Oliver has shown interest in the potty before, at times using it for more than just making sopping toilet paper bombs and as a swimming pool, but this past weekend he suddenly got real keen about the toilet’s proper usage (I think his interest might have been spurred by this totally awesome book Dave bought for him called Where’s The Poop? that Oliver immediately fell in love with and has since dubbed “the special poo book”). Thus, we are riding full steam ahead on the potty train over here.
We did a sticker chart with Julia when her interest in the toilet peaked – one tiny penguin sticker for pee and two tiny penguin stickers for poo – and since she is easy to please the stickers worked like a charm. My boy, on the other hand, eats stickers for breakfast, bitches, so we reward him what he wants: FOOD. Two teddy bear crackers for pee, one chocolate digestive cookie for poo.
On Sunday afternoon while Dave and Julia were out shopping Oliver got up from where he was sitting on the couch, announced loudly that THE POO WAS COMING and made a beeline for the bathroom. Sure enough, when I got to the doorway the eagle had landed and I couldn’t contain my excitement, for this was the first time he had gotten up and used the toilet of his own volition. I hugged him and kissed him and told him I was very, very proud of him and he pushed me away because enough of this hugging and kissing bullshit Ma, gimmie the chocolate cookie already.
I think he was a teensy bit more excited than he let on at the time because Dave’s mom called later on that afternoon and the first thing he said to her when I passed the phone to him was, “GRAMMIE! I pooped IN THE LITTER BOX TODAY!”
Because you know, my goddamn cat won’t drop the homeboys off in his litter box…but apparently my son will.
43 Comments, Comment or Ping
Killing myself laughing over here. Hooray for Oliver. And for you. And for chocolate biscuits. I’m thinking I might have to try that. Because the sticker thing is going nowhere, and wearing me out. And bankrupting me, too.
January 31st, 2008
Nice job O!
Gimme five… no, with the other hand.
January 31st, 2008
I love the fact that he gets a chocolate digestif cookie for poo.
January 31st, 2008
litter box… toilet… it’s all better than the carpet
(and, what’s with the poo stories lately? is this a mommy blog or something?)
January 31st, 2008
Maybe you should start rewarding the cat with chocolate cookies for pooping in his litter tray?
January 31st, 2008
Bwahahaha! How freaking cute!
January 31st, 2008
Party! Party!
January 31st, 2008
Yay for Oliver! And, yay for you too!
January 31st, 2008
WTG Oliver….
January 31st, 2008
Toilet or litter box… either way, it’s a big stinkin’ deal.
Congrats, MamaT!
xo CGF
January 31st, 2008
Congrats on another step toward a diaper-free household. :)
January 31st, 2008
LOL!
WOO HOO! The poop train is coming yeah yeah yeah.
You crack me up with this…My boy, on the other hand, eats stickers for breakfast, bitches, so we reward him what he wants: FOOD.
Tee hee.
Mission accomplished mama! Now go crack open some champagne or something.
January 31st, 2008
I’m envious… we’re still working on this. Sigh.
January 31st, 2008
I am sending this one to my dad because OMG THAT IS SO FUNNY :)
January 31st, 2008
Way to go Oliver!
Can he come over and teach my kid how to do that? Pretty please?
January 31st, 2008
Great work Oliver! May you always be running out of chocolate cookies.
January 31st, 2008
Awesome! I when kids say funny things. I will do a lot for a chocolate cookie too.
January 31st, 2008
yay for Oliver! he’s awesome!
January 31st, 2008
Now I’m getting a visual of Oliver perched on the edge of a litterbox, lol. Congrats to the big boy. May he earn many a chocolate cookie in the future.
January 31st, 2008
I love it – now if you could just get the cat to use the potty that’d be BIG news!
January 31st, 2008
Um. What is a digestive cookie?
Oh, but the beautifulness of a chocolate cookie for a poo is the BEST.
January 31st, 2008
I will never view a litter box or toilet training the same again. Thanks Olly.
And whoohoo to you! One step closer to never having to wipe another shitty ass again!
January 31st, 2008
Go Oliver go! What a cute potty train story. Kidlet thought for years that the train at our zoo was a potty train. :)
February 1st, 2008
admitting to being a tad jealous over here.
i’ve been so lackadaisical in the training-of-oscar department that i’m afraid i’ll be sending him to JK w diapers …
maybe i’ll start next week …
bleh
February 1st, 2008
Yay for Oliver! What a big boy!
February 1st, 2008
My daughter did it for applause and shouts of “good girl!” While this made potty training easy as pie, it has me concerned for her teen years. What else will she do simply for approval?
February 1st, 2008
I totally need to teach Hoop to poop in a litter box. He keeps stinking up our bathroom and than it’s out of commission for like three hours!
February 1st, 2008
It’s funny – we tried rewards with my older son when he trained, and he just resisted. Didn’t matter what we offered. Thought he’d be in diapers in college. Then, one day when he was about 3 and a half, he just up and did it. Went to the bathroom and that was it. Done. Never an accident.
Now, if we could just teach him how to wipe NOW that would be a great thing. I’m tired of the skidmarked shorts. Is 6 too young to do his own laundry? Oh, right, that whole falling-in-the-washer thing.
Way to go, Oliver! Rock the poop train!
February 1st, 2008
dude.
February 1st, 2008
Can’t. Stop. Laughing.
February 2nd, 2008
Nice work, Oliver!
And um, why is it that DIGESTIVE biscuits seem oddly appropriate as a reward in this case?
February 2nd, 2008
Congratulations!!!!! The monkey won’t go near the toilet. Has decided she wants to stay in diapers forever….. Go OLIVER!!! (And, “litter box” – hee!!)
February 2nd, 2008
This made me laugh til I cried.
February 3rd, 2008
Big day at your house! I had one that was “all about wearing the big boy pants” and then the next one was like ” I don’t give a shit about big boy pants” – good job in finding out what he likes and motivates him.
February 3rd, 2008
I love it! He ROCKS!
February 3rd, 2008
I’m glad that the “eagle landed” but I pity the person who has to clean that catbox out regularly and I’m guessing that would be you. The kid, however, gets major points for creativity.
February 4th, 2008
Woohoo! Toilet training rocks. I can’t wait for our turn around here.
Chocolate digestives… Love it!
February 4th, 2008
Best potty story evah!
February 4th, 2008
The eagle has landed.
And furiousBall’s comment–
Laughing over here.
February 4th, 2008
Saw this: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1403442410/bclid348391191/bctid494751501
and thought of you and Oliver. Apparently, he’s not the only one who confuses the two.
February 4th, 2008
That is awesome! We are getting down to this business as well.
February 4th, 2008
O….
M…..
G…….
*snort snort*
That is seriously FUNNY. LOLOLOLOL
February 5th, 2008
ROFLMAO Can’t wait for Sam to start dropping the kids off at the pool!
February 7th, 2008
Reply to “Triumph”