Time so flies, I can´t really remember when we bought the lille basketball-set, didn´t know where to put it and went for the loo-door. From the inside.
I never ever wanted a bathroom without a window again, but we ended up having just that.
And bathroom and loo seperated, too, with a very small toilet.
To make up for it we hung a "toilet-graffiti-poster" on the door:
Niece was maybe 5 months old, dunno where SIL and Ingo went, but Bro said he had to go and put Niece in my arms.
New Auntie!!!
Panic-mode!
Certainly Niece felt my stress and started crying!
And Bro?
Was just for pee but got glued to the poster, gnaaah!
Niece cannot read yet, but the "loo-ball" attracts ever since ...
She (luckily) forgets about it, but if she has to go... loo is blocked.
Oh, my.
See a pattern here? ;-)
I have very bad memories of being with my Granma´s sister who "taught" me how to get potty-trained at age 1 1/2 (sucessfully).
She was a Nun, she was strict and I still know the bad smell of her bathroom.
Guess Niece will grow up with better memories of "Auntie´s loo", huh?
(Really, some places smell in a way that make me remember - even visually! - that bathroom. And yes, I was born in the early 70´s. Hitting a child was ok back then...).
Jump YES, Strike! The ball was in! ;-)
Times-are-a-changing - luckily!
6 comments:
Basketball in the loo,that's a novel idea, lol. At least better memories for your niece as you say!
I like that graffiti poster.
We also have a golf-set in the loo :-)
Actually just deco. And I wonder... when Niece learns English I guess the poster has to go! Some graffitis are not for unter 18.
Potty training is such a sensitive matter and should be handled carefully, I guess back then it wasn't treated the right way. Are you more relaxed with the new baby/ You should be you're a lovely Aunty Iris1
Back then there was no time, my parents were super-busy, nappies were expensive - Bro wasn´t potty-trained before being 3!
Yes, with little Niece it´s way easier, Grace :-)
Guess also cause a second child has to cope with much more than the first and is more easy-going per se?
But still... I´m rather way too careful than lovely as an Aunty, guess that will never change ;-)
Swish! :-)
Had to look that up! New word learned :-)
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