{"id":5,"date":"2016-08-28T15:54:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T20:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parentingzoo.com\/members\/?p=5"},"modified":"2018-08-21T01:08:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T06:08:21","slug":"potty-training-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/?p=5","title":{"rendered":"Potty Training Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\" Today my three-year old is barefoot, wearing shorts, a t-shirt and a necktie. nike air max 2015<\/a> It\u2019s only fifty-four degrees. Still, this is a vast improvement. air max soldes pas cher<\/a> His former attire of choice was just a diaper and his Nemo sandals. No matter what, though, he\u2019s always a pirate in his mind and heart and he always wears a necktie. His sister asked him why he wears the necktie. He said it\u2019s because he\u2019s ready to go to church. Now what parent wouldn\u2019t leap for joy at that proclamation? Me. I told him he had to stop wetting his pants and start using the bathroom like big boys (and pirates) do if he wanted to join us at church. He\u2019s not quite ready to take the bait even though he really, really wants to go. I really, really don\u2019t want to deal with a diaper blowout in a solemn and sacred place…and I don\u2019t want to punctuate the service with his yowls as I change him in the van outside. nike mercurial vapor<\/a> So I\u2019ve upped the ante. I let him know that he would be able to go to church AND school (something he asks about all the time) if he stopped wetting his pants. I also told him he could even play in the front yard with the other big kids. I suspect that somewhere between me offering him a pony and all the ice cream he can eat, he\u2019ll see things my way. It\u2019s not like there\u2019s any rush. He\u2019s the fifth child, so we\u2019re more lenient with him. Fjallraven Kanken Classic<\/a> The firstborn had to be trained at two years of age. Within a week we were accident free. The next child took a bit longer. So now that we\u2019ve come to the last child our philosophy has become this: He\u2019ll stop going in his pants sometime before he starts kindergarten. Right?? So how do YOU bribe your kids to stretch for that next level of growth? How do you encourage them to try out the next level of maturity? It was the three-year old that came up with a solution. He wants to play with his pirate ship in the bathtub. \u201cYou can\u2019t do that if you\u2019re not a big boy and use the pot like you\u2019re supposed to…ALL THE TIME.\u201d I\u2019m not about to strain tub water for wayward misfired canon balls. \u201cBut I\u2019m a pirate!\u201d \u201cAnd I\u2019m the British Navy. No potty and poop in the pot, no sailing.\u201d Tough ultimatum for a pirate, I know. nike air max tavas<\/a> I think we may have reached a compromise. He\u2019s stocking up supplies for his ship in anticipation of a maiden voyage. We\u2019ll see. Even Captain Hook had to give up pull-ups for underpants at some point. Mochilas Kanken No.2<\/a> Arrr. . . . . . . . . . . . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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