Toilet Paper

Troy hasn’t been feeling well this weekend, and his nose has been running almost constantly. He’s been awesome about telling us that his nose is running, but that also means he’s telling us, “Nose,” every 1-2 minutes. We wanted to encourage him, so we stopped and wiped his nose each time, but it meant we couldn’t get anything else done.

So, I went and got a roll of toilet paper out of the bathroom and set it on the edge of the table. The next time he said, “Nose,” I took him to the roll and told him that he could get some himself. He acted so proud, like he was all grown up and being entrusted with a sacred task. After that, he’d just go to the roll and help himself whenever he needed to wipe his nose.

I’m still working on teaching him how to push the little pedal to open the trash can and throw the dirty tissue away, but baby steps…literally.