My beautiful baby has decided that being potty trained is no longer on her resume. Her Dad and I have tried to explain that this skill makes her much more employable, but to no avail. Now she will be forced to find work in a field where it's okay for her pants to be wet (a life guard? a fisherman? a surfer?) or where no one would notice the smell anyway (Walmart?). I've failed as a mother.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
You Keep Saying That Word - I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means
My beautiful baby has decided that being potty trained is no longer on her resume. Her Dad and I have tried to explain that this skill makes her much more employable, but to no avail. Now she will be forced to find work in a field where it's okay for her pants to be wet (a life guard? a fisherman? a surfer?) or where no one would notice the smell anyway (Walmart?). I've failed as a mother.
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I just had to say that I loved your review of "Fringe." It's definitely Lost meets X-Files, and I LOVED X-Files. I wonder if Duchovny had come out as a sex addict back then, if they could have worked that into the storyline. That would have been awesome.
Emmett has likewise decided to be a diaper-man all of his days, so I guess we're in the same boat. Let me know if any other wet-pants professions come up... :)
That's the thing, she still likes wearing panties (we don't even have any more diapers in the house). She just pees in them instead of the potty. It's awesome. :(
Ew. How gross is David Duchovney now that we know this about him?
This is just a temporary set-back - don't panic! (I'm not saying how temporary.)
So if I pee my pants can i quit my day job and become a surfer? I too have failed as a mother, but for many more ugly...make that very ugly reasons :)!
as you know, it only took me two years to get mr. banks "trained". perhaps i should have given up and "let him decide" to use the potty (which he did one miraculous day),but i was a glutton and didn't want to send him mixed signals. so i kept rinsing out poopy and peepee pants. i tried the blowitoffdon'tgetemotional method until i LOST my mind. i tried warning him that i would spank him if he pooped in his pants. it seriously did nothing until the day that he decided to poop in the potty. it was the longest trial of patience i have yet endured.
my other children didn't have to decide to use the toilet. i made them do it and they did it fine. but banks...
All of my kids took years (Years!) to train. With Taylor I bought some Taz underpants with a huge mouth on the but with big teeth. I told him Taz would bite his butt if he pooped in those pants. It totally worked.
Taz pants! HAHAHA I gave up on Chloe and put her in some pullups with the idea that if she told me she had to go, I'd take her, otherwise I would just change her. Once our move was out of the way, I started it back up with full force. I was glad I waited until I was mentally prepared to take it up again. Clearly, you are not a failure. Bridget is. HAHA Just kidding.
Joshua Jackson and the old dude are definitely the reasons to watch "Fringe." I'm so sad I threw away my "Pacey's Girlfriend" t-shirt.
Savannah had the same set back when baby Quinn came along. Our trick (WARNING: VERY GROSS) was to let / make her clean it up herself. Totally worked! As she smeared poop around for close to an hour, she decided she was done with the game, and repented. I, of course, Cloroxed everything for weeks!
I don't ever believe anyone who says their kid was potty trained in a day, or a week, or even a month. It's a long process and you have to stick to your guns.
Beautiful picture of Bridgie!
Eh, my plan is to never try. :)
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