Potty Training Confession Time.

By On August 10, 2012 · 9 Comments

Confession: I’m Not Actually POTTY Training My Kid.

I have written that since we’re lacking laundry facilities, I have decided to potty train my kid rather than put him in disposable diapers. Well, that’s mostly true.

Except the potty part.

My kid has this weird habit of leaning back on the potty and fire hosing the bathroom. Funny if you don’t have to clean it up. And if you aren’t in the line of fire.

He also isn’t a huge fan of sitting on the potty. But he’s not tall enough to stand up and make it in the potty. So, we got kind of creative.

I am shower training my son.

Yeah, we let him pee* in the shower. And then we use the shower head to wash it out when he’s done.

What about when we’re in a bathroom, without a shower?

Well, at the funeral home and the laundromat… I let him pee in the trashcans. They had bags…

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*In full on confession mode, he pooped in the shower last night too. Poor kid had been trying to go all day and couldn’t do it sitting on the toilet. Squatting in the shower worked like a charm too. Thankfully we have 409. And lots of it. 

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  • Elizabeth G

    My 2 year old stands on the toilet seat and holds on to the lid of the toilet to pee into the potty! He came up with this idea on his own and it is working really well! I especially like this for when we are away from home because only his shoes touch the potty since I have him hold on to me.

    • http://thegnomesmom.com Lori W

      I tried this the other day! He still doesn’t balance well enough though. It just freaked him out. 

  • TautochroneQuillon
  • Mjanderson437

    There is a child’s size stand alone urinal out there- don’t remember the name tho. I found a great potty seat that goes under the regular seat- no shoot overs. Of course I’m at work and its at home so can’t share that name either. Take pity on the poor janitors and put lots of paper towels in the trash to soak up the pee, cause I learned thru unfortunate experience that the bags aren’t always liquid proof, old pee stinks worse than male cat spray, janitors put up with a lot of nastiness. Good luck with the training!

    • Needastore

       There are also urinals that attach to the wall or regular toilet

  • http://profiles.google.com/daneat05 Danea Thuemmel

    What about a potty chair? We have a larger Bjorn potty chair with a back so DS can’t lean too far back and spray everywhere, it’s also a good size to train standing up as he can hold on to the back if need be (I carry it in the trunk too some times since there are parks that don’t have restrooms for my 5 y/o). But at 23 months he still isn’t too keen on sitting on the potty either so as bad as it sounds I give him the ipad so he’ll sit still for more than 1 minute and actually pee but we haven’t tried undies/trainers yet :P

  • http://adventuresinmgwiththeandersons.blogspot.com/ Bert

    Way to get creative, Lori!!!

  • http://twitter.com/WifeMummyNurse Sarah McKelvy

    I’m sorry, but this is what I’m doing now ROFLOL!!  Do what works for you and your family. The pee will go to the same place as it would if he peed in the toilet.

  • Kellykillam

    Technically, its not natural to poop sitting. Humans are designed to squat!