Potty Goggles....

Potty goggles are the new thing in my house! They came about quite by accident and quite spontaneously.....and are my newest attempt to get my littlest love fully potty trained... once. and. for. all!!! This little rascal can use the potty...he knows how to use the potty... but he resists. You ask him if he has to go to the potty and he replies, "No fanks"....or quite curtly exclaims, "I dry!!" when it is quite evident that his pull up is bursting at the seams with peeps.

The other day I popped him on the potty and he kept trying to get off...so I had to pull something out of my arsenal of tricks. Out of nowhere I decided to do the o'l turn your hands into goggles thing and I heard myself say the words..."Look at my pee pee goggles, mommy wants to see the pee pee in the potty" Seriously people...you know a mom is in a state of MEGA desperation when she is saying words like..."Pee pee goggles" and "Let me see the pee pee...". BUT..... I got a giggle out of him. You get the kiddo to giggle and he is putty in your hands.... he stopped trying to squirm off the toilet and lo and behold he honored my wishes and through my fisted goggles pee pee was spotted and he was very proud of himself. Brother heard the commotion and of course he too had to make the fisted goggles....which then led itself to a basket of real goggles now ready for its purpose when the "need" arises!
We shall see how long this will last...so far so good! A.N.Y.T.H.I.N.G...... to get this milestone checked off our list! ;)
Help a sistah out, I'd love to hear what is in your.... arsenal of potty training tricks!!

My "Nudie" Potty Trainee

So, we have tirelessly been working on potty training over here... but one of the hiccups has been that little Reid INSISTS on stripping down to, well...nuttin!! No pullup, no shorts, no shirt...even socks need to be off! Toby lovingly calls this bear style. I call it frustrating.
I have begun to see a pattern in our bathroom endeavors as well...first clothes off, then business taken care of (or not), and then washing of hands of course...but then this also turns into brushing teeth (Reid's insistence, not mine). While I do love that he is brushing his teeth once every 1 to 1 1/2 hours I really would rather a potty experience, at least one, without brushing of the teeth! Plus, streaking around preschool is not going to go over well...nor do I plan to pack his toothbrush to seal the deal! ;)

It kind of reminds me of the story If You Give A Moose A Muffin...do you know that story and the events that ensue related to the muffin??
Here's our version...
If you give a kid a potty chances are he'll peal his clothes off down to the buff... If he peals his clothes off down to the buff chances are he'll need to wash his hands....and if he washes his hands chances are this will remind him of the last time (1/2 hour ago) that he brushed his teeth and will insist on doing it again, and again, and again......