Yeah, we're potty training around here. Nolan wasn't really showing all that much interest, and he wasn't bothered by his soggy diapers, so I had been putting it off for a while now. But I checked the calendar and we had a couple of extra quiet weeks so I thought I'd go for it. Besides, I'm the one that really needed to be ready.
It's not fun and we're certainly not done, but it's going better than I thought it would. It's been a week and there have been minimal accidents (one was bad, but I'll spare you the details). I'm always still amazed when he wakes up dry. We're now trying to tackle pooping on the potty. I'm afraid he's going to make himself constipated. And we're still to the point where I'm always telling him it's time to go. Does it normally take a while for them to begin saying when they need to go? Any advice would be great!
We're just sticking with bribery for now. When someone asks him about going potty, he'll say, "When I'm potty trained I will have a potty party and go to Target to get a bucket of Legos." Yep, that's right. A whole, huge, bucket of Legos! But that's not all - Justin has also promised him a computer for his bedroom. Our old one that's been in storage but he would be thrilled to play his Reader Rabbit game on it. But alas, still no poop. Soon, we hope! No pictures this time... figured you didn't need to see that!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Plenty of Pee Pee
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We had to tell Ethan that it was time to use the potty for a while. He eventually decided that he didn't like to be told what to do and regressed and wet his pants a lot for a while, then, we had to trust that he could do it himself. We remind him now and then, but he likes to do it himself. It has been quite the process, but not too bad.
Bribery is the way to go. We let Ethan have an M&M or some small treat everytime he went for a while and that worked well. We also included some larger items of desire for milestones, like first time pooping. You could try a sticker chart too if you didn't want to reward as often so that a certain number of stickers means a bigger prize. Constantly remind him and ask him what happens if he goes poop in the potty. Get him excited and praise him constantly and tell him how big he is. With Ethan we constantly cheered "you went pee pee in the potty! No more diapers!" He loved this.
Good luck!
I got a "potty watch" at Harmon's for like $9. You can set it to go off every 30, 60, or 90 minutes and then it plays a little tune that you can sing a little song to. Alana loved it and would always say, "it's time to go potty" when it would go off. We did rewards too. We had plenty of accidents, both pee and poopy ones, but we would tell her that it was making the princesses on her underwear sad that she was peeing or pooing on them and then she would do better. It took a good couple of weeks before the accidents weren't so often, and then they still will have the occassional accident for a while.
Good Luck!!
Keep it up! Rewarding is huge. I really think the key is to reminding them often enough that they don't have accidents and then they just start to do it naturally on their own. It's good he's motivated with the Lego's and computer! It sounds like he's well on his way, especially if he's waking up dry! Yahoo!!
Congrats (if that's the right word). With Paige I waited til she was ready and then we didn't have a lot of problems. Trenton, on the otherhand, still needs to be sent to the bathroom because he'll just hold it til it's too late. So I wish I had magical advice - but I don't. If you get it, pass it along. And nothing wrong with bribery!
That's great! We're potty training too. Marshall just decided he wanted to start going so we're in underwear and he makes it about 80% of the time. I agree it's not fun, way too much laundry. Good luck!
Oh my gosh, that's so cute. I'm a ways off from potty training still, but I can tell you of an experience of a friend. Her son was scared of pooping on the potty to the point where he would hold it in. Not good. So they eventually just let him go outside to the dog pen to see how the doggy goes poop without a diaper, let him poop outside for a little while, and he transitioned to the potty. Lol. Not the most civilized way to do it, but it worked!
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