Comments on: Mailbag Monday! Toilets and Stop Signs

By: Robyn

Robyn — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:08:26 +0000

In reply to Jill @ Ripped Jeans & Bifocals.

I mean…right, RJ&B? Who doesn’t like a little Monday potty talk? At least your kid could hold it at 5. JJ came in last night to tell me that she peed in her pants (again) because there is so much going on at camp that she doesn’t want to miss anything. Great… that will be AWESOME when she gets to Kindergarten. I’m going to have the kid that smells like pee.

Love that you came by. Thank you!!!

By: Robyn

Robyn — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:06:11 +0000

In reply to Melanie. Wow! That seems like a lot of work! I wonder if that is something she will grow out of. I'm sure as she gets older it won't bother her as much. My kids have issues with the "Excalator" hand dryers. They are super loud and my kids jump around with their hands over their ears, hands that probably aren't dry yet. :)

By: Jill @ Ripped Jeans & Bifocals

Jill @ Ripped Jeans & Bifocals — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:06:09 +0000

I do love a post about toilets – the squatty potty pic brought back some China memories, but that was a particularly nasty one. Blech.

My daughter was terrified of automatic flushing toilets when she was about 5 or so. She would hold it FOREVER rather than use one. I thought it was just my kid. She is 22 and I still tease her about that.

Mailbag Monday – how fun! I hope it takes off for you!

By: Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 03:54:10 +0000

My friend’s daughter is so freaked out by auto-flush toilets that she carries a roll of electrical tape. She puts a piece of tape over the sensor “eye” to deactivate it! My friend carries several rolls of electrical tape in her purse because her little girl frequently loses a roll and she will not use a toilet unless it is disarmed.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 02:01:06 +0000

In reply to Sara. Roundabouts scare me because I always think someone else is going to screw up!!

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 01:40:00 +0000

Omg so funny! Let’s talk about roundabouts

By: Robyn

Robyn — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 01:00:28 +0000

In reply to Eddie.

Eddie, I literally almost barfed from your story. I so know what that’s like though. I can’t say that about everything, but when it comes to being in a different country with crazy bathroom situations, I get it.

It’s so weird though, I went from being totally grossed out to thinking that you seemed like the YUMMIEST mommy ever. Quite the spectrum in one comment. You definitely represent well. I loved reading every word of that comment. And then I busted out laughing at the end. You just seem so great to me. I am lucky to have you and I hope you come back soon. …”Like my ass was on fire…” HAHAHAHA!!! 🙂

By: Eddie

Eddie — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 23:00:46 +0000

Omg…your toilet story brought back such fond memories for me…Thailand…1992. I had just got off a 13 hour flight with my boy who was 17 months at the time. Bear in mind just before I got off the plane I was bombarded with warnings about watching for people who may want to plant drugs on me or possibly my child…wtf??? He needed his nappy changed so I proceeded towards the toilet…if you could call it that…to me it looked like the 7th circle of hell. Anyway I proceeded in, against my better judgement, decided to go nowhere near the ‘toilet’, the smell was incredible, and looked for a surface that wasn’t covered in something. I decided the bench near the sink looked like it might not contaminate him but under closer inspection what I had thought was water was actually urine…yes, wee on the bench. As I walked very, very quickly out of the bathroom a very dodgy man came up and asked if he could change my baby’s nappy. Now he might have just been a very helpful man (who am I kidding) but I ran the hell out of there like my ass was on fire and didn’t let my baby out of my arms for the whole 5hour stop over…pooey nappy and all…such a lovely memory…
As for the stop sign situation…I reiterate the comment I made on fb a few weeks ago…if every other driver just realised how stupid they were and fix that, I would be fine.
Love your work Robyn 🙂

By: Robyn

Robyn — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:10:57 +0000

In reply to Karin.

HAHAHAHA!! Magic Toilets! That is great, Karin. She would have had a total blast with me that day when I was stuck on the ground. The “magic” was everywhere!!!
Always love hearing from you. Thank you for coming by!!!

By: Robyn

Robyn — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:09:25 +0000

In reply to Liz. Right!! I actually knew that. I remember that from a different post. I was going to ask you if it was like that show that used to be on TV but then I figured that everyone asks you that and it's probably really annoying. The characters were total "characters."