It was a beautiful morning. The sun shined beautifully into our bedroom. And the whining of our two-year-old son got my husband out of bed. “I’ll go check on him,” my husband said.
A few seconds later, I heard my husband yelling for me, saying, “Oh. My. God. You won’t believe this! Come here!”
Now my husband can be pretty dramatic about things, so I didn’t really get too anxious about what he was saying.
I crawled out of bed and went to our son’s room. When I got there, I had a sight to behold…
But before I tell you what I saw, I have to go back to the night before…
Dear Son didn’t want to take a nap, so I decided to let him stay up and just go to bed earlier. Besides, Grandma was in town and it was her last day with him, so I decided to let them do some bonding.
Around 7:30PM, we noticed that Dear Son wasn’t in the room with us. We went to his bedroom to look for him and and found him in the bed asleep! One thing about our son is that he knows when he is sleepy!
We changed his diaper and didn’t put any pants on him. He was starting to wake up just with the diaper change, so we decided to just let him be in his diaper and shirt.
Fast forward to the next morning.
I get in my son’s room and see that my son had an accident of epic proportions. Here’s what happened.
**Disclaimer: Warning…this is gross. **
Dear Son had a bowel movement and decided that he didn’t want it on his bottom. Instead of coming and telling Mommy and Dada that he boo-booed like he usually does, he decided that he was a Big Boy and that he would just take his diaper off while still in his bed. While taking his diaper off, he got it all on his legs and all over his bed. It must have slipped out and got on his blanket and his Spiderman chair. Knowing that boo-boo isn’t supposed to be on your bed and chair, Dear Son decides that he is going to try and clean it up, thus getting it all over his hands and dropping some on the floor in spots.
Poor son. He was truly sorry for the mess he made.
My husband would’ve rather set the room on fire than to clean up all of that poop. I was pretty grossed out myself. But somehow, we reached deep down to the inner core of parenthood and cleaned up our child and his poopy room.
I’m so glad that my husband was home, because I would have had a nuclear meltdown if I had to clean up all of that poop by myself.
Needless to say, we started potty training that very day. It’s been two days later and there hasn’t been any progress that I can see right now.
Pray for me, cause right now, I’m feeling like I’ll be changing diapers forever.
I’m desperate for tips. What has worked for you?
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No advice from me, I just wanted to stop by and say hello from SITS! I'm not a mom yet, and I'm def not looking forward to these parts, but better to know ahead of time! Thanks for sharing!!!
Good luck with the potty training. My sweet little girl used to do that too. Don't be surprised if after you think you are done with potty training that they don't want to do it. I had that happen with my daughter. She was all about the potty for a few weeks and then she didn't want anything to do with it.
oh, yuck! LOL – I think all parents experience something like this at some point.
I think the best thing we did with our son for potty training was to not push it. We tried when he seemed ready, and then stopped when he refused to go on the potty. Then later, picked up again.
I'm not sure I can offer you much help. Some say boys are harder, but my theory is always if a child is interested then he is ready. Try the potty often, limit drinks at night, offer rewards( I feared my girls would be 20 and demanding an M&M; when they went pee pee), but it works!
Most moms can tell a similar gross out story, you're not alone!!
Poor baby!
Oh NO! What a mess!!
We did the 3 day method with my son and it worked great. We stayed home, put the little potty right in the kitchen where it was easily accessible and took his pants/diaper off. When he had an accident, I would calmly get some paper towels and say, "That's ok, but pee/poo belongs in the toilet." Then I would have him help me clean it up. He maybe had one accident and then was running to the little potty every time he had to go. Every time he went on the potty, we made up a "potty dance" and would sing and dance for him. He LOVED that part. By day three, there were no more accidents and he was doing the dance with us.
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Fun times! I have had a few of those. Potty training is a collection of hits and misses. My daughter Lola, who is very much in the "I do it" fase, is perfectly capable of going to the bathroom by herself. She just doens't always want to, I guess.
We are taking the positive reenforcement approach right now which works, sort of. Every time she goes potty AND keeps it dry, she gets a snowflake sticker that we put on a garland (thereby creating some nice winter decorations at the same time). When the garland is filled with stickers, she gets a present.
She loves her stickers but is not too upset when she doens't get one. "It happens…", she says.
It does indeed. Happy SITS Day!
Potty training is one thing you just can't push. My oldest daughter didn't start using the potty until she was a month shy of 3yrs but it was like a switch went off. From that day forward she only used the potty so there really wasn't any actual "training".
I've heard boys can take longer but keep your chin up. No child ever goes to kindergraten in a diaper! Hmmm, perhaps that doesn't make you feel better
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Oh no!! My one year old cannot be left without pants on or else the diaper comes off. Just too risky.
My two year old son will be three in March and has absolutely NO desire to be potty trained. We have tried a couple of times, yesterday we worked on it a bit. He was 1 for 2. Luckily no poop involved. All the best to you!
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The best thing that worked for my son when we first started was just having him go and sit on the potty ever 40 mins for about 10 mins at a time. This worked for us because I stay home most of the time during the week. We started keeping closer tabs on how much he was drinking because he'll drink all day if we let him. We're getting closer to big boy underwear but still not there. I wish I could say that we've successfully got him trained but – nope, not yet.
My one-year-old did the same thing the other day. Luckily, he was in a crib, so the floor only got what came out of the diaper as it landed. But, boy was it fun scrubbing the stuffed animals and blankets and crib rungs!
