Something in your life really changes when you start carrying an extra pair of someone else's panties in your purse....just in case.
No, my toddler hasn't started taking Alli. But when you have a newly potty trained toddler, you don't leave home without an extra pair. Let me tell you why...
My little girl has an aiming problem. She can sit all ladylike on the potty and shoot pee straight out onto the floor... (oh, the google hits those words will bring....go away you nasty pervs. There's nothing here for you here).
So we're at a really awesome church function, and the girl's gotta go. So we go.
I take her to the ladies room. I cover the automatic flush sensor with paper before she goes near the potty, because no one likes it to flush while they're sitting there. Especially my anti-loud-flush toddler.
We cram ourselves into the teeny tiny stall and she gets settled and starts to go.
The pee immediately shoots straight out, right at me. I squeal and jump out of the way, she screams and falls in the toilet.
That's right, my little sweetie in the toilet.
So she's screaming because her butt is in the toilet, there pee on the floor, pee on her skirt (thankfully, no pee in the toilet where her butt it).
I'm trying to tell her it's okay, it's going to be okay, while trying to get her out of the toilet.
Which is when I realize I left my purse (along with that emergency change of clothing) in the sanctuary. In the front of the sanctuary.
So I pulled her little skirt back on (because I had nothing else to do) and she duck walked back to the front of the sanctuary to get the dry clothes, then back to the bathroom to put them on.
Then we had a discussion about how she needed to finish peeing. No WAY was she going near that toilet. She tried to convince me that she'd just hold it until we got home. Well, I knew that wasn't going to happen.
So we came to a compromise...
I took her out the in the parking lot and we hid between a Suburban and a mini-van so she could finish the job.
I've got to get a travel potty.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Squatting in the Parking Lot
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I never thought in a million years that I would have a problem with the direction of pee with a little girl. Amber can sit on the toilet and pee straight out of it, too. Mainly, because she is looking at where the pee comes from. So, when we are in public bathrooms I am constantly yelling, "Pee in the toilet, not on the floor. or "Point it down. Point it down." I am sure many are wondering what the hell is going on in the stall.
And dont worry, we have done the walk of shame in church. Amber peed on her panties and had to carefully walk by to the pew without showing God and everyone her privates. It is all good times with kids.
OMG - I thought my daughter was the only one with such powerful pee! I too have been doused at inconvenient times ( family pictures for example!) I'm thinking of taking her little potty she started training on outside because that is always where she has her accidents! Way to compromise!
heather
omg! thanks for the laugh this afternoon. I needed it. Did I ever tell you about how this little blond 3 year old girl didn't go for three whole days because the potty's were dirty at camp?!
:)
In 13 years when she brings home her first boyfriend, pull up this post and enjoy the hilarity.
Last week when I was asked for my driver's license at a job interview, I reached into my purse and accidentally pulled out my daughter's underwear with my wallet.
I loved the part about your daughter peeing in the parking lot because she was afraid of the toilet. That's hilarious!
That'll be something for me to look forward to in a couple of months -maybe by Christmas. My son is 18 months. He hasn't shown any interest yet. Oh, the fun we'll have...
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