Considering all the struggles we went through to finally get the boys potty trained, I’m trying not to get too excited about Thing 4 wanting to sit on the potty. She also tells us when her diaper is dirty and happily lets us change it. Potty trained before ...

There are some things I didn’t think were possible. I never thought we’d get as much snow in DC as we did last winter. I didn’t think the Redskins could get any worse, but they manage to do it every year, much to my enjoyment. And, I never thought ...

I am by no means a potty training expert, but I do have a fair amount of experience. We’ve been through it already with Thing 1 and Thing 2, neither of whom were what you’d call a quick learner, so we had to try many different approaches. Thing ...

Six year olds have a way of cutting right to the point and asking whatever comes across their mind. While I was battling with Thing 3 one morning to change his Pull-Up and get dressed for preschool (a daily occurrence that I can count on as sure as the ...

Sometimes it’s best to rip the band aid off quickly.  There is a very brief amount of pain but then it’s over.  That has been the case with getting Thing 3 to do major new things.   It’s how we got him to move from his crib to a bed. ...

We knew this was coming. But that doesn’t make it any easier. We delayed as long as we could, knowing the difficult road that was ahead. Now, we can’t put it off any longer. It’s time to potty train Thing 3. Most every transition has been tough ...

We’ve seen some pretty weird behavior from Thing 3. From all the comfort objects he sleeps with, to putting stickers on his face, to sticking raisins up his nose. But somehow he still manages to top himself. We’re officially in potty training with Thing 3. To say it’s ...

It was difficult at times, but somehow we managed to potty train 2 out of 4 Things. We are close to starting down that road with Thing 3, mainly because he needs to be out of diapers before moving to the next preschool class in September. Unfortunately he ...

Dear Mr. Dad: My son seems to have no interest in potty training. He’s almost 3 and many kids in his pre-school already use the potty. My wife says we shouldn’t push him, but I don’t want him to be the only one left in diapers. What’s the right...

After four kids I thought I had seen everything disgusting that was possible involving poop.  There are the incidents I’ve posted about before involving the swimming pool, at the McDonald’s play place, in the washing machine, and at the zoo.  And now I can add another – the bathtub. We did ...