Comments on: Another thing they don’t tell you about fatherhood

By: ladybughugs

ladybughugs — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:28:09 +0000

Came over from Rattling the Kettle…

My Lil’bug is working on potty training. We had a terrible argument when she wanted to try it standing. So, yeah, I’m sure Swee’Pea will probably want to try it standing. Scout’s Kindergarten teacher introduced him to the boy’s facilities, he sat until then.

You can try leaving them in diapers until college but you might have to home-school.

Also, I’d be tryin’ to figure out how to send that Hawaiian souvenir back from whence it came. Not that I’m superstitious or anything. Just sayin’.

By: Lindsay Lebresco (Graco)

Lindsay Lebresco (Graco) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:03:02 +0000

Wait until it’s TheMonk’s turn to go. Just remove any bathroom mats, perhaps the shower curtain and anything else that can’t be wiped down easily. Good aim can take months- maybe years, of practice…

By: Whit

Whit — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:08:28 +0000

I always figured you for a sitting type.

By: Memphislis

Memphislis — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:35:41 +0000

Dude. Drink some water.

By: Kila

Kila — Sat, 31 May 2008 03:05:03 +0000

Just wait until you get to show them how to wipe!

Don’t waste too much effort or stress on toilet training. Seriously. They do it themselves when they are darn good and ready (I have three boys). Some do it by age 2, some not until after the 4th birthday (which really freaks out the grandmas), but they all go off to kindergarten in underpants!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:45:13 +0000

When my husband had our he-twin watch him “in the stance” for the first time, we happened to be in a hotel room. Post-parental pee, our son burst from the bathroom with arms overhead and yelled, “THAT’S FANTASTIC!”

(Needless to say, my husband felt it was more a commentary on his biological prowess as opposed to his aim…)

Enjoy (or at least keep your humor) during the dual potty training ride….

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:52:46 +0000

I don’t know who this “Grandmother” person is, if that is even her real name, but she is giving you one of the biggest lies of parenthood. Potty training is not liberating. I’d rather change a diaper than search frantically for a bathroom. I’d rather change a diaper than ask one thousand times a day “Do you have to go? Are you sure?”

The only good reason to potty train your child is to get your mother off your back. You should see my mother, she’s a real piece of work.

Oh and bragging rights. “Your child isn’t potty trained yet? Little Big Head was trained in 2 years 1 month 2 days and 7 minutes. He’s a real go getter my little Big Head. Your son is … special.”

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:14:02 +0000

So… did you flush? LoL

This was way too funny. The twitter made me laugh, but reading the whole story is so much better.

By: above average joe

above average joe — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:25:41 +0000

Next throw in some Cheerios and play Missle Command. That’ll get them potty trained.

Well maybe not Swee’Pea.

By: mamie

mamie — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:04:48 +0000

o.m.g. laughed so hard at this one. i am gonna’ make tim do the honors at some point. btw: the face break comment made me laugh almost as hard. and to the first comment, um, both my boys watch me pee all the time, why different for daddy?