i hate dogs. i know i'm probably polarizing some of my regular readers, but there it is. now, i don't mean that i'd go so far as to kick a dog, or purposely try to hit a dog with my car or something, but i have always been a cat person and never really liked dogs. top three things i hate about dogs: 1) being licked by a dog. absolutely loathe that!! 2) the smell. ugh, dogs stink!! and 3) poop. cats (for the most part) are awesome because they'll use a litter box and these days that's not so difficult/smelly to clean up. but dogs...you will never see me owning a dog, walking that dog and picking up poop. no way jose. seriously. i know that one should never say never, but i know that we will never have a dog.
so why bring this up now? because potty training is the hardest job a parent will ever do. others have said it and i believe it. hiro is being stubborn. and i'm getting angry. he knows what to do, how to do it and when to do it. but, he just doesn't want to. and the poop stinks. this sucks. sasha is going to start early and i hope hope hope, because she's a girl, and because she's second-born, it's going to be easier than hiro. wishing. praying.
and after all that i'm going through, i am never getting a dog.
April 28, 2024
3 hours ago
7 comments:
I am not a dog fan either. With Joey in full-time daycare, potty training has involved minimum effort from me, I have just been riding the wave of the good work put in place by his teachers. He got the hang of not wee-ing in his pants very early on but poo-ing has taken MUCH longer. I think we have finally overcome that hurdle this week and he is poo-ing in the toilet but I know what you mean about the awful smell. It is definitely a matter of co-operation from the child though. Apparently D refused to poo on the potty for a LONG time as well and his Mum told me that she actually had to start spanking him to get him to do it. Obviously you aren`t going to go down that route. I know it is frustrating but he WILL start co-operating eventually. I am sure Saori will be much quicker for the reasons you stated which will make things easier. Good luck!
I agree with you on not being a dog fan.. I much much prefer cats.. now I just have to get R to be ok with owning one. I don't think he's an animal person ;(
As far as potty training, I can tell you right now that is one of the few becoming a parent things I am not not not looking forward to.
I hope that Hiro starts being cooperative soon and that you have an easier time with Sasha, then by the time Tomo is ready you can be a potty training pro.. (ptp?)
hiro knows how to go to potty. he knows when he has an urge for either peeing or pooping. if he's wearing a diaper or training pants, though, he just goes. if he's wearing nothing at all, he uses either the potty or the toilet. when winter rolled around, i just gave up an put pull up diapers and pants on him again, but i can't take it any more. i'm going to go the no pants route again. he was complaining about being cold so even though it may be cruel, i'm not going to back down. i really really really hope he starts using the toilet soon.
I love MY dog but have always lothed other peoples dogs. I dont trust them. Never have and never will.
As for potty training - I feel your pain - Ji is three and is being sooo stubborn about it! She knows exactly what to do but somedays she will and other days she just wont.
When the weather turns warm I am going to force her with no diaper for a couple of weeks.
It is much too cold right now and I cant throw her outside.
My problem is if she is in a no toilet mood she will pee in her diaper until it over flows
GROSSS
Oh I can see what's down the road for me. Oh dear!
Just a question--are kids afraid of the splash back of the toilet, when it comes to poop?
Makes me wonder.
Good luck!
i actually am not a fan of any animals now.. unfortunaltely I still have two dogs and two cats! YUCK!
Did you know there was a study done that says potty training is the number one reason kids will be physically abused by a parent at a young age. SO yeah just breath and know when he is older he will not even want to be in diapers... just take it slow.
Oh, I must say that I love my two little furry canines. However, I'm here to tell you that I understand why you will never get a dog. I would venture to say that housebreaking a 6-month old puppy is much worse than potty-training a child. At least the child does not go pee or poop on the carpet...many times a day.
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