Saturday, December 08, 2007

The things they say and the challenges of toilet training

I think the things that toddlers can say are class. I was taking my eldest to nursery and as we were a little early I took my time walking over the woods. He pointed at a bit where he says Lord Vader and the robots are so I said that he could go and look at them (they are not really there but he says they) he then turned around and said to me ‘can Lord Vader come to nursery?’ I said yes and he then said ’Can he wear his nursery shoes?’ I said yes to that as well.

It really made me smile. Only a child could ask if Lord Vader could go to nursery. I had a funny vision of how that would look. I think I am going to have to turn that into a picture or a collage.

I have had to order a new table for my eldest as the high chair that he was using was getting tatty (the foam part that is) I was able to take the foam off so that he can use it for breakfast but for the other meals I have ordered a funky table and chairs for him. I had to order two extra chairs for the table but it still was not that expensive. It was really easy to put up and it looks so funky. It will mean that both my eldest and my twins can sit down to a proper table to eat their meals. Also my stepdaughter sits at it (even though she is a bit too big for it)

We have been facing some challenges with my eldest and his toilet training. He has had a lot of accidents recently. I would ask him if he needed the toilet and his reply would be ‘but my trousers are not wet’ I tried to tell him that he has to go to the toilet before his trousers get wet but he did not seem to understand that. It was really frustrating and I sadly lost my patience with him when I was walking home from nursery one day. I told him yesterday that if he manages to stay dry for his time at nursery he would get some chocolate buttons. He managed to stay dry so I am hoping that if I can give him a reward for staying dry that would help him to learn to go to the toilet before he wets his trousers.

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