my most disgusting post yet . . .
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: The Journey of Motherhood
Several months ago Quinten burned his bare bottom after backing up into our wood stove. I’d share a photo but I’ll spare you the ebejebies (how do you spell that word?) and spare myself the weirdos that would undoubtedly find this post. The sad situation came about out of an attempt to get cozy after a shower (it obviously backfired miserably). We decided to use our lemons to make lemonade by jumpstarting our potty training efforts in honor of our burned bare bottom boy who was now frolicking through the house. I even had reinforcements as my mother-in-law arrived just days after the “event” which doubled my ability to provide the necessary focus that potty training requires.
All systems were “go” and with the help of my chocolate chip jar, Quiten was up for the challenge. We moved from diapers to cloth training pants and saw slow but consistant progress as the days passed. We cheered loudly, proudly wore potty watches and ate many chocolate chips. . .
Somewhere along the way however we started to backslide. My focus wavered, accidents increased, the diapers reappeared and I knew the battle had not yet been won. I have learned that there are many milestones that mark a child’s life. Several never find their way into the baby books. It is a shame as I believe they are the ones that would be the most fun to read about. In my attempt to ensure good future reading material I begun documenting our recent potty mishaps. I’ll warn you, what you are about to see is not for the faint at heart, this is real life people. Real. Life.
Enjoy!
Those paper towels are not sitting there “just in case”, case closed.
Well good morning there sunshine! What a lovely surprise you have there in your pants!
Oh crap.
I don’t have go guess who stinks here.
I love this face, it seems to be saying, “Um, what? Is it not okay for me to drive my green car though my pee cause I sure thought it was fun.”
Okay this is just disgusting
I won’t go into too much detail here except to say this was not our tub, but a friends. The poop was not just on Quinten, but also their carpet. And I was not the only one cleaning up (my husband is in the next room operating said friend’s shampooer).
The upside to this lovely slideshow presentation is that Quiten has just lately begun voluntarily alerting us when he needs to go poop and going successfully on the potty, there is hope my friends, hope!
So here is the part that you remind me that I am not alone, please share your potty stories!
Heather Ledeboer
I am a Christian, wife, mom and the owner of Mom 4 Life. I have a passion for helping moms and encouraging them in their journey through motherhood. I invite you to journey along with me!
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It’s Hebe-Jeebies. The hyphen appears to be optional. =) I will share a story later.
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Heather Ledeboer Reply:
September 10th, 2012 at 12:18 pm
@Trisha W., Thank you;)! Please don’t keep me hanging for your story to long. . . .
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OH, GROSS! I just started potty training child 2 today. I am exhausted; he is exhausted; and I am wondering if I should keep up with it tomorrow. Today was sooo discouraging with having to change him 25-30x. really?
The best story today…when he decided to shut the bathroom door and lock it. When I tried to explain to him how to unlock it, I think he was confused with trying to go potty. I was able to push against the door and eventually have him unlock the door. Hope that NEVER happens again!
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Heather Ledeboer Reply:
September 10th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
@melissa, I feel for you! The beginning is the worst. I just started focusing again with Quinten and we had 6 accidents on the carpet and couch in our first day. I am so glad I have a carpet cleaner!!! The bathroom door story sounds awful, poor you and poor him!
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This is too funny! So adorable what a cutie pie!!
I have a little story about a little girl I use to nanny, her name is Sophia she was 3 maybe 4, it was time for bed, we did our usual took a bath brushed our teeth read a story and said a prayer. Sophia liked to stall before bed, try to tell me a story, ask for water, or needed to “go potty” tonight is was potty. So of course I took he to the bathroom helped her up and waited, she stared at me and said “I want to doubt by myself” she then asked me to leave the room… So I did (her room was a foot away) I left both doors opened and sat waiting. It was silent for about two min, I asked her if she was okay and she replied with a “yessss” those long drawn out words that should be a warning.. About a minute later I heard a strang noise I waited for a second and heard another one followed by a splash!! Oh boy.. I ran to the bathroom to find Sophia playing with her hands in the toilet making a masterpiece with her home made clay… Needless to say it was on her face in her hair on the floor and wall… I have never been more terrified! But I’m looking forward to telling this story at her graduation (:
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Heather Ledeboer Reply:
September 10th, 2012 at 10:07 pm
@Maddie, oh no! That is horrible! Thank you for sharing and yes I am sure she will love being reminded of that. Did you tell her parents about it? Did you take photos:) ?
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Maddie Reply:
September 15th, 2012 at 7:39 pm
@Heather Ledeboer, Yes i did tell her parents! Unfortunately i did not take pictures i was a little mortified by the scene! It was very funny after i got her all cleaned up.. Im just glad she didnt eat any.. At least i hope not!!
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Oh my gosh this post totally cracked me up! I love that you took important documentation of his bum blunders! I remember a time where I was changing our son and he was just so covered I decided to stick him in the bathroom sink. Well, my husband was at said sink and I stood there for a sec holding Jack out in mid air deciding what to do and he seized the moment. He pooped again hanging out there, and it landed with a giant splat and splattered all over the hubs! I just laughed and laughed while my husband freaked out and ran around trying to clean himself off. Jack thought it was funny too.
(P.S. Remember me? I’m the weird stalker from Mindy’s baby shower.
Wanted to say Hi from Houston!)
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AnnaLee Reply:
September 10th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
@Mandy,
I can tooooootally see “husband” freaking out and you Bustin’ a gut!!
I laughed soooo hard when I read that!
Miss you!!!
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Heather Ledeboer Reply:
September 10th, 2012 at 9:44 pm
@Mandy, I loved your story, please thank your husband for being the test subject for brightening my day;)! And hello to my stalker friend in Houston!
How are you settling in?
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Heather, You are not alone…
I am sooo wanting to start potty training Isaac, yet at the same time sooo hesitant. I know how much time/effort/energy/focus/did I mention time??? that it takes to potty train – I’ve done it 3 times before. However, with the start of the school year (ours being home school) I have a hard time pulling myself away from the older 3 “hard at work kids” to do anything, really.
But, at the same time, he’s been asking to go potty every now and then, so I know I need to.
I just… get so… tired and… distracted.
So, no. You’re not alone. I’m not going through it now, but have, and will again.
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Heather Ledeboer Reply:
September 10th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
@AnnaLee, thank you for your words of assurance. It does take SO much focus, especially so when you have other kids in the house that require attention (well now that I have written that it seems silly as all kids require attention but anyway. . . .) I don’t blame you for putting it off.
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We started potty training about six weeks ago. Leo consistently poops in the toilet, thankfully! But he just cannot seem to make it to the toilet for peeing. Every time. So unless we prompt him at regular intervals, we have messes all over the house. And with every “accident” I think “I HATE POTTY TRAINING! When is he going to get it! It’s been weeks of saying the same thing every day….” I’m exhausted.
I’m sorry about all the poop clean-ups! We did elimination communication last year and that’s when we had poopy messes all the time.
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Heather Ledeboer Reply:
September 10th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
@Jessica T, oh my 6 weeks is a long time . This makes me REALLY glad that you have my carpet cleaner right now. I can so relate to your internal hatred of potty training too. We recently started rewarding Q with some ipad time when he goes potty instead of c. chips. He plays an alphabet game and at least for now this is totally motivating to him. We will see if it lasts long enough for the habit to form and for him to start saying on his own that he needs to go. . .
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