Proud moment
 

This morning, I dropped the Brazenette off at pre-school. She hugged me tight, kissed me hard, and rubbed noses. And then she said, and I quote, "Mommy is a poopy head. See you later!"

She likes me. She really likes me.

Potty Training
 

Conventional wisdom is that you should start slowly during a time of few interuptions in their lives and great stability.

So I took the baltspawn on a two week vacation without balt[soontobeex]spouse (who had been working on them without success for months), including a week with just the baltgrandparents (their first time longer than 48 hours away from both parents), and brought them back potty trained. No idea how it happened. They were just shy of 3.

My one piece of advice is go with the potty seat on the big potty with a stool, and if he's too little to get up there, or at least stay up there, without being afraid, it's too early. Cleaning out those little potties is for suckers.

It'll happen eventually. There aren't a lot of 16 year olds in diapers. Even Hank was out of them by law school.

Potty Training
 

I've found a maintenance dose of clonopin and xanax prn as a backup work best. The kid generally doesn't taste it if you grind the pills up and mix with a spoonful of peanut butter.

Potty Training
 

Do not waste the klonopin on the kid. If you don't want to take it, you can always send it to me.

Potty Training
 

I'm clearly underutilizing my physician.

Potty Training
 

But there are quite a few lawyers with skidmarked briefs.

Public elementary/Private High School
 

Any of you been there, done that?

Proud moment
 

That is so cute. Don't you just love their honesty?

Public elementary/Private High School
 

I attended public elementary school and private middle/high school. So yes, actually, I have personally been there, done that.

Potty Training
 

The klonopin is mine. I always assumed the "as needed" directions on the bottle of xanax meant it was for the children.

Potty Training
 

PM me and I'll refer you to mine. He's in Panama and doesn't even have an office. He does all his business over the internet and works out of the breakroom at a warehouse.

Potty Training
 

Awesome. I heard you were the one to PM.

Public elementary/Private High School
 

Not personally, but my two best friends in HS did. One is now an M.D. The other is a Ph.D. YMMV, o/c. I don't think they had any particularly unique transition issues, but they were probably identifiably nerdy in middle school, too. That path is the one we're most likely to follow with any identifiably nerdy Grinches, too.

Public elementary/Private High School
 

Translation: *I* never was so prole as to have attended a public school at all.

Public elementary/Private High School
 

This is getting kind of stalky.