I thought my little one was toilet trained and have been pretty free with her at home. Obviously, we have an agreement that she wear pull-ups when we are away from the home turf for more than an hour. She's fine with this since she hates public toilets and I'm paranoid about UTI (urinary tract infection) from using public toilets. Plus I have no intention of going diaper free at night till she's three and can get up in the middle of the night to pee. Apart from this she's toilet trained and hasn't even worn diapers to play-school for the past 6 months.
About two days back she did her usual "mummy pee" shout and I went rushing to get her to the potty on time. What I found, was her proudly hanging on to the proper toilet (with both hands) and standing in a puddle of pee. She gave me a big smile and said, "see mummy, I peed like a big person"!
Apparently, she saw my 6 year old nephew (I guess 6 looks big when you're two) peeing and thought she would prove herself in the same way. I obviously have a lot of explaining to do on 'how' and 'why' boy-girl peeing methods are different.
For the moment I just applauded and then explained to her that if we sit on the toilet we only have to wash our hands and not our whole body, so we save a lot of playtime. (Imagine, if she did the same in a public toilet! I wouldn't even know how to start cleaning those little hands.)
Any tips on how to tackle this? I definitely did not anticipate this stuff during parenting 101.
My sister did the same when she was about eight - but she could somehow manage to pee in the toilet. I still don't get how she did that.
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha.............she peed n the toilet! That's a rare skill for a girl. Hope V doesn't go on trying till she masters it.
ReplyDeleteOne does not get UTIs from public toilets. That's an old wives' tale, like getting gonorrhea from a toilet seat. Urine is sterile when it comes out, and although it's nasty sitting on a wet seat, all you'll get is a wet bum.
ReplyDeleteAs for your current dilemma--a minor anatomy lesson might just clear this misunderstanding right up. Or a demonstration with a garden hose.
No tips on how to tackle it, but that sure is funny.
ReplyDeleteah these little curious minds! hilarious!
ReplyDeleteJust keep her away from dogs and cats peeing too and you should be on your way to human girl peeing in no time. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit earlier! Cool blog by the way! I totally get this post as I had some "fun" times with my eldest when she was being potty-trained.
ReplyDeleteThe Mother @ Thank you, this has really lifted a burden off my shoulders. Pays to be bloggy friends with an experienced mom. Love the garden hose idea.
ReplyDeleteUnknown Mami @ Finding my blog funny is way better than giving me useful tips. The former is about me, me, me.
Deepti @ Funny how their mind works huh!
Carrie @ Omg! didn't think about other species!
mjrodriguez @ Maybe you can give me some ideas based on recent experience.
I dont have any advice because I dont have any kids yet but I think it's adorable how proud she was of herself. You gotta love how their little minds work & how impressionable they are.
ReplyDeleteOh, thanks for the smile:) Sorry I don't have any tips for you because I don't have kids yet. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteLin @ It was a good moment.
ReplyDeleteClassycareergirl @ You're welcome. Kids are special, however they're also a lot of work, so enjoy this time.
That is hilarious! I have no advice, because the closest I've come to potty training anything is figuring out where my rabbits were determined to pee and putting litterboxes there!
ReplyDeleteLisa @ Hehehe....is it easier to potty train animals or kids?
ReplyDeleteLove that! Potty training is on my mind too. Toddler announced this week he'd be wearing pants from now on. Just before we're due to jump on a plane for a three-day city break. Someone tell me what I do with all those wet clothes?!
ReplyDeleteBabies who bruch @ That is tough. You could carry a hand rinse for baby clothes and a hairdryer.
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