A Chapter In Potty Training B/G Twins And A Puppy

The twins turned 3 in October. We got a 7 month old puppy (via my sister)in late September ... he is not potty trained (or house broken ... whatever ... I called the Pediatrician the Vet for the first two years ... I'm old ... these habits are hard to break).

I think the dog will be easier then the kids. We've been working with the kids for months. One lives in the land of "No" ... everything right now is "no" (and yuck ... but that's for another post). So the other one sees this and follows with a no of her own. We've tried little potties, seats on the big potty, targets in the toilet, rewards, charts, books, and lots of other ideas. He is just not interested. So day after day I search for ways to get him interested ... until yesterday ...

While changing his diaper we were having, yet again, a conversation about being a big boy. Afterwards, he seemed to be taking this one to heart he was paying attention ... so I upped the ante ...

Me: "What is Santa Claus going to say when you
see him and he discovers you are still in
diapers?"

B: (deep in thought for a moment then says ...)
"He's going to say, "Hello poopy boy"

At which point everyone laughed.

Seriously ... how do you get around that? There are moments when you know the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.