1. Recognize the feeling in your body that suggests "pee"
2. STOP what you're doing and go to the bathroom
3. Lift the lid
4. Pull down your pants
5. Aim
6. Pee (all around the bowl. If you're Ben, you want to get everything wet...)
7. Flush
8. Pull your pants up
9. Put the lid down
10. Wash hands
11. Dry hands
12. Get a skittle

12 steps! That's a whole lot of things to do. And most of those steps happen after the actual act of peeing. In fact, of steps 7, 8, 9, and 10, I can only ever get Ben to do any 3 of those 4 steps.

And the combination changes almost every time. Ben seems to prefer to flush before getting dressed but he also has to put his hands over his ears because the flush is too loud. I've chased Ben back into the bathroom to actually flush. I've chased him around the house with his pants around his ankles trying to get him to finish getting dressed. I constantly have to remember to put the lid down myself so *I* don't fall in. Washing hands can be a nightmare. Last time I watched him "wash" his hands, he just pumped the soap down the drain and ran the water for freakin' ever.

(I now carry Purel on top of everything else necessary for potty training. I'm back to carrying a diaper bag with one diaper, one small box of wipes, one pair of socks, one pair of underpants, and 1 pair of pants.)

Sigh. I would really like him to put the lid down but it is, sadly, more important that he reliably pull his pants up before he leave the bathroom.