Prue DeAraugoFarewell Thy Nappy
July 12th 2009 05:22
In terms of parenting, today I entered the final frontier of the baby to big kid journey. That’s right…toilet training.
It’s an unfamiliar road I travel right now, my clever, funny and wonderfully social 3 ˝ year old son has been well versed on all the business of number ones and twos for quite some time now yet my decision to wait until ‘he was ready’ has proved futile. My dear boy was more than happy to continue on in nappies until who knows when; I however can see an imminent deadline approaching, my absolute and unwavering objective…kindergarten.
My plan of attack? He’s going cold turkey on the nappies. Based on a plethora of advice I have waded through on the web and deciphered from well meaning friends and relatives, I came to the conclusion that he is old enough, he gets it and I’m just helping him along with that final piece of the puzzle…actually doing it.
Well aware that I may have missed the earlier window of ease at say 2 ˝ years old, the whole issue in toilet training him as an older child is just how knowing he is…and by that I mean HE ‘knows’ how much I want this. So I’m bringing out the big guns…food rewards, superhero phone calls, favourite character jocks, You Can Do It songs etc etc…each one sounds more promising than the next.
So half way through the day, we’re 0 for 0. But if you look at that positively, we haven’t failed. The only question now is who can last longer…my strong-willed boy and his equally compliant bladder or Me, the motivational wee coach complete with a timer attached to her shirt (to remind me to remind him to ‘go’).
Stay tuned.
My plan of attack? He’s going cold turkey on the nappies. Based on a plethora of advice I have waded through on the web and deciphered from well meaning friends and relatives, I came to the conclusion that he is old enough, he gets it and I’m just helping him along with that final piece of the puzzle…actually doing it.
Well aware that I may have missed the earlier window of ease at say 2 ˝ years old, the whole issue in toilet training him as an older child is just how knowing he is…and by that I mean HE ‘knows’ how much I want this. So I’m bringing out the big guns…food rewards, superhero phone calls, favourite character jocks, You Can Do It songs etc etc…each one sounds more promising than the next.
So half way through the day, we’re 0 for 0. But if you look at that positively, we haven’t failed. The only question now is who can last longer…my strong-willed boy and his equally compliant bladder or Me, the motivational wee coach complete with a timer attached to her shirt (to remind me to remind him to ‘go’).
Stay tuned.
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