LOL! that is too funny. I'm sorry- I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time, but in a few years it will be.
Well, at least you will have an embarrassing story for future girlfriends.
Oh the joys of parenthood!
I wish I had huge encouraging words of wisdom but I don't. Just consistancy and praise is all that worked for me. My daughter was much easier than my son. She just wanted to wear big girl panties and not get them dirty.
My little man got poop on the wall once..but thats it. Sorry I have no help to offer (my little man is only 2mos old). But you poor thing! I can't imagine what that must have been like to clean.
Ugh! I hate potty training. I always say it's the hardest "mom job" there is. But I'll tell you poop and other stuff like that used to gross me out. Now after being a mom for five years, even puke doesn't phase me.
I hated potty training too. And I'm glad I'm almost through the worst, although both of mine (5 and 3) still wet the bed periodically. At least your sweetie tried to clean up!
I've been there and done that many times!!! Just yesterday, I was on the phone with the satellite people. The second a real person answered, a little naked girl ran through the living room with a poopy diaper. Dropping poops all over the place. It was also all over her. I had to try and wrangler her, talk to the tech support and check my computer connections all at the same time!!! I really dislike poo poo!
Bless all your hearts, I don't know how we deal with things like this except to just hold our noses and do it. LOL
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I have been there. A few times. It really sucks and it really is gross. After the first time, you are no longer in the "oh, kids will be kids" thought line. It goes to a problem line.
If he continues to do this, we started putting onsies back on at naptime and night time or, we turned the diaper around backwards and duct taped it to them.
Good luck with the potty training. One of my least favorite parenting times. LOL
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ahahahahahaahah! also. i can laugh because when we started potty training my oldest, she pooped right on the floor. and kept playing.
in order to get my daughter to potty on the toilet, she was awarded computer time. yes. computer time. and it totally worked.
Ohhhhhhhh Myyyyyyy. What can one say? The one thing I remember from when my children were little was that it's easiest to potty train girls when they are two and boys when they are three. I waited until those ages and as I remember, it worked out well. Good luck.
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Ick. I feel for you. My daughter used to take off her clothes and her diaper in her crib starting when she was a little over a year old. Thanks goodness that she only had ever had one bowel movement during that stage. That was wonderful of your hubby to help clean up. My only advice is to be patient, it usually takes time. Good luck!
Oh how funny! I hope it's going better now, I'm afraid I stunk at the whole potty training thing, not enough patience.
We are potty training too! Although my little girl hasn't painted with poop yet (fingers crossed). She adores stickers, so I'm making a sticker chart for her this weekend. It looks like a ladder and has sections such as 'tried today' or 'peed in the potty' and such and you put a sticker in the section after they do the action. Hope your potty training goes well! Good luck!
Happy SITS day! This is my very first day with SITS and THIS is my very first SITS comment! And after hearing THAT story you truly deserve it! I do think that it is absolutely the sweetest thing that he tried to clean it up for you guys!
Make sure to post if you find the secret to potty training! I soooo need it!
This is my first comment on SITS too. You have a cute blog! Hopefully that mess was the last of its kind for awhile! Thanks for sharing the drama of real life.
How old is he? My daughter finally did it when she was ready on her terms. For most kids, this is not until about three so don't get too worried! He will do it! In fact, I was told that boys tend to be later – my 2.5 year old is not ready and we have tried.
By the way, you are not officially a mom until you have been covered in poop. You have arrived.
FYI – I am also a Christian mommy blogger!
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SAME thing happened to us once…didn't put his pants on because it was the middle of summer and hot…woke up to find him COVERED in poo! No fun, but learned our lesson!!!
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Poor thing, Not something I would want to wake up to. Did wake up 1 time to both kids' having D. but it wasn't too bad yet.
Oh. My. GOSH woman. You are a better woman than I. Good luck with the potty training….My son WILL NOT GO!! He's very stubborn!!
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OMGoodness…I can't even imagine. My husband changed most of the boo-boo diapers in our house and cleaned spit up and vomit. My stomach is toooo weak. Glad this is a history post and nothing recent! Whew!
Wait a minute! This IS a recent post! Gross! lol!
Oh my goodness!!! What a mess! Things like that are so terrible for a moment, but later on will make for a good laugh. Maybe not a good laugh right now, but a good laugh when your son is a teenager.
As for potty training tips – Persistence, lots of encouragement and a few simple rewards helped a lot with my son. And, I must say that the video "Once Upon a Potty" also helped tremendously.
Rewards: I gave William a gummy bear if he tried to go potty (whether he was successful or not). This really helped because William got discouraged if he tried but couldn't go. The reward kept him motivated and proud for at least trying. If William succeded, he got one gummy bear and one m&m.;
Encouragement: Lots of "Good job!" and "I'm proud of you!"
Persistence: I picked a day and told my son, "This is potty training day." All day long, every hour, we went to the bathroom. William had to at least try to go. It was just one day (that was all all I could handle!).
Once Upon a Potty: I thought, "Well, it can't hurt. I might as well try." William loved the movie. He asked to see it several times in a row, and he talked about it a LOT! He liked seeing a little boy who was learning to go potty just like he was. That gave William just the push he needed. Within a week he was potty trained!
Of course, every child is different. They develop at different rates and have different individual needs. But hopefully something from here will be helpful to you.
Good luck!
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