Many out there are complaining about how early commercial establishments are starting their Christmas season. I say "Bring it on!!" PBS was no exception, despite being partially supported by public funding. Not sure how that works.
But anyway...
Yes, PBS and the holiday season. It's the day before Thanksgiving and it already had Christmas programming on. In order to encourage Alex to sit on the potty, I put on a Curious George Christmas special. George didn't know what Christmas was and the Man in the Yellow Hat was excitedly decorating their apartment, telling George that preparing for Christmas is almost as exciting as Christmas itself. Eventually, George caught the Christmas Bug in a big way.
In order to help George pace himself, the Man in the Yellow Hat drew up a countdown in the shape of a Christmas tree. It had been 12 days before Christmas when they started. Each morning, George would excitedly hop out of bed and dash to the countdown - only to see that it wasn't yet Christmas that day.
It gave me an idea. Alex needs some stronger "encouragement" to make steps in potty. We got him to agree to getting potty trained by Daddy's birthday, but he kept saying he would potty train ON Daddy's birthday. Soooo, I did up a countdown.
Just like George's, I drew it in the shape of a Christmas tree. It just happens to be 12 days before Daddy's birthday. At the top of the tree, I drew a star and wrote the number 1 in it. That was the day to aim for. Until then, we will X off a new day.
Alex was really excited about it. We put it up on his easel and he wanted to start crossing off days right away. It took some explaining about why he couldn't, but he eventually got the idea that he had to be potty trained by the time we got to the star.
Now if he'll just understand that this is a countdown to Daddy's birthday and not Christmas. I plan on getting him an Advent Calendar anyway. Maybe it will prove to be doubly exciting for him.
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