Still issues with the potty, eh? Tyler seems to finally be interested in it. The first successful self-led was a couple days after he got tubes put in. Which, coincidentally, was the first time he was able to clearly state he needed a bathroom. His language is growing beyond exponentially now. (He's nowhere near Noah's level of speech. It was really upsetting PJ.) Stupid dr who wouldn't do beyond antibs for a kid who hadn't kicked ear infections for almost a YEAR. PJ had him evaluated by the preschool speech pathologist on the side, she rec'd an ENT stat and boom. Tubes in ears. Pede was still all "I don't think that was necessary." Dude. Child can HEAR now. His rages have dropped to almost nil. Poor kid was very frustrated.

They have a new pede.

(He's nowhere near Noah's level of speech. It was really upsetting PJ.)

I bet that's really going to change now, and just explode thanks to the tubes.

If anyone does have the magical key to potty training, I want to know it too.

Dylan can pee in the potty, but seems to regard it as a trick which amuses the grown-ups and sometimes results in prizes (stickers) rather than something he might want to do for his own good.

PJ resorted to M&Ms with Dominic. He couldn't be bothered otherwise. Too busy living. He wasn't reliable until 4 or so.

I think she was claiming that he told her that the marriage was over. Which, well, that's the stereotypical cheating married guy's MO.

No doubt, but I started dating again while I was separated. Told quite a few women exactly that. First date with Wallybee was about two weeks before the divorce was final.

I think kids really just have to hit the point where the hassle of going in the toilet is less than the discomfort of going in their pants.

Well, having watched Emmett have a horrible time getting potty trained and then watching Matilda take to it readily I am completely mystified, though I suspect the main thing is the kid has to be self-motivated.

Dylan can pee in the potty, but seems to regard it as a trick which amuses the grown-ups and sometimes results in prizes (stickers) rather than something he might want to do for his own good.

This is kind of Emmett plus a big dose of didn't want to be bothered. Also he'd sit in a messy diaper and Matilda flips out at the thought of a drop of pee.

But she's completely day time trained now, no diaper at all. Even her night time diaper is frequently dry. Whereas Emmett was closer to five when he was fully daytime trained, and had accidents at night for a good long time. (He's all good now.)

I did know one girl who slept so hard that she was wearing a night time diaper until she was in fourth grade.

Love the idea of "Carpo," but I will say in response to this:

"Zeppo" is useless, though, right?

That, after Zeppo left the rest of his brothers onscreen, he became a very successful agent offscreen, so he was very useful!

And I'm bummed that I forgot to mention National Library Week in my class tonight.

Kathy, in the episode though, where it's used, Xander is being called "useless, like Zeppo" or something (I paraphrase).

Also if he's going through a developmental spurt with language, that's taking up a lot of his concentration, subconscious or not.

He's not. He's been an insane talking machine forever now. Today he was talking about bilateral symmetry (I swear, he pronounced symmetry better than some of my 12th graders).

But he is concentrating on EVERYTHING but the potty. This sucks.