Potty training of boys and girls is a unique and sometimes entertaining experience. When you stop to think about it, this normal bodily function becomes something we are ooohing and awing over in order to get our children to “go potty” in the big girl or big boy potty. When they master this extraordinary event, we, as proud parents, clap and whoop and holler and give high fives and gold stars!
Why wouldn’t we?…it is the passage of another stage in our children’s small lives.
Of course, we are also giving ourselves silent pats on the back for figuring out ways to get our little angels to go when they sit, or hit the target when they aim. And of course, let us not forget that many little boys, once mastering the skill of “potty training” find a tree is just as good as a toilet for certain endeavors. The training here needs to be to stand on the back side of a tree so as not to moon the audience at your father’s adult soccer game!
All too often it is the parent who is ready to train the child before the child is ready to be trained. In the end, let’s face it…you can lead a child to the potty, but you cannot make them pee or poop. Relax moms! They will learn all in good time…sit back, have a Coke and prepare for the whooping and hollering to begin. Potty patrol is all on your child’s schedule!
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