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Anonymous
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 02:37 pm: | |
Hi
We're on day three with our younger son who showed almost all the signs of readiness-- he's 22 months old.
The first day was pretty good-- at least self initiated successful pees in the potty, and also 3-5 accidents. It became clear halfway through that day that our son did better with the whole thing when just one of us did the training, and Dad has taken it over b/c our son's in a daddy stage.
The second day was Dad only. We had one successful pee on the potty and three accidents. The practicing became very difficult. Our son is fairly easy going and compliant, but still has his ideas about what he wants. At times during the trials (usually around practice 6) he would scream, go totally limp, and refuse to move. The only way to get him to continue at that point was to lift him up and carry him to the toilet, effectively doing the whole thing for him. We were afraid that the resistance we were getting to the practicing was really going to start creating a bad feeling around the training, so my husband backed off a little (did seven instead of ten) and got creative about it (used a stuffed animal for our son to "show" how to use the potty).
It's day 3 now and halfway through the day. We've had three pee pee accidents, no inititions or successful pees/poops on the potty so far. He's been sitting on the potty a lot this morning and clearly needs to poop, but we have been prompting his trips to the potty when we see the signs that he is trying to poop rather than letting him just go in his big boy pants.
The practicing that we did earlier today met with even more resistance/opposition than yesterday and we are wondering if anyone has ideas about ways we can handle this differently at this point. We really don't want this to be a miserable experience for him and create further resistance to using the potty.
Thanks for your help! |
Narmin Parpia
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Registered: 07-2006
| | Posted on Monday, March 12, 2007 - 04:08 pm: | |
Keep in mind not all methods work for every kid. Depending on their personality, some methods just won't work for some kids.
Your instinct is right about backing off. Whether it's the method that just won't work for him or he really isn't quite ready for potty training, a break is definitely in order.
If you have not already done so, I suggest going back to diapers for at least a couple of weeks. Then pick the training back up but consider another method. There are several potty training methods to choose from. Select a method that works for you and him.
Good luck, and please let me know how it works out.
Narmin |
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