The Poop Heard 'Round The World
It finally happened last night after a years-long struggle and long-ago promises of getting a treehouse.
My 4-year-old son, Curt, finally pooped in the potty.
We've tried numerous times, through bribes, encouraging language and diaper deprivation.
Still, no poop.
Bribes didn't work. Big Talks didn't work. When we deprived him of a diaper, he just went on a poop strike, holding it in for days and days.
Recently, he pooped his underwear twice. This made mommy and daddy rather irritated.
One of the problems has been him overcoming his fear of toilets. Last year, somehow, while sitting on a toilet at school, his little chicken leg got pinched under the seat, and that caused a great deal of pain and trauma.
Curt has WANTED to use the potty and knows that he HAS TO use the potty, but he hasn't been able to bring himself to do it out of fear. A long time ago, he asked for a treehouse, similar to the one in those "Little People" videos. I said he could get a treehouse if he pooped in the potty and gave up diapers.
Still no potty poop.
We recently began a new struggle to get him to use the potty. Again, he went on a poop strike.
After a day or two without pooping, and the struggle still going, a fed-up mommy yesterday called daddy at work. She needed to vent.
Daddy then got a brilliant idea: "Tell him he can wear a diaper, but he has to sit on the potty while he's wearing it."
The boy agreed and climbed aboard the potty, diaper and all. But then mommy removed the diaper, and just like that, the boy dropped his load into the toilet without incident.
Despite the bribe not being mentioned for a very long time, his first post-poop response was: "Now daddy has to build me a treehouse."
He has flypaper memory, that boy.
Much rejoicing was had by all, and Curt was so inspired that he pooped in the potty AGAIN, following up with a: "Now daddy had to build me TWO treehouses!"
I straightened out all that this morning, informing him he would get 1 treehouse, but only after giving up diapers forever.
Our 3-year-old, Luke, already poops in the potty. In fact, he was partially self-trained. This weekend, he came up to me, buck naked, took me by the hand and led me to the bathroom to show off the impressive product of his gastrointestinal pyrotechnics.
My heart melted.
So, perhaps these diaper-weary parents have finally come to the end of an era.
And daddy has to build a treehouse.
My 4-year-old son, Curt, finally pooped in the potty.
We've tried numerous times, through bribes, encouraging language and diaper deprivation.
Still, no poop.
Bribes didn't work. Big Talks didn't work. When we deprived him of a diaper, he just went on a poop strike, holding it in for days and days.
Recently, he pooped his underwear twice. This made mommy and daddy rather irritated.
One of the problems has been him overcoming his fear of toilets. Last year, somehow, while sitting on a toilet at school, his little chicken leg got pinched under the seat, and that caused a great deal of pain and trauma.
Curt has WANTED to use the potty and knows that he HAS TO use the potty, but he hasn't been able to bring himself to do it out of fear. A long time ago, he asked for a treehouse, similar to the one in those "Little People" videos. I said he could get a treehouse if he pooped in the potty and gave up diapers.
Still no potty poop.
We recently began a new struggle to get him to use the potty. Again, he went on a poop strike.
After a day or two without pooping, and the struggle still going, a fed-up mommy yesterday called daddy at work. She needed to vent.
Daddy then got a brilliant idea: "Tell him he can wear a diaper, but he has to sit on the potty while he's wearing it."
The boy agreed and climbed aboard the potty, diaper and all. But then mommy removed the diaper, and just like that, the boy dropped his load into the toilet without incident.
Despite the bribe not being mentioned for a very long time, his first post-poop response was: "Now daddy has to build me a treehouse."
He has flypaper memory, that boy.
Much rejoicing was had by all, and Curt was so inspired that he pooped in the potty AGAIN, following up with a: "Now daddy had to build me TWO treehouses!"
I straightened out all that this morning, informing him he would get 1 treehouse, but only after giving up diapers forever.
Our 3-year-old, Luke, already poops in the potty. In fact, he was partially self-trained. This weekend, he came up to me, buck naked, took me by the hand and led me to the bathroom to show off the impressive product of his gastrointestinal pyrotechnics.
My heart melted.
So, perhaps these diaper-weary parents have finally come to the end of an era.
And daddy has to build a treehouse.
posted by Brian Pearson at 12:21 PM
1 Comments:
ahh the joys of parenthood and what makes us as parents rejoice! I finally got my youngest daughter completely trained. She has been day trained for a long while but nights were our big issue.. She gave us heck. And I was beyond tired of diapers with her as she was almost 4.. I finally got her night trained right before the baby came! She turned 4 on the 5th of the month so i'm sooooooooo glad to have her both day and night trained and to only have 1 in diapers instead of 2..
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