SuburbanDaddy

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 been tough is an understatement, but there has been some progress lately. This potty scene should hardly be surprising given his history.

Yes, that’s a potty in the middle of the family room.  And of course he’s wearing a football helmet.  Doesn’t everyone?

We have been trying to get him to give up his diapers in favor of pull-ups for months. But he goes into a tantrum at the slightest mention of a pull-up.  So this weekend I asked him if he wanted to wear underwear.  To my surprise, he liked the idea.

He didn’t just like the idea of wearing underwear (which we let him do around the house).  He just really loves the underwear and it has now become another one of his odd comfort objects like the flashlights, my ratty old t-shirts, and his broken Buzz Lightyear toy.

He carries the underwear around.  He takes it to pre-school with him, keeps it in his cubby, then takes it back home.  Tonight, he wanted to sleep with the underwear.  Not wear them, mind you, but just next to him in his bed.  That is, until he decided he does want to wear them.  But I won’t let him do that because he’ll end up soaking wet during the night.

So he is now wearing the underwear on the outside of his pajamas with a diaper underneath.  As I said, it just keeps getting weirder.