Aaaaaahhhhhh!!! The potty talks!!! It says things like “Elmo is so proud of you!” and “You did it! Way to go!” and “It’s potty time with Elmo!”—in both English and Spanish.We finally went out and bought the Elmo potty for Meredith—the one that she has been asking for about ten times per day for the last two months. She was ecstatic, of course. She hugged it tightly to herserlf in the car on the way home.
Since I am totally unprepared to begin potty training—and I have my doubts as to whether Meredith is even READY to start potty training—I started reading a potty training book in the car on the way to Toy’s R Us to buy the potty. (I know … I can’t stand it either … I’m such an advance planner.)
My suspicions were confirmed that Meredith probably needs a few more months. I hope we didn’t jump the gun. It would be ideal for her enthusiasm over the potty to peak around the same time that she is ready to begin her training. Oh well.
Kevin and I both had a big chuckle over this paragraph in the book—which our experience shows is entirely untrue!
[In speaking about the tools you will need to purchase to begin potty training, the chapter starts with the obvious one, the potty chair itself.]
“New chairs start around $10.00 and go up from there depending on how many bells and whistles you desire. The ‘you’ in that last sentence refers to Mom and Dad because your child really doesn’t have a preference at this early age what her potty chair will look like or what fancy sounds it can make.”
Ha, ha, ha!!! Very funny.
Okay, well maybe not when I'm hearing the “Elmo is so proud of you!” mantra in my sleep.
4 comments:
That's funny.
D2 keeps pulling his shirt over his head and saying he needs to go potty. Guess he's a little confused about which piece of clothing needs to be removed. I keep telling him he's not ready.
She looks just a LITTLE happy with the newest purchase :)
I hope that enthusiasm holds. I may have tried too soon. Before he was 2, I bought Ben a "potty" and sat him on it. It was cold. He hated it. He cried. He cries every time I suggest he try it. It has been over a year. Now he is big enough, we'll just forget that "potty" and teach him to use a big one. I hope that is going to happen REAL soon. But he still freaks out when we discuss it.-rlr
such a cute post! lol! I loved the pic of Merdith on the potty. lol! Good luck with training...whenever you do start:)
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