Potty Talk, umm, 3 or 4

August 29, 2008 by · 4 Comments

either my manic signing to Summit when he has to go to the bathroom has somehow, inexplicably worked to my deep and utter amazement because he signed the “potty” sign to me at Chick-fil-a and proceeded to go to the bathroom there and he still had a dry diaper… or… it was just a coincidence.

and how do I get him to stop calling me “Heidi”? I want him to say “Mommy”. I call myself “Mommy” all the time and he says it too… but when he’s really upset or crying in his crib, it’s all “Hiiiiiiii deeeeeeeee!!!!!” over and over.

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  • Autumn N. Brown

    My husband and his siblings do the same thing to their mom. Well they don’t call her Heidi(sp) but they call her by her first name. At first I thought it was way disrespectful. But come to find out Jan (his mom) would take forever to respond to Mom compaired to the immediate responce to “JAN!” She was especially bad in groups with two or more moms. Maybe Summit is smarter than us all and caught on to that fact way early.

    I think its kind of cute. I don’t know why. Maybe because he knows you have this identity beyond diaper changer and food give. Like Dr Pepper provider.

    Oh and yes we do know the Cates. Chad made sure Jason didn’t live in totally filth (at least until he moved into the Sager house) during college. I know for a fact that Chad Cate is the nicest person on the face of the earth because he lived with my husband for the longerst time and didn’t get any benifits, if you know what I mean. (OH I hope that didn’t offend you!)

  • Amanda

    Maybe if Ben called you “Mommy”? Dustin and I called each other Mommy and Daddy to get the kids to start saying it. Worked.

  • Cody, Kathleen and Joseph

    I am still so impressed with Summit’s potty training! He signs too! When did you start signing? We are beginning to do some basic signs with Joseph.

  • David and Katy

    that’s hilarious. I still think its something you would’ve done as a child. so mature and all. i think amanda’s idea is good…but something to get used to…david’s family all calls one another by what Maddy (neice) would call them…Uncle Dave, Uncle Jer…etc. The funniest is that the names were somehow morphed to other weirder things…like grandad turned into “Gags”…So, in conclusion, guess it could be worse! As we’re all finding out as as well, Summit seems to do what Summit wants in his time and his way…so i think its unique. :)