The time has come for Sir E to the learn the ins and out of the potty. He is 15 months and as is the norm for my husband and I, it is potty training time. A few months ago I let Sir E pick out a potty and some underwear. We have since then moved into a lovely 4 bedroom home all hard wood floors expect in the kids bedrooms. We have tons of room and it is amazing. Now that the snow has finally left and the temperatures are warming up, we are finally set to potty train, so here are a few tips for potty training a boy because trust me it is so much more complicated than it is for a girl.
Step one, purchase a potty.
Step two purchase a second potty because the first one which was in the shape of a race car and only cost around 5 dollars will prove to be a horrible buy. Yes the boy loved it. Yes he picked it out, but trust me hes never gonna pee in it no matter how well you delicately sit him on it. No pee shield means no pee in the potty.
Step three place a towel under potty.
Step four place potty some place other than bathroom. Trust me going to the bathroom every 30 minutes will get old, ours is in the kitchen.
Step five get use to the randomness that is a male penis. The interesting thing about a vagina is that it does nothing. Seriously, when little girls sit and pee you can stare at the bottom of the potty all day long waiting for that little trickle and their vaginas stay the same, but the penis....oh no, that is a whole other ball game. Get use to it.
Step six do not leave boy unattended on potty. Seriously the moment your back turns he will pee and you wont be there to aim his penis down and it will go everywhere which leads me to...
Step seven aim penis down. Yea, your gonna have to touch it and odds are he wont like it. Every time he pees your gonna have to aim that sucker down until he finally gets the hang of doing it himself.
Step eight get use to watching in horror as your sweet innocent child grabs himself. Yea...
Step nine get some food. Unlike little girls it would appear as if the only way to keep that bottom placed on the potty for more than two seconds is food. Gets snacks, let him eat, he will pee.
Step ten he will tell you he needs to go potty. You will smile in delight and sat him down. He will smile at you and that is the moment that you need to prepare yourself, because he is about to run. Little boys love being naked. They love letting it all hang out there and be free (hey we all do lets not lie). The moment that tiny precious grin comes brace yourself. He will quickly jump up from the potty and take off down the hall. Good luck catching him, dont worry though if he has sisters and you lose him simply follow their horrified screams of "NAKED BABY!!!!"
So in closing, potty training a boy will be different. Enjoy it and occasionally let him run through the house shrieking in joy naked, because at some point society wont find it cute and he will only be toddler for so longer.
