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[prairiecity]

oh, pride goeth.

[amanda_mary]

You said it!

[brileysmom]

And these are the Days of our Lives!

[amanda_mary]

No matter how disinterested I am in my kids' toileting habits, they always find a way of entering the conversation. Sigh.

[amanda_mary]

Ugh. I don't know if I could handle that. Oh, wait: I do know. Aaaand, I couldn't.

I saw an episode of Nanny 911 or Supernanny or something wherein one of the family's little boys would only pee outside. So the Supernanny decorated the toilet in the (indoor) bathroom with fake foliage to get him "acclimated" to the correct facilities. Again, my tolerance for that sort of crap (no pun intended) is clearly much lower than some people's!

[humbird]

Oh, the humor that provides for the parent whose child has not yet pooped in someone's yard!

That just made my day.

Ask me again when my child does something equally as embarassing and I may not be laughing so heartily.

Congrats on MaryAlice's independent decision to move on to a potty! I'm envious and wondering if I should procure a potty soon...not that I should be so lucky. How old was Stuart when he was ready?

[amanda_mary]

You know, Stuart was probably about 2-and-a-half before he was fully "trained." I think they started them at daycare when he was 2, and, honestly, did most of the work for us. They just had him sit on the toilet every hour (with special attention to after-meal and before-nap times) and gave him a sticker for his sticker chart whenever he went. Once he filled the sticker chart, I think he was able to choose a "prize." But the stickers themselves were pretty good incentive! After he "stayed dry" in his diapers for an entire week, I gave the okay for him to wear regular underwear to school. And he probably only had two or three "accidents," total. We really lucked out!

Stuart did not show much interest in a "potty chair," so we mainly used one of those cushioned, child-sized seats that you can set on top of your regular toilet seat. We also got a step-stool so he could climb up on his own when he was too short. I really recommend going that route, because there isn't much -- if any -- icky clean-up involved.

[jen_2004]

I just bought one (a frog, on sale for like $7), because it was cheap and thought, "Why not?" But, other than letting Naya play with it, and talking about it whenever she is playing with it, I don't really intend to do anything about it. I think it's easier to let them do most of that work themselves.

Also, I totally, totally loved this story-- even if it embarrassed you like crazy.

[nutmeg]

I love that you said, "whose child has not YET pooped in someone's yard!" leaving open the possibility! Because it's so, so possible.

Of course not MY son.

[choice_of_tyche]

what is it with dogs eating baby poop?

is it because they're just being gross animals?

or is it apart of that whole "maternal instinct" where the mama dog eats placentas and puppy's poop?

[amanda_mary]

For some reason, all of the dogs-eating-poop stories I've heard have involved pugs, too!

[choice_of_tyche]

my dog's eaten baby poop, she's a corgi. sorry to break the winning streak for pugs.

ps) worst winning streak ever.

[queerbychoice]

Dogs eat poop because it has undigested protein still in it. They eat the poop of carnivores (e.g. cats) more eagerly than they eat dog or human poop. If you ever have indoor cats with indoor dogs, you'll probably never see poop in the litter box. The dogs rush to eat it almost before the cats have left the box. You can train a dog to stop eating dog poop, but good luck ever training them to resist cat poop.

They rarely, if ever, eat the poop of herbivores, although they do roll in it. And you really, really don't want to see how big a mess a dog can make by rolling in cow patties until she's completely covered in them. (Unfortunately, I have recent experience with the cow patties as well as ongoing experience with a litter box.)