But what happens when you realize that they think it's ok to pee on the playground, at a birthday party or off your front doorstep?
Starting with a girl
My first child was a girl and potty training was awful. I don't know why but toddlers and little kids just LOVE to use public restrooms, everywhere and often.
- We go to the grocery store..."I've got to go potty!"
- We go drive past a gas station..."I've got to go potty!
- We go to a park where there's only a port-o-potty..."I've got to go potty!"
So we end up with twin boys and the first thing I do is teach them they can pee outside. *Yes, I guess this makes me a redneck or a hippie or maybe a slacker? But it's what worked, and worked awesome for us.
No more having to stop as gas station bathrooms, we just pull over somewhere semi-discreet and I let them pee in a bush.
Peeing in Public?
It took a while before I realized, or they realized, they could pee ON THEIR OWN, outdoors. I no longer had time to find a bush or walk them behind a tree. They'd just pee under the slide on the playground, pee at a birthday party next to the picnic table or gasp...pee right in front of other people and their kids.So these I suppose are the perils of potty training. You have to take the good with the bad and I had to try and adapt my teachings to suit the fact that they'd be in school and you can't just pee on the playground.
They're six now and thankfully they're not peeing in front of people but they will still pee outdoors, they usually ask first though.
We had some real embarrassing trips to the park and/or playdates with others that involved them peeing in front of everyone, but I wouldn't take it back or change a thing.
Public restrooms still disgust me and I often wish I could just find a tree and avoid them.
How about you all? Does any of this sound familiar?
