Yesterday BB and myself were banished from the house. Late on saturday evening (after a lovely dinner at a friends house where our boys discovered chocolate fondue!) BFS made the firm decision to start potty training LL the next morning, and apparently to do this properly and the way he wanted neither BB nor myself were allowed to be present!
He suggested taking BB to the flicks, and since this is a treat that I don't normally get to do with my eldest I embraced the idea.
We were up sharp and had left the house by 9am (which on a sunday is quite an achievement!) We had a choice of Shrek 4 or a Tinkerbell movie, and since BB hasn't seen Shrek 1,2 or 3 we plumped for the what would probably be thought of as the 'girlie' option. Not surprisingly though BB didn't mind! (I think it helped that were were sat next to another little boy!) We donned ourselves with a big blue slush puppie to share and a choice selection of about 10 sweets to share from the pick & mix - which still cost about £2! I discovered very quickly that 'sharing' the blue drink consisted of me getting a taster at the start and then having to forfeit any other claim I had to the cup for the entirety of the film!
Film over we went to Fat Face for a gander and I treated him to a couple of tops, and myself a pair of summer pumps (mine in the sale!) then we had a stroll up to the other centre for lunch, but when we got there BB decided he wanted to eat at 'Unit Square' so we headed back down from whence we came. We stopped at M&S cafe to re-fuel and call BFS to see how things were getting on back at Station House. The reply was mixed. Very positive on the fact that LL was choosing to sit on the potty for stints and was proudly sporting his big boy pants and showing his dexterity at pulling them down and back up again, but less positive on the actual use of said potty as he was still choosing to wait until coming off to wee in his pants (hmmm, maybe he thinks they have the same function as a nappy and that's where you're supposed to wee?) Still positive about the whole thing though I said goodbye's and we headed up to see Great Grandma A. (via a stop at Halfords for an inner tube which I was unsuccessful in sourcing!)
G.G.A was in fine feckle. We had a chat, a cuppa and BB had a gingerbread man which was bought for him in M&S which kept him happy and after another check in at home we left the bright lights of the big smoke to head back home....
If you want to know about the P.T - you'll just have to log into BFS's blog to see how it went (once he decides to write about it!) but from a Mummy and BB point of view P.T led to a brilliant day with mum and son and can be repeated as often as daddy likes!
One top tip though....if you do take a little one to the flicks and they insist on blue juice then do try and constrain their portion size. Gross as this sounds it was a source of amusement to myself (and consequently BB after he asked what I was laughing at) when I discovered that almost unbelievably the colouring was so strong that it had managed to turn BB's poo a luminous shade of bluey green!!! I'm sure it would have glowed under ultra violet!
He suggested taking BB to the flicks, and since this is a treat that I don't normally get to do with my eldest I embraced the idea.
We were up sharp and had left the house by 9am (which on a sunday is quite an achievement!) We had a choice of Shrek 4 or a Tinkerbell movie, and since BB hasn't seen Shrek 1,2 or 3 we plumped for the what would probably be thought of as the 'girlie' option. Not surprisingly though BB didn't mind! (I think it helped that were were sat next to another little boy!) We donned ourselves with a big blue slush puppie to share and a choice selection of about 10 sweets to share from the pick & mix - which still cost about £2! I discovered very quickly that 'sharing' the blue drink consisted of me getting a taster at the start and then having to forfeit any other claim I had to the cup for the entirety of the film!
Film over we went to Fat Face for a gander and I treated him to a couple of tops, and myself a pair of summer pumps (mine in the sale!) then we had a stroll up to the other centre for lunch, but when we got there BB decided he wanted to eat at 'Unit Square' so we headed back down from whence we came. We stopped at M&S cafe to re-fuel and call BFS to see how things were getting on back at Station House. The reply was mixed. Very positive on the fact that LL was choosing to sit on the potty for stints and was proudly sporting his big boy pants and showing his dexterity at pulling them down and back up again, but less positive on the actual use of said potty as he was still choosing to wait until coming off to wee in his pants (hmmm, maybe he thinks they have the same function as a nappy and that's where you're supposed to wee?) Still positive about the whole thing though I said goodbye's and we headed up to see Great Grandma A. (via a stop at Halfords for an inner tube which I was unsuccessful in sourcing!)
G.G.A was in fine feckle. We had a chat, a cuppa and BB had a gingerbread man which was bought for him in M&S which kept him happy and after another check in at home we left the bright lights of the big smoke to head back home....
If you want to know about the P.T - you'll just have to log into BFS's blog to see how it went (once he decides to write about it!) but from a Mummy and BB point of view P.T led to a brilliant day with mum and son and can be repeated as often as daddy likes!
One top tip though....if you do take a little one to the flicks and they insist on blue juice then do try and constrain their portion size. Gross as this sounds it was a source of amusement to myself (and consequently BB after he asked what I was laughing at) when I discovered that almost unbelievably the colouring was so strong that it had managed to turn BB's poo a luminous shade of bluey green!!! I'm sure it would have glowed under ultra violet!
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