If you recently started potty training, then you’re in the same situation as I am. Everything goes well while you’re at home, but as soon as you get into the car…somebody always has to go.  And not only do they need to go, but they “have to go NOW!!!!”

So you look for the nearest rest area, pull over and, march into the public bathroom where the fun is only about to begin. First, your child doesn’t have to go any more, then he/she decides to give it a try, then he/she touches every nasty piece of whatever happens to be laying in that bathroom. Fifteen minutes into this quest and you feel that you should go too.  However, the minute you sit/squat over the toilet your kid decides to:

1. Open the door and expose you to the entire bathroom line
2. Check out the neighbor in the next stall because he thinks bathrooms are fun
3. Crawls from under the bathroom door, leaving you frantically trying to finish your business and chase after him/her.

All those scenarios have happened to me, and I’m sure to you too. I would like to know how you handled those situations. Please enter your response in the  “bathroom quest” forum for a chance to win a prize.

I wrote about a national Hug your Kids Day on July 20th. And today I found a video of a very special hug. You must see this to believe it.