ASS WIPING. I figure I have been wiping the bottoms of others for 8.5 years….and still doing it.
Why is it that it always seems to be the moment I am sat at the table to eat, when the dulcet tone of my youngest son hollers from the bathroom “Mummy I’m Finished!”. And if it actually ruined my appetite would be ok as maybe I would be thin finally, but alas, no.
We are practicing independent wiping. The Andrex puppy should really be given to us as a free gift considering the amount of loo roll we get through. My Mr tells the boys that they should only need 5 squares. Hehe. As if! And he generally manages to get it on the seat and often his fingers, nice. He has to learn, I know. And he seems to think it necessary to poop every time he goes for a pee. He likes to sit (like father like son…..) and so it is virtually every time he goes to the loo it’s no.2 time. Even more wiping. I’m encouraging him to stand and pee, aiming at a little rubber duck deliberately floating around in our lav (specifically for this reason obviously!!). Maybe even his father might change a habit of a lifetime……who knows.
The other day, my 4 year TRIED to wipe herself after a poop but she still needed help. She brought some toilet paper to me so that I could wipe her ass while I was nursing my little guy. It felt so wrong to be doing bathroom duty for one kid at the same time that I was doing food duty for the other! Glad I’m not alone in these challenges with kids learning to wipe!
Haha, honestly, you just have to do what you have to do! Social etiquette and general regular behaviour kind of walks out the door once motherhood begins! Good luck with your toilet training x