We are on DAY 3 of intense potty-training with Logan. We have been encouraging it for months, but have been pretty easy going about it because he has shown little or no interest. But now that he's graduated nursery at church, several of his fellow preschoolers (all boys) are potty-trained, AND he's coming up on four-years-old (for heaven's sake), we decided to really start pushing him. Plus, we don't have many plans outside the house right now, so what better time to run around bottomless, right? So we've been trying to get him to drink a lot and have basically followed his little bare bum around the house with his little potty, making him sit on it every 20-30 minutes.
Potty-training Logan has been a very different experience than training Andrew. Andrew took his sweet time too, but he was very easy to bribe. All it took was a sticker on a chart to get him to try. Logan however, is much more stubborn! We've tried every bribe we can think of, but if Logan doesn't want to sit on the potty, NO bribe will change that. It usually takes a threat of time-out just to get him to SIT on the potty. Here are just a few things I'm really tired of hearing:
"NO!"
"NO, I CAN'T!"
"NO! I already did!"
"NO! The air won't let me!" - not really sure what this one means, but he sure likes to use it!
Once in a while he does cooperate and has actually peed in the potty a total of 5 times! YAY, LOGAN! (I won't tell you how many times we've had to clean up puddles of pee on the floor and/or in Big Brother's Spongebob slippers...it's much more than 5!) When he does succeed, we make a big deal about it and let him put a sticker on his sticker chart. It warms my heart to see how proud he is of himself at those times. That helps me remember that he really is trying and wants to succeed, and that he's not peeing on the kitchen floor just to spite me...I think.
6 comments:
poor kid! How ARE you going to get that boy to use the bathroom? I think that is mom's mission for her trip there next week.. haha i hope it works!
I hear ya! I put Hannah on the potty all the time and she never does anything except beg to get off. This potty training stuff stinks!
Oh I am not looking forward to that. Reagan was so easy. She was potty trained when she was two but I hear boys are harder.
I don't know Summer- It sounds like your doing everything right. I haven't ever potty trained a kid passed Crew's age. The girls were 16 months. I think I do it early because I'm afraid to do it when they can argue with me! I wish I had some better advice for you. Just stick with it, and be consistant. Good luck!
I just finished potty training my boys. Not a fun time at all. I feel your pain! Hang in there, and remember someday we'll miss these "times".
Logan, You did it! You went peepy and poopy in the pottie and you are wearing underwear! No more diapers for you. Good Job!
See you soon-I love you lots and I am very proud of you!
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