by Kathleen Lynn

Created on: January 15, 2009   Last Updated: April 09, 2011

Little boys are made of snakes, snails, and puppy dog tails. Not really but some days it may seem like it to their parents. One of my favorite aspects of being the mother of a boy rather than a little girl is how little boys will put their mommy in the spotlight.  Mothering a boy is much like being the lead in a play. You are his Juliet, his 

Queen Elizabeth, his world. It's a great feeling. Little girls run outside and pick a flower and stick it in their own hair. A little boy runs outside picks the flower and brings it to his mother. He loves to see your smile and feel your hugs. When he's sick he begs for mom. When he cries he wants his mom.

I always hope as a mom this means he will love the future women in his life half as much. If he is as devoted to his future wife as he is me, I know his marriage will be a long, successful venture.

Raising little boys isn’t always smiles and laughter.  They tend to be quite ornery when they are younger.  The story I plan to share today involves my husband. It also involves our son, Wal-Mart, a store Manager, and a store Security Guard.

Now that I have your attention, the story takes place when our son was three years old. He was a very stubborn little boy. He was also a very vocal little boy in the presence of family or friends. If you were a stranger, he became extremely shy.  He never talked to waitresses or asked for his own refills.  He never felt particularly chatty with a cashier at the store.  His natural shyness helped ease my fears in the stranger danger department but at times could be a problem.  Like this particular day. 

Back to the stubborn trait he possessed, he did not want to potty train. He didn't mind wearing diapers. The first time he was introduced to pull ups he wanted no part of them or the potty training process.  This child was the first among his peers to quit bottle feeding, the first to chuck his pacifier out the door, the first to talk even with big words like despicable. That word is such a mouth full when said out loud.  We became first time parents on a mission to get him potty trained before Kindergarten.  

We were going to potty break this child come hell or high water. So we set out putting him in pull ups, with fancy little Sesame Street characters on his butt. Slowly we were getting our way. He wanted the cookie so he wouldn't wet the pull up. He would sit on the big boy potty.

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