Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Scary

Yes I love having independent children and it is exciting to see how Doug & Andy are becoming more capable. Sometimes however, that excitement reaches a new level. They had dental hygiene week at school last week. So now they, especially Andy, have started spontaneously brushing their own teeth at random hours of the day. That wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that they put an outrageous amount of toothpaste on the brush. They are so so with spitting so I really don't want them swallowing that much toothpaste (even the toddler kind because even it has fluoride in it).
I also just discovered that Doug had apparently pooped in the potty. That's a good thing...except that he tried to wipe himself off with about a third of a roll of toilet paper (maybe a slight exaggeration...but not by much). There are enough other things I have going on with this house besides thinking about possibilities of plumbing issues. Let's hope that it all goes down. I did actually fish out some of it....

2 comments:

Ann in NJ said...

Charmin had an ad campaign about 5 years ago (or more) aimed at kids, that talked about how many sheets of TP to use. Maybe if you put something on the wall that shows how far to pull it down? I found wipes to be good, since they clean better than TP, but again you have to have specific rules about how many they can use.

Or strongly encourage them to call for help when they need it.

Lisa C said...

One of my quilting customers ended up replacing her old toilet with a power flush model. She said she was glad because when toilet training one of her kids flushed more then half a roll of TP down and it didn't clog it up.
You never know what those kids will they they need!