Without a doubt, there are more horrifying words one could hear coming down through the monitor when your son is supposed to be napping. I, however, am at a loss to think of a single one. The statement in question? “Oh, no, Mommy! There’s poop all over me!”
Yes, that’s right folks. Lesson #1 from Potty Training Boot Camp. Don’t listen to those folks who blithely tell you to suck it up and ditch all diapers, unless you enjoy cleaning poop from clothing, legs, sheets, books, the wall next to the bed, the stuffed animals… Pull-Ups at naptime and bedtime are essential.
Lesson #2? Well, that’d be pretty much this: DON’T DO IT! I mean, hey, are diapers really all that bad?
Lesson #3: See lesson #2. Seriously.
Doodles really wants to wear underwear. With almost equal intensity, he does not want to sit on the potty. So we did the only rational thing we could do: We gave up.
We’ll try again in a few months. Check back then.
