Thought me and the misses were alone here, great time for this thread. Our 2 (almost 3) yr old baby girl is giving us the blues (especially this weekend about this. She makes progress (goes to the potty Friday) and then starts to piss and **** all over the carpet on Saturday and Sunday....... The thing is, she's smart as hell. We give her the big celebration when she goes (she also get treats) so she went on the side of the couch, picked some of it up, put it in her potty and came to me and said "daddy, I boo-boo! yay!!" So she gets the big celebration and treats and about an hour later I tell my wife, "baby, i still smell ****", we start looking around and its all on the side of the couch.......we coldn't do nothing but laugh. Definately smart enough to go..
Well, if anyone cares, here is an update. Holy moly she is getting it! Third day in and she now consistently poos in the potty and she started to pee in it this afternoon consistently as well. Props to Jeremiah - we use the timer, but while she is on the potty, not in between. She plays with it and eventually pees. Running the water helps too. She is only 22 months. If we can pull this off it'll be like a raise - those diapers are expensive!
Seconded... I had my kid watch this about 30 times straight. Then I let him play in the bathtub daily whenever it was about time to pee. That's basically how he learned.
Mate, there is nothing more awesome than being a parent. Yes, at times it is frustrating, but the joy of children is unlike anything else I've experienced. My wife and I joke about how you get introduced to a whole new world of people once you have kids: other parents. People that don't have them sometimes can't understand how you can love a child so, so much. I married an awesome woman, I've taken fabulous vacations, I've eaten mind-blowingly delicious food, and I've written a novel. Nothing compares to the sheer awesomeness of having children. To the OP, glad to hear it's going better. Our oldest is 21 months, and we're just starting down this road.
That's great, rhad! We went through this twice and our oldest is going off to college at the end of the week. They do grow up, as hard as it is to believe sometimes. We have mixed feelings about our son leaving the state for university. Glad he's going and sorta out of our hair (they never really are), glad for the extra space (maybe I'll finally get an aquarium again!), but depressed, as well. We'll miss him. JV is an extremely lucky guy, and everyone here knows it, just in case you didn't. Congratulations! Your life is over... welcome to your new life! For everyone wondering, yes, they are worth all the incredible effort it takes to be their parent. Look at it this way... if you believe you are worth a damn, don't you think you should keep yourself in the gene pool? I do. Marvelous post! I can't believe you've written a novel and I'm amazingly jealous. I've been at it for decades. My sister writes a series of steamy vampire romances and just got a new contract. Me? Still struggling.
Glad to see you're making progress. Two suggestions: 1. Purchase a kid book or two about kids going potty. Read to them, so they can see the character going potty. 2. more importantly, tape a sheet of paper to the wall next to the potty/toilet, where ever your child goes. Buy some stickers of her favorite character. Each time she successfully goes, she gets to decorate the sheet of paper with 1 sticker. If she pees and poops, give her 2 stickers. Worked like a charm with my girl. We were getting nowhere with the boy until I remembered using the potty sticker system. Pretty soon, he was excited about trying to go potty, and would actually concentrate so that he could decorate the sheet with his Thomas stickers.
I felt the same way until I had mine. One thing is clear to me -- you can't possibly imagine how much you'll love your kid until you one. It's just not humanly possible to appreciate what that will be like.
my daughter has just turned 2, a few months back she had a couple successful pees the first two days we got the potty, we weren't even trying.... after that nothing barely even get her to sit on it lately she has started to sit on a bit more (with clothes on) while we are using the bathroom.... and now we also have one those step thingys to put on the toilet which she thinks is cool, she certainly knows when she has done number 2 and will tell you she wants to get changed.. but not sure show knows or cares about wees......for now think we will leave it up to her, once the weather warms up we'll make a serious run at, but damn it would be great, as ever since she discovered NO and her amazingly awesome vocab and independence skills, nappy changes are a tad complicated and great negotiation experience........ now admittedly I've always wanted to be a parent and still love the things i used to do, but living with my daughter is easily the most awesome thing in my life, no matter how bad a day i have had, she never fails to make you laugh, smile, be amazed how much she has learnt and be happy we your lot in life..... funny story about peeing, in the last few weeks she has been following me to the toilet more and as i am walking in she says.... ' do funny wees' which means stand up and wee, which men obviously do,i pee and she just stares and laughs, and I keeping waiting for her to stick her arm in the stream and also have to concentrate on peeing while laughing at her laughing..... the joy
Thanks man, I do think its very worth it. He/she is the best thing that ever happened to me besides my woman. Right now "Peanut" no bigger than a plum but I'm really anxious to find out what the gender is and for it to be here. She's only 3 months so we have a long way to go, but I'm sure we'll enjoy the ride, probably more like a rollercoaster, eh.
Too bad we can't ask your parents this question. EDIT - I did this post before I saw professorjay's response on the 2nd page.
No kid goes to kindergarten in diapers -- no matter how incompetent their parents are. so....somewhere between 2 and 3 kids learn. I wouldn't sweat it. If they're not ready -- let them continue with nappies for a bit. I don't even remember it being an issue. Just carry about a few changes of clothes for a while -- because any accidents that occur after they've 'got it' will happen in the most inopportune times .
Oh and I'll just say that you have to obviously want children to really enjoy them. If you aren't willing to give of yourself and make sacrifices, then you need to do yourself, spouse, and the whole world a favor and NOT have kids. I see too many parents out there who don't give a damn about their kids because they are either too self-absorbed or wishing they were single. And believe me I had the life of being able to take a vacation out of the country several times a year, disposable income to spend on whatever, time to do the things I wanted to do, not having to answer to anyone, etc. But you know what? Even though I had all those things, my life still felt empty. I made the decision to have a family and has it been hard?? Yes, it has - there were times when I didn't think I was going to make it (and even posted about it on here). But has it been worth it? You better believe it. To see the look on my 9 year old's face when I gave her a Van Buren presidential dollar yesterday morning is indescribable. Same feeling when my soon to be 8 month old son sees me when I get home from work. His smile can make me forget all of my problems. Call me crazy but I think my family is what has given me purpose in life. But like I said, if you can't give of yourself then you don't need to apply for this type of life.
