Things that make you say hmmmm...

The potty training thread over on mkm reminded me of this.

The other day I was trying to get one of our preschool kids (2 1/2, been
training for a couple of months, has the occassional good day, but mostly
accidents still) to sit on the potty. She had reluctantly come into the
bathroom with me, and had 'sat' for about a second, before jumping up again. So
I'm coaxing her.

"Come on, Goose Girl. Won't you sit for a just a minute and try? You don't
want to get those pretty new Nemo panties all wet, do you?"

And then realized the absurdity of what I was saying. Is it just me, or is
there something inherantly bizarre about putting pictures of FISH on panties
for small children? I half expected her to pipe up with "But Naomi, Nemo LIKES
being wet. He's a fish!" (But she isn't that verbal yet, at least not in
English.)


Naomi
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On 14 Mar 2004 14:39:43 GMT, OSPAM (Naomi Pardue)
wrote:

The potty training thread over on mkm reminded me of this.

The other day I was trying to get one of our preschool kids (2 1/2, been
training for a couple of months, has the occassional good day, but mostly
accidents still) to sit on the potty. She had reluctantly come into the
bathroom with me, and had 'sat' for about a second, before jumping up again. So
I'm coaxing her.

"Come on, Goose Girl. Won't you sit for a just a minute and try? You don't
want to get those pretty new Nemo panties all wet, do you?"

And then realized the absurdity of what I was saying. Is it just me, or is
there something inherantly bizarre about putting pictures of FISH on panties
for small children? I half expected her to pipe up with "But Naomi, Nemo LIKES
being wet. He's a fish!" (But she isn't that verbal yet, at least not in
English.)

Lol! Just to add more confusion Nemo has been dubbed in Hebrew with a
short e (like in the word never) as opposed to the American 'neemo'.
It took my girls a couple of days to figure out they were one and the
same

--Lisabell
Mom to Gabriella (5.5) and Michaela (4)

Naomi Pardue wrote in message
...
The potty training thread over on mkm reminded me of this.

The other day I was trying to get one of our preschool kids (2 1/2, been
training for a couple of months, has the occassional good day, but mostly
accidents still) to sit on the potty. She had reluctantly come into the
bathroom with me, and had 'sat' for about a second, before jumping up
again. So
I'm coaxing her.

"Come on, Goose Girl. Won't you sit for a just a minute and try? You
don't
want to get those pretty new Nemo panties all wet, do you?"

Before I got to your next paragraph, my first thought was 'Sure! He's a
fishie, Mommy!' :-)


And then realized the absurdity of what I was saying. Is it just me, or
is
there something inherantly bizarre about putting pictures of FISH on
panties
for small children? I half expected her to pipe up with "But Naomi, Nemo
LIKES
being wet. He's a fish!" (But she isn't that verbal yet, at least not in
English.)

Don't feel bad -- when OS was training, he wanted Aquaman briefs, which
aren't made (not then nor now)...and nothing else would do, so I got cotton
training pants and hand painted them....and had the same absurd thought at
the time....'C'mon, sweetie...use the potty or Aquaman will get wet.'
(Well, d'oh! g)

I was so glad that by the time he was trained and ready for briefs, he was
into Power Rangers...which were the rage at the time. I was *not* going to
hand paint more briefs.

Leah

Naomi Pardue wrote:
I half expected her to pipe up
with "But Naomi, Nemo LIKES being wet. He's a fish!" (But she isn't
that verbal yet, at least not in English.)

Hm, maybe I'll make/buy some training pants with cats on them, on the off
chance that DS *ever* decides to be interested in potty-training. "Don't get
the cat wet! Cats hate that!"

--
tristyn
www.tristyn.net

"iphigenia" wrote in message ...
Naomi Pardue wrote:
I half expected her to pipe up
with "But Naomi, Nemo LIKES being wet. He's a fish!" (But she isn't
that verbal yet, at least not in English.)

Hm, maybe I'll make/buy some training pants with cats on them, on the off
chance that DS *ever* decides to be interested in potty-training. "Don't get
the cat wet! Cats hate that!"

Lol!

Irene