Beau has been pottytraining for just over two weeks now, and with great success. He still has an accident here or there, but for the most part he "gets it." Despite all the advice I got from friends, books I read, and questions I asked, there are a few things that no one prepared me for while potty training a little boy. Here goes...
1. I find random items in my toilet - like my tennis shoes or my favorite wooden spoon.
2. Selecting which "big boy" underwear to wear today is parallel to my picking out which dress to wear to prom. Seriously Beau, they're underwear. No one but Mommy is going to see them, and there's still that chance that they'll end up wet at some point during the day.
3. "Accidents" are not limited to peeing in your pants. Oh no, two days in a row Beau had to walk around the class room barefoot because he managed to pee on his shoes. How's that for bad aim?
4. When he insisted on standing up to potty, because, well, that's how Daddy does it, I had to help him "aim."
5. He refuses to pee into the "big" potty because, "Mommy, I'm scared." And so, instead he stands on the toilet seat, firmly grasping on to the toilet bowl tank. Hey, it works.
6. After he mastered peeing standing up, I had to have a conversation with him explaining that pooping standing up is really ill-advised.
7. I have never been so glad to have the maid come on Friday.
8. Seeing the look on his face when he has success makes cleaning up all those accidents worth it, well, almost. You never really get used to cleaning that up.
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