Learning To Use The Potty (private for Carrie96 and me)

[Carrie96]

Since James still didn't seem to be feeling too well, Sharon held him for most of the day as they read and watched movies.


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[Omo90210]

The next morning, James woke up feeling a lot better.

[Carrie96]

Sharon jerked awake. "Okay, come on, honey." She carefully lifted James out of bed, trying not to jolt his clearly-bursting bladder, and rushed to the bathroom.


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[Omo90210]

James bounced against her hip, trying to hold his pee-pee in.

[Carrie96]

Sharon paused when she heard the trickling coming from his diaper and felt it growing warm against her. "Uh-oh, sweetie. It's okay. You stayed dry all night! I know you tried to make it to the potty." She held him close as he wet his diaper, trying to keep him from getting too upset.

[Omo90210]

"I twied to hold it," James said sadly.

[Carrie96]

"I know you did. You couldn't help it, honey, it's okay." Sharon kissed his forehead, relieved to finally not feel any fever. "Your fever's gone! Are you feeling better?"

[Omo90210]

James nodded mournfully and lay down on her shoulder.

[Carrie96]

Sharon gently wiped his tears away. "Sweetheart, it's okay. Let's get you cleaned up and into some big-boy training pants, and then we'll eat breakfast. You've been cooped up inside for a few days, I bet you're ready to play outside for a little bit!"


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[Omo90210]

James nodded enthusiastically.

[Carrie96]

"Breakfast first." Sharon cleaned James up, helped him step into a clean pair of training pants, and put a pair of shorts and a t-shirt on him. After breakfast, she refilled James's sippy cup and took him outside to play.


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[Omo90210]

James's throat still hurt a little bit from being sick, so he'd consumed a good bit of juice during breakfast and while he played outside.

[Carrie96]

Sharon read and sipped a cup of coffee on the back porch while James played. After they'd been outside for a little while, she realized his juice was almost gone and was probably making its way to his little bladder. "James, honey, do you need to go pee-pee?"


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[Omo90210]

James was having too much fun being outside for the first time in a few days and shook his head without even thinking about it.

[Carrie96]

Sharon raised a suspicious eyebrow. "Are you sure? We can come right back outside after you go potty, when you need to go. Remember, you're not wearing a pull-up. If you pee-pee in your pants, your clothes will get wet."

[Omo90210]

James nodded absently, not paying Sharon or his filling bladder much attention.

[Carrie96]

Sharon anticipated James getting too distracted while he played after spending three days not feeling like doing anything, so she was expecting him to have a tough day with the potty today. She hoped she could catch him and get him to the toilet before he wet his pants to help him get back in the habit of listening to his body.

"Remember to tell Mommy when you have to go potty," Sharon reminded him every few minutes.


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[Omo90210]

James continued playing, not even thinking about whether he had to go potty.

[Carrie96]

Sharon had become engrossed in her book, but looked up after a while when she realized James had been quiet. That was never good. Her heart sank when she saw him crouched over, with his legs pressed together and both hands buried into his crotch, as a wet stain spread across and down his shorts.


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[Omo90210]

James looked down at his crotch in defeat as he finished wetting his pants.

[Carrie96]

Sharon put her book down and walked over to James. "Come on, honey, let's go change," she said, matter-of-factly. When they got to the door, she picked him up and held him in front of her as she walked him back to the bathroom. The poor child was drenched. She knelt in front of James, took his socks and shoes off, and began to peel his soaked shorts and training pants off of him.


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[Omo90210]

James held on to Sharon's shoulders and stepped out of his wet pants.

[Carrie96]

James had soaked himself pretty well, so Sharon started running some bath water, not thinking she would be able to clean him up well enough with the wet wipes.


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[Omo90210]

"Nooooo," James moaned.

[Carrie96]

"Honey, that's the only way Mommy can get all of the pee-pee off of you. You don't want to smell like pee-pee for the rest of the day, do you?"


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