Taking the Scenic Route

Potty learning funnies

We have this Bear in the Big Blue House potty video that Zane seems to really like.  Last night, he popped it in, and upon hearing it, I went to get him his undies and showed them to him trying to help make the connection to what was on the video.  He seemed unimpressed.  I left him with his video and underwear for a few minutes and returned to find a boy with no diaper on, and the underwear around his neck.   So, I gently pull it back over his head and explain that you put undies on like pants, holding them open for him to step into.  (telling him that wearing underwear meant that when he had to go pee-pee or poop he needed to go to the potty instead of just going in his underwear in about 10 different ways)

When the video was over I asked him if he wanted to go to the potty.  He happily ran to the bathroom, got onto the potty with the underwear still on.  I had him stand up, explaining that he had to take the underwear off first.  *stifling laughter*  Finally he sat on the potty, underwear off, while I was telling him to try and go.  He didn’t (no biggie…I would have been pretty shocked if he went).  However, he did get up, rip a few squares of toilet paper off and carefully put them in the toilet, pull up his undies, put down the lid and flush.    He looked so proud of himself.  It was adorable.

He also discovered the primary advantage of undies for boys…easy access. He also still liked the idea of undies as a hat and wore a pair on his head for a while.  And, even though we kept taking him to the bathroom every 15 minutes or so, he still peed in his undies.  Oh well.  Back to diapers (it was time for bed).  lol.

It was a pretty humorous beginning.