Not to toot my own horn or anything, but it *appears* that I have successfully potty trained a child BEFORE the age of three. And it’s even my OWN kid! Wee-hooo! Jonah has done great learning to use the potty and I am so PROUD of him! He just has two hurdles to get over before he goes to preschool January 6.
1) He doesn’t want to use a “big” potty/potty away from home
2) He needs to take his pants and underwear a-l-l the way o-f-f before he will sit on the potty.
Ergh…since there’s no tiny froggy potty at school AND going n-a-k-e-d from the waist down at school is generally frowned upon, we still have some work to do in the next 6-7 weeks. But he hasn’t had an accident and has stayed dry in all the public places we’ve been to, because he can hold it a really long time. Still, I need him to decide he will use the potty outside of our home!
The other *issue* I’m having is, well…he likes to de-pants himself a lot. Even when he doesn’t have to go to the potty. At some point in the late afternoon or early evening I generally get worn down from re-pantsing him and just let him go commando.
He then performs his favorite superhero routine by pretending to be Super Grover over and over and over and jumping off the edge of our couch with his junk flapping in the breeze. It’s pretty cute. Except for that most superheroes wear clothes…because if they didn’t that would be pretty creepy and illegal.
“Help me! Help me Super Grover!”
“Up, Up & Away! Da-da-da-da-da-DA!”
I’m not sure how he’s saving lives by flying through the air half-naked and then landing in a pile of giggles on the couch, but hey, PRETEND PLAY FTW!
Of course he also likes to nude it up all over the rest of the house. Reading books, eating snack, playing cars = all way more fun when ya ain’t got pants on.
There are just a *couple* things that worry me about this.
A) Will he be able to have children one day? I don’t know, I mean, he’s never appeared to have injured himself up to this point. He’s also very careful to remove ALL materials from the couch before he starts his jumping-off routine. Still, accidents happen!
B) This one has already happened actually. You see, Jonah has an older sister who just had a birthday. That means there is an abnormally high concentration of glitter in our home at the moment. You know how glitter is, it just multiples for about 6 months after application and by the time it dies out, it’s time for another craft or birthday party. So there’s a lot of glitter lurking in my living room at the moment. Which means: Jonah’s junk is kinda sparkly.
It’s a vicious cycle: bathe him, clothe him, he nudes up when you’re not looking, and 3 minutes later: glittery junk.
I’m thinking we better get a handle on this at least before he’s in a junior-high locker room situation.
Or MAYBE I should just be more vigilant about keeping PANTS on my kid…but he’s a sneaky fellow, and not above pretending to have to go to the potty to have a nudepertunity!
But hey, let’s get back to the part where I potty trained a kid BEFORE HE WAS THREE! It only took me three weeks, too…you can order the engraving on my Mom of the Year plaque…NOW.
Do you have any kids in your house who prefer to live life un-clothed?
