There are many things that make a parent roll their eyes, shrug their shoulders and give the look of “oh well they are after all kids”, and I have those moments usually daily. Those moments sometimes make me chuckle like a 6th grade boy all over again.
Genuine Baby, or I guess he is actually the toddler now and I should change the moniker, has been trying to be potty trained but for whatever reason he kind of lost hope one day and stopped trying to earn our praise. He is currently in the Huggies Pull-ups. Part of the problem is that he is completely obsessed with his “Kachow”, or for those of you that have not seen the movie Cars 45,678 times like I have, the character of Lightning McQueen. He has the Hot Wheels car of Lighting McQueen and he refers to it as his Kachow. He had “The King” but for whatever reason he wanted to see if that car could swim and flushed it down the toilet, but I digress.
He wears the pull-ups and refers to the characters as “My Sally”, “My Kachow”, “My Mater” and well you get the idea. I tried once to tell him that he cannot pee in the pull-ups because he would be peeing on his Kachow but he only looked at me like I was smoking crack. The makers of Huggies Pull-ups make it easy to determine if the child has peed in the pull-up because they have little cups on the front. These cups are made to look like the Piston Cup that is the award in the movie for winning the season, not unlike that of the Cup in the real NASCAR season. The cups on the front will disappear when the diaper becomes wet. I am forever giggling when looking at or thinking of these cups disappearing, not because I enjoy my child not being potty trained but because of the movie quote of Mater (voiced by Larry the Cable Guy):
Lightning McQueen: I’m serious! He’s won three Piston Cups!
Mater: [spits out fuel] He did WHAT in his cup?
Even the three year old is getting into the game as he ran to me this morning and shouted:
Genuine Toddler: Daaaaad, his cups are gone again!!!!
Genuine: What?
Genuine Toddler: His Piston Cups are gone.
Genuine: “He did WHAT in his cup?” [giggle, snort]
See it is the little things that keep us parents going some times. I do suggest that if you don’t have kids or have not yet seen Cars, you run out and see it right away. To the makers of Huggies I love your sense of humor in putting Piston (pissed in) Cups on the front of your diapers.
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FabulousGirlyGirl Says:
Dr. Phil’s Potty training method works in one day.
It seems like it won’t work and then something just clicks.
Good luck!
Rae Says:
You’re scary, Jim…
You wrote [giggle, snort] and what did *I* do??
*giggle, snort*
It’s bloody laughter by osmosis, I s**t you not (and those *’s don’t represent ‘nor’ LOL)!!
Hula Doula Says:
*snort That is a scream
Deltus Says:
I’d be willing to bet that the person at Huggies didn’t consider that angle. But that is funny.
Elleoz Says:
We are in the same boat, you and I. My little guy is obsessed with trains and Beechow (his name for Lighening McQueen).
Too cute!
creative-type dad Says:
I’m impressed with that cup technology.
Next thing you know, the Pull-Up will be yelling Kachow! when you pee.
That’ll encourage kids to use the toilet!
Wht Says:
Those are the same diapers we use and I never even noticed that! Man, where’s my focus?
Kira Says:
Dude. Store brand pullups and Cars-emblazoned big boy underwear. Use the fixation.
new illuminati Says:
Pretty sick, isn’t it, when people wrap toxic plastic compounds around their kids’ genitals. It isn’t like we humans have been used to this treatment for a million years. Don’t be surprised if you sterilise your boys (and girls) or damage them in other ways.
This non-degradable toxic garbage fills the planet with crap faster than anything else. These products are not made for the benefit of children - they’re made for lazy parents.
At least buy biodegradable - nappies are better.
Foop Says:
His Kachow??? Daaaaaang!
I love Pixar. It’s always a jarring reminder of the truly unformed state of my child’s palate when he picks some hellish thing like My Little Pony over Cars or Monsters, Inc.
Come to think of it, I’d pee on My Little Ponies, but that’s more of an artistic criticism