When I was a wee child all I wanted was a son. I transformed every girl baby doll I had into a boy by wrapping th in my brothers shirts and slicing off their hair with safety scissors. I was sure I only wanted a son, and with the struggle of infertility, I became positive my body wouldn’t carry boys to term. How ironic, that my body would Grant my wishes for a child- but only a girl. When I became pregnant with my son a year after her birth I was ecstatic! I saw myself doing all the “boy mom” things with him. Playing in the dirt, Roaring like dinosaurs, burping from deep in our bellies. Here’s the thing; you can do all that with girls. God, I wish I could slap “Boy toys/Girl toys” Tiara and shake her. That was stupid. There is little actual difference between my kids’ interests and tempermants, however, there are a few things wholly unique to raising a son . Chiefly among them is Potty Training. Girls just get it faster. Once my daughter got tired of peeing on herself, she stopped. My son is still working towards his break up with his nightime Pull Ups. It’s been 6 months. No matter how often we take him potty in between night terrors (which I was led to believe was a White kid phenomenon. Imagine my surprise when BOTH children experienced it.) he will pee in our bed. Every time. Never his own bed, no. That’s sacred. Recently, I’ve noticed a vague pee smell permeating the bathrooms he uses and realized that although I “OCD Clean” the floor and toilet when his aim fails, the pee smell was lingering. Enter the Toddler Urinal.
I’m not really sure why it’s shaped like a frog with it’s mouth open. That just seems ill advised. I don’t want my kids peppering toads with piss, but I’m hoping they forget this visual. I’m not linking here because they don’t pay me and there are literally ten companies selling the same urinial.
It’s really small, imagine paper towel holder height, and it needs to be placed pretty close to the floor so pick a spot nor in the direct flow of traffic. It comes with suction cups or a hook. We hung ours on the side of tbe tub in their bathroom. Besides one mishap where the pee inexplicably caught wind and came back at him, we’ve had zero misses. It is worth your coins. Pro tip: Amazon makes one urinal per week their “choice” and it’s a few dollars cheaper than the others. I mentioned earlier they’re all the same so save a few bucks and buy that one.
Now if they only made something to dissuade him from playing in the toilet water. 🤢
I must have blocked out any trauma I experienced with Kenny during his toilet training. I literally only remember him transitioning from sitting on the toilet to standing up. I had not even thought of having him stand up to pee. I figured I would get around to it eventually. When he was 2 years old, I had a male friend see him sitting on the toilet. I told him Kenny had figured out how to stay up past his bedtime by taking forever to use the bathroom before he goes to bed. He said “Women!” closed the door and stood my son on the stool and demonstrated to him how to go standing up. From then on that is how he did it with no problem. No more bedtime delay tactics either.
I think he just likes peeing in other places. 😂🤦🏾♀️