Potty training......I am wondering who's milestone this really is as I am sitting in the bathroom with door closed, while Austin and I are "hanging out" and playing with toys and waiting for the next opportunity to go potty.
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| Where the magic happens |
Just then he exclaims, "Uh oh! Poo!" and I tell him, "well, get on the potty". Success! Yet, pooing was an easy one for him. It's number one that we are struggling with. I.WILL.NOT.FAIL. is my mantra as we are in the third day of this....
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| Wondering What My Mom Used |
Day 1: Just underwear or naked running around the house. I committed to just to "be" with Austin for this whole week. No distractions for me to keep me from forgetting to remind Austin to go potty. Drinking lots of Kombucha/water mix to keep him hydrated enough to practice the art of recognizing "when to go". We go to the potty together, the tandem potty'rs we have become. Once I realized his currency (motivation) for going potty was to "drive", I implemented the incentive to go potty IN the potty. We "drove" my car five times (backing out of the drive and then pulling into the drive with Austin steering and shifting) on day one. We also had much dribbling and much just flat out peeing anywhere he felt obliged to.
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| Tighty whitey's! |
Day 2: Okay, lots of peeing wherever we wanted to even after we JUST went potty. So off to Dollar Tree to buy some cheap toys and motivators to go potty. Sticker chart with load of stickers. Again, we have 6 stickers on the "I WENT POTTY THIS MANY TIMES" chart. Perhaps I should of clarified on the chart WHAT the potty was. Oy. By the end of the day, he was in his pull ups and I resigned for the rest of the day.
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| Piece of Art |
BUT, I had a plan for Day 3: Searched "potty training" in Pinterest and found a site on how to potty train in one day by relegating ourselves to a small space, the bathroom, and then building on that space as you feel comfortable with his ability to run to the bathroom when he needs to go.
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| Maggie Cheering Austin On. |
He did pretty good! Even upped the anty and wanted to go on the regular toilet! YES, my son has GOT IT!
But then there was naptime. While I was shuffling the dogs into their area before I took Austin to the potty before naptime, Austin decided that he was going to pee in said area instead of the the potty.
Sigh.
I.WILL.NOT.FAIL.
