Sunday: 5000 meter swim and Potty Training is a Bust

So this morning, I was forced to go to a stack of books and the internet for help with my potty training situation that is apparently going nowhere.  Ivan and I had a day long battle of the wills, and it seems that I may have lost.  According to the following Mayo CLini Potty Training questionare, if I answered no to most of the following questions, I should discontinue potty training.

• Does your child seem interested in the potty chair or toilet, or in wearing underwear? (Ivan informs me that the answer this is an emphatic "NO")
• Can your child understand and follow basic directions? (Oh yes, but will he??)
• Can your child ask simple questions? (Indeed, he can shout "WANT MY DIAPER" at his mother all day long)
• Does your child stay dry for periods of two hours or longer during the day? Does he or she wake from naps dry? (For the love of Mike, NO! Is that not why we are potty training.  Is not a child who naturally holds their excretions already potty trained by virtue of the acquired skill??)
• Does your child have fairly predictable bowel movements? (Not so much)
• Does your child tell you through words, facial expressions or posture when he or shm,le needs to go? (Never, Never, Never and if I suspect and ask, he denies)
• Is your child uncomfortable in wet or dirty diapers? (No, he loves a wet or dirty diaper and as I found yesterday, enjoys wet or dirty baby boxer shorts almost as much)
• Can your child pull down his or her pants and pull them up again?  (He can, yes, but if not closely attended, "pull down" pants are pulled off and someone may take off running through the house only to urinate in Daddy's office or in his train table bins.  He is best at telling me in which area of our home he has decided to, if not ruin, cause many moments of carpet cleaning.)

So what does all this mean?  Does it mean that I should stop potty training right now, and start up again after Christmas.  I just don't know.  I am going to poll a few friends, do a bit more research and I will get back to you.  

In other news, I went back to swim today after a week long hiatus of convelescing my sinus infection.  I went back, because today was 50 x 100 swim, which was so much fun.  We actually did it on two minute intervals this year, which was great for me since I had been sick, but I really liked getting in the yardage at a more challenging pace last year. 

Anyway, after swimming 5000 yards, I got the best nights sleep I have gotten since the night of my marathon, and I am a huge fan of a great night's sleep.