Potty Problem!!!

Posted by Vulnadia on Aug 02, 2009 at 02:18 PM It finally happened yesterday, that dreaded potty problem that is inevitable when you have little people sitting on a big-person potty! And to have this happen to Kian of all people, he who really REALLY wants to potty train and has nearly mastered the art of going stinky eww on the big-boy potty. Yep, you have probably guessed what happened by now. Really, we have been living on borrowed time. You see, multiples stay little even though they may not appear to be as tiny as their normal counterparts. They are narrower in places such as their wastes and they have tiny little hinies to boot. That's the rub really, the problem that got us. You see, Kian had to stinky-eww on the potty and announced it to me quite loudly, inspiring Vivienne to want to tag along, too. She never misses an opportunity to try sitting on the potty. Her heart is in the right place, but she hasn't a clue what it is she should be doing on there! Poor Kian, he only wanted to check and see if he had mastered it for the day. He is great at sitting up there like a big-kid, holding himself in place with his little wiry arms. But, he turned around to sharply, and lost his baby-boy balance and slid forward really REALLY fast! I think that is what spared him the brunt of the embarressment, really. He actually slid all the way forward before he actually fell all the way into the toilet bowl. He hit the back of his shoulders on the back of the bowl if that tells you anything about how he managed to avoid total dunking himself in there. Thankfully, his earlier swirlie incident honed instincts didn't kick in so he didn't freak out as badly as he could have. Only the back of his shirt was even really wet and it was just the tip! Vivienne just sat there and laughed at her brother's predicament, and I can't say I didn't smile a lot, either, but at least I tried not to laugh at him outright. All Vivienne could do was look at him, and say one word. She said THE WORD, too. "Whoosh!" She couldn't help herself and I couldn't really blame her. She had run around for months after giving him that swirlie tormenting poor Kian with that word and it did make him cry. But thankfully, today, he didn't even hear her. He was too busy worrying about soiling his Nemo-shirt which is one of his favorites! I am soo lucky, because he has climbed right back up on that potty and isn't faulting the potty for the incident!