Dr. Appt

Dr. Sams says it's okay that David hasn't potty trained yet. He'll do it when he's ready. Amanda says it's "my fault" that I insisted on him potty training, but she means that I chose the hard course, not the fun course, because I'm the custodial parent.

sollust1: so the doc thinks it's eczema, not ringworm

sollust1: and he had a flu shot today

ceilteach79: then why is the ringworm medicine making it better when regular lotion did not?

sollust1: sigh...she said try the hydrocortisone first

ceilteach79: ok

sollust1: she said it's "tubular" eczema

sollust1: eczema in circular form

sollust1: maybe not that word

sollust1: I'll have to look it up

ceilteach79: ok

ceilteach79: well, as long as it can get cleared up

ceilteach79: it definitely itches him

sollust1: exactly. His ear is a lot better

ceilteach79: good

ceilteach79: brb again

sollust1: and his urine is good they said

sollust1: ok

ceilteach79: ok, so you got some?

sollust1: yeah...at almost the last minute, too!

ceilteach79: from him wearing the thing or sitting on the potty?

sollust1: wearing the thing

ceilteach79: cool

sollust1: Dr. Sams says her son didn't potty train until 3 years and 5 months

sollust1: almost where David is right now

ceilteach79: yeah, no there's no rush

ceilteach79: but he has to get comfy with it first, and he's not. and with everyone doing something different, it's not going to get better

ceilteach79: the things i'm talking about are so he can potty train in the next 6mos to year

sollust1: it feels more urgent than that...no pun intended

sollust1: sigh...this is hard

ceilteach79: yeah, that's what you insisted on

sollust1: did I?

ceilteach79: yeah by insisting on being the custodial parent

ceilteach79: that's the part. the non-custodial gets to be the fun one

sollust1: Oh I don't care about that

sollust1: you have all the fun you want

ceilteach79: i know, but you want to have fun and not do the hard things

sollust1: what's important is that he's loved and well raised.

sollust1: You're right. But it's what I chose.

sollust1: I'm willing to do the hard stuff. And I'm getting better at it

sollust1: David told the nurse who gave him a shot, "You hurt me"

sollust1: it was cute. She said she was sorry.

ceilteach79: what did he say after she said she was sorry?

sollust1: he was done...he didn't really say anything. She told him to get a sticker, so he went and demanded one

ceilteach79: did you make him ask nicely?

sollust1: yes!

sollust1: they thought it was great that he could change his tone like that