Friday, April 9, 2010

The Porcelain Gods



It didn't go over very well.







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Jack Steiner said...

I remember those days, they were fun. Although I have to admit that there is something nice about not having to worry about whether my son can reach the toilet.

Now it is all about trying to keep him from climbing up every tree, bridge, building he can find.

Ben said...

When I was little, I tried to use a urinal; but I wasn't tall enough. So I peed on the floor.

For some reason, I remember the whole thing vividly.

Homemaker Man said...

Sharing a pee with your son. I am looking forward that, some day. Is that odd?

DGB said...

My son used to love urinals, until an automatic flusher went off and scared him. Now he won't go anywhere but home.

PJ Mullen said...

I feel your pain, I lobbied heavily for a urinal when we remodeled our house. Now that we have a son I believe more strongly that we should have done that. I'm totally making my wife read this post.

Murr Brewster said...

The latest thing around here is diaperless babies. You have to be really attentive. I almost got bowled over on the sidewalk by a store proprietor who bolted out of the store holding his infant son out straight and drained him in the median strip.

Try offering a bidet for the urinal. Happy all around.

Being us... said...

Have you seen these???

or this?

My mother is a kindergarten teacher and she told me to make sure that Jacob knows how to use a urinal before school. She has a lot of boys that don't know and a male teacher has to go in and try and teach them.

morethananelectrician said...

Go with a trough...or a mid sized plant.

Mrs. M said...

I have a friend who just let her kids stand on top of the potty.

I was watching a show called The Marriage Ref last night and one of the couples was debating the fact that the husband wanted to install a urinal in one of the bathrooms.

He lost. :)

SciFi Dad said...

This reminded me of the time my sister took our niece into a public washroom where the stall wall had been removed, and my niece exclaimed, "Now we can hold hands while we poo!"


Martin said...

Oddly every half decent public bathroom here will have a lower down urinal at the end.

Being not so tall myself I've often been tempted.

Slamdunk said...

Yea urinal discussion.

Congrats to your son and his expert bathroom learning. We have one younger one that is doing great with potty training and the other who needs alot more work.

Steve said...

To my shame, the seats on both our home toilets are maladjusted (or did I just buy cheap seats!) such that my son has to sit. He's probably tall enough to stand now too... just! So I must try to fix that.

Keith Wilcox said...

That's something that's puzzled me too. Why don't these places make the sinks easier to reach with a step up or something? And even the little urinals are usually too tall for kids under 5. Glad to hear you found one to your liking :-)

john cave osborne said...

i flat-out loved that. and can totally relate. our little guys just turned 2-1/2 and we're at the same point. though they're so small that standing while peeing hasn't occurred to them yet.