sábado, 29 de marzo de 2008

How to Pee Standing Up 101

Mama Llama here is about at her Wit's End.

Yes, of course, most Llamas stand and pee, regardless if they are male or female. I am just, apparently, a very special llama who uses great squatting discretion...

We'll just let that be that for now.

The problem is trying to teach the three year-old Young Prince, Heir to the Throne, how to pee standing up.

This has become quite problematic, especially today when, on three separate occasions we had to drop trou so that he could pee in bushes---and on all three separate occasions, guess who ended up getting all wet?

You got it. Mama Llama.

He doesn't know how to hold himself or to position himself so that he pees out, not down. Of course, as a Mama Llama (please note subtle emphasis on gender), I have absolutely No Clue Whatsoever as to how to teach him. And his father just won't do it. Although, since Mama Llama has done all the dirty work in spit up-throw up-potty training-urinating all over the house joys that raising children implies, and got both La Princesita and the Young Prince out of diapers well before they were both three years old, one would think that, for this small task, he of all people should step up to the....

...a-hem...

Throne.

Perhaps, as he is not in line to reign as merely being married into the line, he feels not worthy of approaching the...a-hem...Throne, no matter how low, white and porcelain It may be.

6 comentarios:

  1. Ha!
    But yes, a problem .... we used to have a hippo - a plastic, low stool shaped like a hippo for our sons to stand up on, which helped a little.
    It's getting the pelvic thrust action going. How about some dances to rock music as a fun exercise? And to get him used to the action needed to do the deed? :)

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  2. :) Oh Chief...you would LAUGH if you saw how well he can "move it"...we listen to Latin Music all the time, and he can move his hips better than a lot of grown men I have seen try to dance!

    We do have a stool he can stand upon, and I have tried putting Cheerios in the toilet for "target practice" but he really doesn't WANT to stand up. He prefers to sit.

    sigh

    Will it just come in time???

    And in the meantime...??? I guess be thankful that he can, at least, go potty by himself.

    My mother only had two girls. I just am not very *cultured* in this subject...!

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  3. OMG, I have so been there...I'm sorry you got wet. My son will stand there and wiggle is skinny little 5 year old butt to see how much space he can cover...drives me insane!

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  4. Heh. I'm so glad I had a girl.....

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  5. Yeah, Z...it was soooo much easier with La Princesita first, let me tell you. Really, I never in my dreams thought potty training the Young Prince would be as easy as it was...it's just the standing-up obstacle.

    Be well, Z!

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  6. We always used Cheerios to float in the toilet water and see how many the little man can hit with his little stream. It works. When he's through, a little shake shake and then we put it away until next time and the Cheerios are flushed.

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