Allison Vorcheimer Parenting can be stressful and when we’re so focused on a task – example POTTY TRAINING our little ones – it is easy to get overwhelmed. Sometimes, the best medicine is to laugh at our misfortunes, or BLOOPERS as we will call them now that we have passed to the other side of the potty training obstacle. If you are in the thick of potty training, we hope our bloopers will give you a laugh and show you we’ve all been there. If you are looking for more helpful tips, check out Toddler Time: Surviving Potty Training- Tips and Tricks from the expert
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My original funny story is actually back to when I was a nanny – the whole family was screaming and told me “Miss Aliz, come hurry!”
I freaked out as I had no idea what happened. So all family members gathered in the half bathroom(6 of us) and cheered for the little girl and to say bye to her š©.
I thought they were crazy and funny. But, guess what was the first thing I did with my boys and kept doing it until it was a big deal?
Yeap the same exact thing! And yes, the very first time my husband looked at me like I was a weirdo š
Actually though, this was probably the one transition that happened smoother than I expected. I took it very easy and didn’t stress about it as it is kind of like learning how to walk, not much you can do to hurry them. I did however start exposing my 2 boys early sitting them on the potty at around 1-1.5 (now they are 3 and 6). Every night before bath they peed in the toilet. Around age two we started to use the potty in the morning, after meal or snack (they still wore diapers at this time). Closer to age 3 they both were done with accidents at night.
We also had two different potty books (My Thomas Potty Book and Ready to Go Toilet Time) and kind of copied what they did in the book. One had an astronaut so my little one also carried his astronaut bear to potty. I also gave them stickers as a reward.
When my son was maybe 3 we went to Disney for a family vacation. The first night we arrived, it was pretty late, and with two toddlers it was chaosĀ at the hotel. My husband put both kids in the tub for a quick bath, when my son was done I took him out, wrapped him in a towel, and put him on the bed while I found his things in the suitcase. He was still in diapers at night. As I was digging through the bed, I looked up and my son is no longer in the towel and is now coloring on the wall. When I asked him what he was doing he told me “I paint!”… he was indeed finger paintingĀ on the wall… with his poop! As gross as it was, it was definitelyĀ funny and we still talk about it today.Ā
Ah, potty trainingā a day most moms canāt wait for. Yay for no more diapers, right?! Well, prepare yourselves for a challenging, yet humorous time in your childās life.
We followed a specific book while potty training my son. It suggested keeping your child in the nude for the first few daysāthis way you can learn their individual cues for when they need to go to the potty. Let me tell you, itās exhausting watching your child and their genitals all day.
My husband and I thought we figured it out. Our son did a literal āpee peeā dance when he needed to go. Weāre all in the living room, and my son is watching his favorite Mickey Mouse show. Iām watching his cute little tush dance around, and I realize I see some liquid on the floor. Oh no, my son must have had an accident. I grab some paper towels, clean up the spot, and carry on. I sit back down, and in that same exact spot, I see another accident. At this moment I realize, the pee is dripping out of something. Itās coming from INSIDE of the media console my son had been dancing in front of. The doors were made from a woven material, and he peed directly into its tiny openings.
So remember, nothing in your home will be safe!Ā
I decided to take advantage of all of our extra “at home” time during COVID (since at the time I naively thought we would go back to normal soon *haha*) Anyway, my son was just shy of 2 and may not have been 100% ready for this but we had no where else to go so I thought, “why not”. On night 2 or 3 I had a moms group zoom and put hubby in charge of monitoring the potty timer (we were at the stage where we took him whenever the timer went off). There I was, enjoying my glass of wine and mom time when my son ran by and basically pooped on the floor in the background! I love the little boys boxer briefs and we had my son in these as I did the underwear method, not fully nude. The downside to the cute boxer briefs is that it did not have the bands around the legs to hold things in (semi defeating the purpose of not being fully nude). I was definitely embarrassed but glad it was a moms group meetup and not a business meeting!
Finished potty training and have a blooper of your own? Share it with us in the comments!
