A puddle? No, a lake.

It was only 8:12 in the morning.

I had swept the entire downstairs floors and was ready to tackle the last room - the utility room which is always the worst due to kitty litter, but the smallest. It was still early and we had a lot to do today. As I walked towards the bathroom, I peeked around the door and smelled a foul urine odor. My son had JUST gone to the bathroom so I assumed he had "forgotten" to flush the toilet. No such luck. As I stepped inside, my bare foot fell into a cool wet puddle. A puddle? No, a lake. It was a small lake in the middle of my bathroom floor! The floor around the toilet was completely drenched in pee. The pee reached three of the four walls and was close to trickling out the door.

Disgusting!

I was furious. He has been potty trained for over a year. He KNOWS what he's doing and what he just did. What should I do? This was done to get attention. Do I give him the attention he wants or ignore the entire situation? Do I put all of my anger and frustration aside and walk away calmly? Sorry, not today.

Poor kid. I love my son. He makes me laugh and smile every day. And today, he got the attention he was looking for.

As I sat on the stool in the bathroom, he cleaned up his mess. He got out old rags to wipe the tile floor. Then rags to clean the floor with soap and water. And to make me feel a little better, he had to get a brush and "scrub" the floor. He reluctantly did what I asked while trying not to get wet... he doesn't like to get his clothes dirty. How ironic.

It was now only 8:22. We still had the rest of the day ahead of us. Hopefully he got his "attention" fix.