Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Potty Lines

Sorry! No real post tonight - too busy listening to the President's speech....

But I think I can finally say (um, I guess I mean say again - looks like this announcement was a tad premature last November) that we are coming to the end of the diaper years here!

[and you thought I was going to say something political, didn't you?]

It's been a long slog through mountains of poop and pee (now there's a pretty picture) over the past 17 years, with many a false light at the end of the potty-training tunnel; but today our youngest - of her own volition - went into the bathroom, sat on the potty, and pooped. Just like that. Of course, we were all treated to a detailed play-by-play:

"I pooped!"

"Just half of it, though..."

"Okay, I pooped the rest!"

I'm thinking I should get her a cellphone and a Twitter account - I wonder how many followers she'd attract with tidbits like that?

21 comments:

  1. For a minute there I thought you were going to say you were pregnant.

    That would've been AWESOME.

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  2. Ok, time to get knocked up again!
    Congratulations!
    As Neil says "Girl, you'll be a woman soon...."

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  3. I sort of gave up trying to get my youngest to potty train. However, I also refused to buy any more diapers or pullups for her either. We went through a lot of vinegar that year.

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  4. Congratulations! With my first son, I had to wait until he announced at age 3 1/2 that he didn't want to wear diapers anymore and even then it took awhile. With Boy #2 we are trying at 2 1/4. I don't mind diapers and it is great when they use the toilet on their own, but I hate the in between.

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  5. Congratulations on the potty stuff!
    If I was on Twitter I'd totally follow her.

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  6. aah...thank you. i needed a laugh tonight.

    our kids' bathroom is near the kichen. it was planned that way because all of the really important conversations happen while they're on the potty.

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  7. I'd follow.
    That's funny.

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  8. Oh I do love the way your blog is written! Hope you don't mind if I follow along for a while!

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  9. Whoohoo!!

    I have to say, those are better tweets than I make...

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  10. You will have to have a potty train party when it is all over! Wahoo!!! I feel the excitement for you!

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  11. Getting her a cellphone would sure piss Anna off!

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  12. Ha! That is funny. How can they pinch it off like that?

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  13. That was hilarious. I would probably actually love to follow her on twitter. I'm immature enough to crack up over potty updates. "OK, I pooped the rest!"

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  14. Welcome to the joy of a diaper free zone. Ahhhh..I can almost feel the relief you must be feeling.

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  15. Twittering from the potty is almost as disgusting as when people remain on the cell phone in the public rest room.

    Hope your potty training goes more smoothly than mine...

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  16. YAY! for poop in the potty! Don't ya HATE potty training?! But, looks like you are almost there!

    Mrs. Nurse Boy

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  17. Here's hoping you never have to change another nasty diaper again. EVER!

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  18. To heck with Twitter - that girl needs her own blog!

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  19. LOL! Brought back memories. My son would NOT wipe his own butt for-ever. He would sit on the potty and call out. At my parents' house, a two story colonial, he ended up in the bathroom upstairs while the rest of us were far away in the family room. I wondered where he had gone. As I'm wandering towards the stairs I heard his wee-little 3 1/2 year old voice call out, "Is anyone ever going to wipe my butt?!"

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  20. congratulations!

    excellent tweets.

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  21. Your post is the only reason I even knew the President gave a speech. Pathetic, huh?

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