New toilet

[tehuatzi]

All three toilets in our house have been slow - we've been getting by with occasional plunging. Sammy (& Nathan?) has discovered the joy of dropping objects in the toilet and flushing them away. Ha ha, what fun; let's do that again. We learned about this from finding toothbrushes, coins, spoons, etc. in the bottom of the toilet bowls - items

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an update on the very naughty little boy

[mocina]

After multiple punishments of various kinds for this behavior, I exasperatedly asked him, "Why do you flush toys down the toilet, Sam?" Looking up at me with tears in his eyes, he was silent, as if to say, 'I have no idea, mom, I just like it.' So I asked, "Do you just like watching the toys swirl down with the water?" Then as if I'd unlocked his little heart, he said, "Yes," then buried his head in my lap with many, many tears. So I held him, but told him that he can never watch anything else swirl down the toilet except small bits of toilet paper and poop. He said, "Okay." We'll see if we can trust those sad little eyes. I have my doubts, but here's hoping.

Re: an update on the very naughty little boy

[darceyrene]

Is there some kind of toy he could get that might duplicate this thrill for him? I'm thinking marbles going down some sort of spiral. Maybe marbles would not be a good idea with Nathan, but something along those lines?

[quirky_layne]

I was telling my mom about this and kind of chuckling. Of course she told me, uh, you know Patrick will do that someday. Yep, normal kid thing in my book. Glad you got a new toliet! Happy flushing!