Potting Training Day 1

06/02/10
Tuesday was LA's last day of school and thus begins the potty training for Aubrey and the cleaning up of double P's for mommy and daddy (mainly mommy since I will not be at home during the day).

She went 2 for 6 (.340 potty average, well above the Mendoza Line) yesterday with two wet diapers (she is only wearing diapers at nap time and night time, you can't count that against her). Not a bad start but considering we have to get to 100%, there's still considerable work to do. Anything less than 100% and your are not going to make it in this world, unless you are going to school or work each day with a bunch of clothes and even then everybody is going to wonder "What in the world is wrong with her? Her parents didn't teach her to use the potty?".

Since I brought up the Mendoza Line, I have often thought that baseball is a unique sport in that you are basically a failure but get paid like a rock star (those that make it to THE SHOW get paid, those in the minor league are paid like a high school drop out but they are doing something that is fun and they love and the last time I checked they could quit whenever they wanted but why quit until they let you go. Playing in the minor leagues and getting paid is better than any 8 to 5 job and as long as you playing, there is always the chance your name will be called for THE SHOW). You can bat .280 and if you can field the ball, you can have a pretty long career. I know there are other "new" indicators slugging percentage, on base percentage and OPS (on base plus slugging) to determine your success and value to your team but I am old school. For our purposes on this blog and in our house, we will be sticking with the potting average formula - number of attempts and number of times she's successful and .280 isn't going to cut it. Until she's at 100%, it's a failure on her, mommy and daddy's part.

Hopefully, this will not take too long. I hope she is a quick learner. She seems to responding when we drag her nose back through the "accident" and then sit her on the potty. If you come over to visit, don't assume the water on the floor is from an ice cube - proceed with caution.


PS - If you are a baseball fanatic and disagree with my comments about batting averages, that is fine. Don't be offended, it was a high level overview and used to make a point about my daughter not being a failure at pp and p in the potty. I haven't watched a professional baseball game since A Rod signed for 850 gagillion dollars with the Rangers that was the beginning of the end of me really caring about professional sports. I do watch baseball highlights, since SportsCenter uses them as filler during the football and basketball off season. I will even say that something needs to be done to correct the perfect game thrown last night by the Detroit Tigers pitcher. He earned it...fix it.

PSS - I was just kidding about dragging her nose back through the "accident" but it is a proven method for dogs and if this process "drags" along we might have to resort to extreme measures.