Surprise!!! Didn't think I'd be back again this year, did you? I didn't either. But today was a very special day. A momentous, blog-worthy, mark-your-calendar kind of day and I feel the need to share the news with the world at large. No, I didn't win a contest to meet Johnny Depp at his villa in the South of France, but something equally as exciting has occurred -- my little boy went poo on the potty. I KNOW! I am so freaking proud of him I could just burst. I feel like Gob when he got on the cover of POOF magazine... it's that kind of joy. Seriously, up until today this kid had zero interest in using the potty, this is even after bribing him with a Thomas train set (yes, I pulled out the big guns here). We got the little red potty seat, the cute designer kid underpants, we made a whole sticker chart -- the whole nine yards. He was totally into the concept at first, but it just wasn't clicking and frustration was setting in. So I gave up, resigned myself to another year+ of changing giant poo diapers. Then, lo and behold, out of the blue and in the middle of chicken nugget dinner tonight he says, "I wanna go poo-poo." I quickly picked my jaw up off the floor, hauled him off to the bathroom and he sat there and did his business. It was magical. I almost cried.
So there you go, people. A heartwarming tale the whole family can enjoy. You're welcome. And as a bonus, I wrote a little song about it that goes something like this...
Who knew a poo could make me feel the way I do?
I'm still working on it.
8 keep(s) me blogging:
A piece of news which brings a tear to my anus! Did you give the little fellow a treat afterwards? Brown sugar fudge perhaps? Not so sure about you sharing your sister's Depp fixation.
do you think it was a coincidence that you were eating nuggets? because i don't.
Aw, I remember the kind of joy you're feeling!
One day when our eldest kid was four years old, she suddenly bolted from the room only to come back two minutes later and announce that she had vomited. I went off with her to assess the damage only to find that she had done it IN THE TOILET. I'm telling you, that was a Red Letter Date in our household.
A proud moment in every mother's life to be sure...
rock on sister;)
don't expect it to happen again for another month... just sayin'
that way you'll be pleasantly surprised if it does and not heartbroken when it doesn't!
Truly a momentous occasion... I just wouldn't include it on your Christmas newsletter this year. - Dad
My wife felt the same joy when I took my first one in the toilet (I was a very slow learner).
If there's a way to save this blog for 13 1/2 years until he's 16 I'm sure he'll appreciate your sharing.
GB: No fudgesicle rewards, just a sticker to put on the over-ambitious chart I made for him. And being fixated with Johnny Depp isn't due to the fact that we're related, it's due to the fact that we're female.
k: Interesting, I hadn't thought of that. Definite possibility there.
MW: Wow, a whole other bodily excretion training process I hadn't even considered up till now. Something else to look forward to!
Auri: Seeing as how the potty has sat unused for two days now, your point is well taken.
Dad: You don't think? It was gonna be my leading story...
Charlie: Congratulations to your wife on that.
Mum: Oh, I'll definitely be documenting this in his baby book, complete with photographic evidence.
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