One true fact absent from my recent letter to Kate is that a few weeks ago, I went out and bought a little potty chair for Kate to use. It was met with a lot of interest from her -- much ooohing and aaahing and flipping up and down of the lid -- but not much real grasp of what you're supposed to do with it exactly. This in spite of my best efforts to explain AND an Elmo's Potty Time DVD thoughtfully sent by Gam. (That's right. Elmo's Potty Time is now part of my film collection. We have excellent taste around here.) There have been some moments when I thought she was starting to get it, but overall, I think we might wait until we're done with some traveling we're going to be doing in the next month and then try again. No big deal.
As if to confirm my suspicions, a couple of evenings ago when I was making my nightly run around the house to pick up after the day's devastation, I came upon this in the potty. Yeah. I don't think she gets it.
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Oh boy. I can't wait to hear your stories in a few weeks! Love you, dear friend.
Posted by RT | July 15, 2009 10:13 AM
Posted on July 15, 2009 10:13
The only thing Ana got out of Elmo's Potty Time is that "accidents happen." She'll spill something at the table and as I'm cleaning it up she'll remind me, "Accidents happen, don't they, daddy? Accidents happen sometimes."
I don't know if Elmo will make a curtain call when we start working on this with Gene.
Posted by Tim Smith | July 15, 2009 12:25 PM
Posted on July 15, 2009 12:25
Yep, good luck with that. Although Kate will not go to Kindergarten wearing a diaper, I still look at the time Annabelle FINALLY got the idea of the potty as one of my Top Five Accomplishments of ALL time!
Posted by Shanelle | July 15, 2009 6:23 PM
Posted on July 15, 2009 18:23