I know Andra may seem a little bit young for potty training, but she seems very curious and interested in the "big" toilet, so I figured we might as well take advantage of her interest and just see what happens. We bought the potty seat (which sort of sits inside the adult toilet seat) and a step stool. Well, Andra took an immediate liking to her potty seat. It was like a new toy! We took it out of the package and let her play with it. She sat on it in the living room...but it wasn't long until she discovered it fit quite nicely on her head. Well, we all got quite the kick out of that. So she pranced around the house for a while with it on her head...and I took some funny pictures of her new discovery...then...next thing we knew...it had slipped OVER her head and was around her neck. And wasn't coming off. We tried a few tugs and pulls. Not budging. So Andra started to panic (screaming), so Dave and I started to seriously panic. I had visions of rushing my child to the ER with a toilet seat stuck around her neck. That'd certainly earn me Mother of the Year award!
I tried to calm down...if it went over her head...it HAD to come back off. I finally found the perfect angle, and a few hard tugs later, it was off. Andra, the poor thing, has a scrape by one of her eyes from the pulling. :( It was probably only stuck for 30 seconds or so, but it felt like 30 minutes. Andra was in a complete state of panic...and was NOT so friendly with her toilet seat afterwards. It will be in hiding for few days until she hopefully forgets the whole harrowing experience. I hope this doesn't sabotage our efforts.
Dave and I later discovered there's a warning on the back side of the seat about not letting kids put it over their head because it CAN become stuck around their neck. oops. At least we can laugh about it now.
Here are a few funny pictures before disaster struck...
7 comments:
Oh my gosh Kylie! This post made me laugh out loud. I'm so glad you got if off!!
me too!!! I was seriously thinking we were going to have to take her to the hospital with a toilet seat around her neck!! we were laughing about it all night...but it was terrifying at the time!
hilarious and horrifying all at the same time. those photos will make for some killer blackmail someday...
Oh my gosh Kylie....hilarious story. So glad you got it off before having to go to the ER.
Kylie -
I am so sorry you guys had to go through that. But it makes a fantastic story. I hope she wont have potty issues for the rest of her life.
This will be good ammo for boyfriends that Dave thinks are bogus down the road!
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