August 28, 2009

More uncertain progress in Timmy's potty training. Early on, Grandma Hall had bought for Timmy a little doll that comes complete with a miniature, doll-sized potty. The doll was supposed to be used with the one-day potty training method, where the child "teaches" the doll how to go potty, making it easier for the child to learn himself. It didn't work for Timmy- he didn't want to do anything with the doll besides play with his hair.
The mini potty, however, got some use. While Timmy would sit on his own potty, I would bring in the doll and its potty and demonstrate to Timmy how it all works. He must have been paying attention. Read on.
This afternoon, Timmy drank a lot of water and apple juice. I had been asking him almost every 5 minutes if he needed to go potty. "No. No. No." over and over. Finally, I looked around the living room and Timmy was nowhere to be seen. I heard sounds coming from the bathroom.
Now... the fact that Timmy felt he had to pee, went into the bathroom, removed his underpands and peed in a toilet without prompting is certainly something to celebrate. Unfortunately, his toilet of choice this time was a wee bit too small (pardon the pun). Also, as you can likely tell from the picture, his aim wasn't exactly spot-on. The poor doll... he's in the washing machine now.