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Peeing....

So I could use a little advice or something.

My son, who's three, is potty trained, but in possession of a three-year-old bladder. He *loves* to pee. Hey, who doesn't? Enthusiastically shouts, "I need to PEE!" and runs off and does it; trees (favorite), short toilets, tall toilets, urinals (second favorite), whatever. And I tend to drag him all over tarnation to places that may or may not have terribly accesible restrooms.

Now, I've repeated the mantra that we only pee on trees when there is no way we could possibly get to a bathroom in time, like when we're in the woods, etc. I Make sure we go before we leave. I ask if he needs to go when he starts doing the pee dance. Talked about private parts being private.

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Hey, so I saw this great video at my brother's place

Strong Kids, Safe Kids w/ Henry Winkler. From 1984. REALLY dated, but good info about keeping kids safe from sexual abuse, empowering them to resist and defend and tell. Mr. Dude watched to whole thing (not into TV - a blessing and a curse) and was into it.

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It's 6:00

On my first day back at work after vacation, last week of current job, and I've accomplished....

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Jack Diddly Squat. I tried. I tried to be motivated, I did. I opened folders and searched for things. I re-read some stuff. I made a bigger to-do list.

Got a list of stuff to do from Boss, in addition to other last week at work things.

Maybe tomorrow will be better.

Except I have mediation tomorrow. Last one. I promise.

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In defense of my kid,

So I blog about frustration a lot, because this is a safe place to do so, more or less. I've blogged about various family members on vacation recently, and it was frustrating to have them assume the worst about my guy. Who am I dfending him to? Oh, my family, some random internet strangers, myself, a world that expects the worst...You know what? With the exceptions that are the subject of my blog, my kid is amazing.

He's three years and three months old. He uses the toilet all by himself without promting, and has very few accidents. We didn't push it. It was his idea. He can recognize his name in print. He uses scissors with much skill, and can do intricate things with his fingers that people tell me he shouldn't be able to do. He is *strong* and fast. He's forty pounds of well-coordinated muscle.

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Good vacation stuff

Ok, rant's out of my system. Here's what was cool:

My mom and her partner: They are engaging and great and there were nmornings Mom let me sleep in when my kid woke up at six. THey live out where there aren't many public play spaces, but made the car treck to the playground with us. When they couldn't, mom actually LOANED ME HER CAR so I could look for places to go & take DS. Mom doesn't loan her car to anybody.

Hanging around on the deck with Mom & her guy and camping in the backyard was fun. Hanging with Brother and his fabulous girlfriend was wonderful. They are so good with my son. It was nice to have this houseful of family. And my step-dad found out he loved Spongebob Squarepants.

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