June 04, 2002
Good Job!
When potty training a two-year old, it's important to give them lots of encouragement. So, my wife and I developed the habit with Stephen Caleb of saying "good job!" whenever he was, well, productive on his little plastic potty.
So now, if he hears a porcelain seat being lowered, he drops what he's doing to run into the bathroom and give its current occupant some hand clapping and cheerleading: "Aaayyy. Good job!"
Oddly enough, I appreciate the affirmation.
Posted by Woodlief on June 04, 2002 at 09:43 AM
That kind of applause doesn't get any more heart-felt than that. Now if each of us could just get our boss to do the same ...
Posted by: MarcV at June 4, 2002 11:48 AM
fluff is fluff...spare us the fluff fluffer
Posted by: zero at June 4, 2002 12:19 PM
I taught my chitlin the same thing. Fast Forward: My Mom's broken her foot and I have to help her go at the airport bathroom.
My wondermous kid says very loudly, "Yay BaBa, you went peepee, I knew you could do it!"
Imagine us trying not to laugh at the people staring at us as we left.
Go Stephen Caleb!
Posted by: annessa at June 4, 2002 12:22 PM
Looks like Zero is one of the kid-hating types that Tony wrote about earlier.
Posted by: sid at June 5, 2002 8:17 AM
