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So not a week in to the whole potty-training experience (and you know how there are some people who say: "He just decided one day that he wanted to use the toilet and that was it. He hasn't had an accident since!"?-- well, let me tell you, that is not the case in my house) things are pretty weird.
My child is suddenly quite demanding, barking commands to everyone like a little tyrant.
(His commands are largely ignored of course, as are everyone's around here, except those of the terrier.)
What is this, though? Is it common for children to develop these wild delusions of power when they ease out of diapers? I have to say, Felix's antics of late are reminding me of James Mason in Bigger Than Life when, under the influence of the experimental drug Cortisone he becomes a fascist monster. (See it. I have this endless crush on James Mason, but really it is worth it for many reasons including hearing him bellow: "God was wrong!")
I'm not looking back, though. I've always said once I get enough members of this family house broken we can get another dog.
posted by Elise at 5:14 PM
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gef said...
Take heart. Dale did not submit to the yoke of the potty until one week shy of her third birthday (at least saving me the trauma of having to inform her preschool that she wasn't toilet-trained yet). And she had plenty of accidents after that--next you enter the realm of "overnight potty training" (ah, to pull-up or not to pull-up?). Now my second is almost 17 months old and acting like she's ready to use the potty, but I will not be suckered...
5/02/2008 10:31 AM
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