult (for the mom!)?
Posted by: Asianmommy.com | July 28, 2008 at 12:51 PM