Coffee Dharma

Ah we have entered a new stage in the joys of parenting…          toilet training.

There was a time when I assumed there was nothing much worse than the never ceasing changing of diapers.  The smells, monotony and disgust of the entire process were almost more than I could handle.  Of course that is something every parent gets over very quickly.  I find I can now change the worst of specimens quickly and without issue.  This new found skill though did nothing to prepare me for toilet training.  For those who have gone through it I’m sure you have a smirk on your face right now.  For those who have not had the pleasure, next time you use the toilet get super excited and praise yourself then physically clean out your toilet while giving yourself praise.  Ok, that doesn’t really give you the entire experience but you will quickly see the ridiculousness of it.

Kellen has been doing better than we expected.  He has days when he uses the toilet on a regular basis with joy and others when he reacts to it like a dark entity out to capture his soul.  I haven’t quite figured out the difference in his opinions of the contraption yet.  My next goal will be to get him to transition to the adult toilet because cleaning out a training toilet is about as much fun as tax preparation.  The time will come and just when everything is going smoothly and I am starting to recover from the ordeal, Emma will be ready to have me go through it all over again.