On November 12th, 2006 I was blessed with a blonde haired blue eyed little boy. If you do the math you will see that he is now 28 months old, 2 years and 4 months, and is full of mischief and surprises. Everyday there is something new that he says or does that shocks me, makes me smile, makes me scream, and sometimes makes me want to go to the Mexico and change my name! Just Kidding on the last part, well… sort of…
We have been through all of the normal phases so far and now we are on to potty training. It really isn’t working out for me so well, but I am ok with it. If he wants to continue to wear a diaper… so be it. Well, as long as he is potty trained by June so he can start Montessori School. Anyway… I have tried multiple approaches to this whole potty training thing and he is just indifferent. It really doesn’t bother him. He is totally fine with the diaper. In his mind, I think he thinks, “Why change?”.
I consider myself to be a pretty east going gal and for those that know me I am also a little sarcastic and I tend to joke about everything. Obviously, my 2 year and 4 month old son has picked up on some of this “practical joking” and thought he would test it out on me!
So… I picked him up and put him on the potty and he told me “Back up Mama… Go… Close the Door”, and in hopes of hearing the sound of pee in the potty I did so. I backed up, closed the door, and listened closely. I never heard anything, but eventually my little boy screamed “Mamma! Mamma!”
I though maybe he had fallen in the potty, but he was still sitting there with his legs squished together. He looked at me with this serious look on his face like he was trying to trick me and said… “Mamma… My TT is gone!” (which is what he calls his… you know) He kept saying it over and over and I played along and said “Oh no… what are we going to do?”. He started giggling and said “Oh… there it is!” as he opened his legs and hopped off the potty.
I know this may not be funny to some of you, but I couldn’t help but laugh and wanted to share it. I am unsure how kids pick up on things so early, but I think I am going to have my hands full! He is already trying to trick me and he is only 2!
Thanks for sharing - your little one has me laughing!! What a hilarious story! It's one that I am sure will haunt your little boy for many years to come :)
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are adorable; his baby blues just melt me!
-Whitney
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well, I have one boy and one girl (17) and I could give you some advice...but only if you want it :) My daughter was NO PROBLEM to potty train, my son, a completely different story! Boys are just very different and they do it MUCH later than girls do. My son did great at 2 1/2....then he regressed. He stopped altogether and wore a diaper till 3 1/2...a year later! At almost 4 he finally decided that was what he wanted to do. I never made a big deal about any of it and let him figure it out for himself. I talked to many people who reassured me to approach it this way....so...best of luck to you!!! Hope this helps :)
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