I’m not going to lie to you. I can’t wait for the day when I don’t have to be intimately involved in my children’s toilet activities. I know it’s a part of life, I know it will all pass, and, I know this is a whole lot easier than dealing with a teenager. But still, after this morning, I’m thinking to myself, maybe in another two years I can be done with it all?
My 8-year old is pretty self sufficient at this point. She’s not always perfect about cleanliness but she’s getting there and doing pretty much everything herself. The 4-year old is another story. She’s potty trained and has been for about two years now. She still wears a pullup at night, which I have no issue with. I know when she’s ready, they’ll go. The lingering issue is the accidents which appear to happen in random and inconvenient places. Again, I can deal with an occasional wet pair of underwear, it’s the other stuff that remains a challenge at times.
Whenever she is distracted, or very relaxed and playing, the poop (or number 2) slips out. This morning it happened while she was in the bath. All of a sudden she said she had to go, but first some landed in the bathtub, some on the floor and some on the toilet seat. Oh, and because it got on her hands and she touched her hair, guess where else it went?
I don’t know whether to show my annoyance or be endlessly patient. Maybe at some point, kids should be “scared straight.” All I know is that I look forward to a time when this topic is not the main point of discussion in my house and everything is easily flushed away.
