Lynda LovelandLynda Loveland's Babyology Blog
WRAL Morning News Anchor Lynda Loveland recently delivered her third child, Carys. In her blog, Lynda chronicles her experiences as a mother.

One Big Urinal

I realize the last few blog posts have been centered around the bathroom, well guess what, so has my life recently.  But, I promise this will be the last for a while...I hope.

As you might guess, the boy takes center stage in this one, again.  He's actually doing very well lately with potty training.  He hasn't had an accident in a while.  That is if  you call pooping or peeing in his pants an accident.  The urine sprayed on my bathroom walls is another story...and today's post.

I always try to go into the bathroom with him when it's time to go, especially when he needs to go #2.  He seems to forget that most of the time #2 is preceded by #1.  I'm constantly reminding him that all of his parts need to be in the bowl and facing down.  Well this particular time I had my hands full with my 17month old.  I was rushing to get in there because I knew I would totally regret it later.  And...I did.

When I walked in, my son was sitting on the toilet, spraying the opposite wall.  It was a fountain of urine running down the wall, over the baseboards and all over the floor.   I yelled for him to stop.  He just stared at me.  You've probably seen on a tv show or movie where the knob comes off a faucet and the water comes shooting out.  The person tries to block the flow of water with their hands and it's just deflected everywhere...yeah, that was me. 

When I finally got that under control, I noticed his head was wet and there was liquid dripping down his face.  And you thought the wall fountain was the highlight.  How the heck does one pee on their head, sitting on the toilet????????  And no he wasn't leaning back.  Unbelievable!!!  Just when I thought I'd seen it all.  I need to get one of those Elizabethan looking collars they put around a dogs neck to keep it from getting at a wound...and put it around his waist. 

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Al my children are in there 40's now but reading your blog sure brings back memories.

I taught my youngest to pee in the shower. His release valve wasn't "centered" but on top, so it was a challenge. The shower worked until he had better control. And it was a lot easier to clean than the regular walls.

Linda - LOL. We taught both our boys to sit backwards on the potty, for both #1 & #2. It worked great! But don't think the spray on the wall goes away, my boys both teenagers now, somehow still manage to find the wall behind the toilet. Yuk! Guess what? They've both learned how to now clean their own bathroom!

HAHAHAHAHA!!!! That is too funny!! Thank you for the great laugh!

"I yelled for him to stop. He just stared at me." .... SHAME ON YOU FOR YELLING AT THE BOY. That certainly has got to send mixed signals to him.

If he is anything like my son, I doubt she yelled at him for having an accident...she probalby said something to him for PEEING ON THE WALL. Which is something I would get on my son about, because he knows better. I think that yelling at them for having an accident is not right, I doubt Linda did that...like I said, my precious knows not to pee on the wall, if he did it on purpose, I may have to say something to him. :)

Reason # 976,237 why I have a cat....

Okay, the E-collar line got me. I lol-ed.

WAY TO GO LINDA,SOME OF THESE THINGS JUST TAKE TIME

um to the lady who yelled at him... it happens! I don't think Linda would condone yelling at their child, but Mother Theresa herself would probably do the same given enough time with 3 kids! Now- not sure if yelling would stop a child from peeing- probalby the opposite. I wouldn't know... my almost 3 yr old has yet to go potty- and it's a girl! My son's 12 mos- so I'll know soon enough about boys and their lack of 'aim'.

Try cheerios or fruit loops in the toilet and tell him to aim at them. It's a fun game, and it keeps the pee in the pot!

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE promise that you will put this story in a safe place and bring it out for his wedding!!!! or at least his high school graduation!

My mom taught my brother and I to sit for both 1 and 2 (and 3) ... no big deal, we get to rest and aim (being sober or not) is not an issue ... in public, we behave like others ... after all, we are from the Cleaver generation, no one likes to see a woman in pearls cleaning the walls and floor...Ward would not have it...

Linda, I am mom to 3 wonderful sons-age 16, 19 and 20. Until just a few months ago when I repainted our bathroom I proudly displayed a little sign on the wall. It simply states---"There is a clean bathroom in Heaven for the mother of boys!"

Why, why, why must someone always find controversy in every single post Lynda makes?

Raising your voice at a child does not mean you're a bad parent. I am pretty sure no parent can say that they haven't raised their voice (or even yelled) at their child at some point during their parenting. That said, it seems like Lynda is doing a great job with potty training, since her son went from no pottying at all to hardly any accidents in weeks.

Please keep writing, Lynda. I thoroughly enjoy reading your posts and it makes me realize that even the most beautiful together people that are on TV as you are have some of the same parenting issues as me. :-)

Lynda: Whew!! What a great belly laugh I had from this story! How in the world did he pee on his head!! Still chuckling in Fuquay Varina...

I laughed until I cried. Had to share your blog with a fellow employee with a little boy so he will know what he has to look forward to.

Lynda, my husband and I are having issues with our 3 yr old daughter. She just doesn't want to go. I don't know what else to do. We have gone cold turkey to big girl undies and now hubby is ready to kill me for the puddle around the house. It's worse with the 3 yr old than the dog. Because she puddles ON furniture. YUCK!!!

I am still laughing. I went through the same type of things with my son. He is 7 and he still have problems with his aim.

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