We have had this potty seat for about 14 years Yesterday Tony was detail cleaning the bathroom and found it under the sink, brought it out to me and asked “Mom….do you want to keep this thing?”
Now, I’m an overly sentimental person. Very nostalgic. About everything. Even potty seats. My first instinct was to say “Yes! Don’t throw that out!” I mean, really…how could we throw that out when 7 of my babies’ precious bottoms sat upon it? but I didn’t say anything right away and just looked at it. And I remembered when Afton picked it out at the Target when she was barely two years old, so excited because she was very into Tweety Bird back then, how she came home so eager to use it for the first time. And then all my kids’ baby faces flashed before my eyes, each having a turn potty training on that thing….
Get rid of it? what if there’s another baby one day? what if my future grandchildren need it when they are visiting my house? what if I one day realize it’s not here and I get so, so sad….
I know, crazy huh? The fact is, the thing is old and tired. If we need one in the future, a new one might be best.
So I told Tony that we can’t get rid of it until we take a photo of it. You know, I’m all about the memories. And of course he graciously volunteered to be the one to hold it up for me. For a quick second I thought wouldn’t it be nice to get each child who used it to stand next to it for an individual shot? And then my logical mind shouted at my sentimental mind “IT’S A POTTY SEAT YOU CRAZY PERSON! GROSS!”
Bye-bye Tweety Bird potty seat! You served us well, and you will be missed!
Right now I’m due with baby #10 in just two weeks…and I’m looking at this post and HATING that I got rid of that potty seat!! I wish I kept it. Now what is our little one going to use? A brand new one, with no history to it. Ugh, I should always go with my gut instinct. It was screaming at me to save that potty seat. Then my logical part of my brain took over and told me to get rid of it. And I listened. And now I regret it. I’m so bummed
I’m hanging on to my baby’s things forever
I guess Mommies are naturally sentimental. Visiting from Hopalong Friday!
The Twerp and I
Okay…now I’m really feeling bad about throwing that darn seat out! What if we have more kids? I don’t know why I never thought of that! And my grandkids..they could have used it. See…this is why I NEVER throw stuff away! Ugh!
That is so sweet! I get sentimental over the most random things as well. I remember my grandparents, who had five kids, always had a pink, plastic toilet seat hanging off a nail on the wall in their toilet for all of us grandkids. When we all grew out of it, it disappeared. Sad, I hit grandad up about it. He said we didn’t need it now we were big so it was gone. A few years later two more grandkids were born!
I completely and utterly understand…… I am crazy sentimental about really random things too…. and I must admit I quite like your idea about a photo with each previous user
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