how to keep my cute trouble maker away from the toilet (Read 768 times)

I really appreciate all the feed back. Some of it was pretty scary or funny depends on the hat I am wearing. All of them though I considered. Problem is I can not scare him or lock him completely out of the toilet room as I want him to be able to learn to potty train. My solution: Keep it sparkling clean. And try to not make a big deal about it. Maybe he likes my reaction. Also I am telling everyone if possible to not use that toilet.

Yeah, you want him to be able to potty train - good for him to feel comfortable in the bathroom. Since the toilet is a preferred place, maybe toilet training will eventually be a nice distraction from the play. Divert attention to other activities! I think you're on to something about getting a reaction. Sure, he enjoys playing in the water, but getting some attention is fun, too. React neutrally, not emotionally. And, can you give him an alternative, appropriate place to have water play? A small bin with pots and pans, whatever he does in the bathroom? It might be a mess, but it's better than the toilet!

Too funny Ryan! I also suffer from the overused ellipsis syndrome! I usually look back at something I wrote and am amazed at the number of ... all over the place. I don't know where it came from, but I have to make a consious decision to take them out.

When I would write papers for a grade that had to be technically "correct" ellipses were almost completely absent, as well as my use of dashes and excessive quotes and parentheses, but I think writing online is almost a language or writing system of its own. I think Dan gets it right with the "trailing thought" concept. I often think of my online posts as transcripts of my speech or thoughts. My online writing reads a lot differently than the stuff I would turn in for grades in college. My speech and thought processes are very much stream-of-consciousness, so it makes sense that my casual writing to my friends in my 'puter would be the same. k