Saturday, January 17, 2009

Almost

I wish I could say that we are *almost* potty trained but I am not sure that is the case.
Josie- yep...working on her too because she likes sitting on the potty, asks for it every time we change her diaper (plus she's a social sitter...if I am on the potty she wants to go too), and she is all about the stickers. She can put pee in but hasn't figured out when to go (or forgets about it...I'm not sure which).
Andy- making a bit of progress. If he is completely naked he sort of knows when to go. Put a pair of pull-ups or even cloth training pants on him and suddenly that's gone. He can sometimes get pee out but most of the time if you tell him to go potty his butt hits the seat for about two seconds and he says there's nothing there.
Doug- he can stay dry if he is completely naked, but like Andy if you put anything on him he has accidents. He can pee if you go tell him to go potty but half the time you have to coerce him into getting on the potty because he is not much interested. He is very proud of himself when he does pee and if you ask him whether he flushed the toilet most of the time the answer you get is "almost" and he will run go flush the toilet.

1 comment:

Jill in MA said...

I know that every kid is different, and this definitely did NOT work for Owen, but here's what worked for Sierra:
She seemed unable to tell when she had to go. Rarely could she make something come out on the potty. She didn't seem to be able to make any connection with body signals and the act of peeing. So we put her in underwear. Not pull-ups, not training pants -- they all seem to know that they are just glorified diapers and don't care. For 4 days she just kept peeing in her pants and I would change her clothes (like 6 times a day.) But this was uncomfortable for her. Then after 4 days of this, she made the mental connection. Viola! Potty trained. (She has been having a lot more accidents recently, but I think this is a power struggle.)
Owen of course, took 2 years. ugh.
Good luck! I know it sucks!