• Feb. 28, 2006
Potty-Training...Help!!!
We are potty-training our 2 (soon to be 3) year old son. We've been training him for a while, and he is the best little pee-er in town. However, when it comes to the #2 business, he is struggling. His diaper is completely dry all of the time, other than the one time a day he goes #2. Every time he's dirtied his pants, he swaggers over to me like a bow-legged cowboy and says, "I went poopie, Mom."
When I am cleaning him up, he always wants to see the "poopie". I put it in the potty, and he happily flushes it with a flourish, cheerily waving while saying, "Bye-bye poopie!"
I don't want to get so upset with him that he begins holding it in ("hoarding" I believe the term is for it). However, treats, encouragement, reminders, sitting on the potty, etc. are NOT working. I've never been as thankful for how easy it was to potty-train my first child until I've tried to potty-train my second child.
My sister's son actually has exactly the opposite problem. He'll poop on the potty, but he won't pee on the potty. I guess if we combined our 2 sons, we'd have the perfectly potty-trained child. Does anyone have any ideas on how to successfully complete the potty training process with my little cherub of a son? Please let me know if you do!
Today's "Life's Little Moment": Patience is a virtue. Lord, please give me patience as I potty-train my son.
Do you have a potty-training trick up your sleeve? Any ideas you can share with me? I'd love to hear from you! Please drop me a message.
Love in Christ,
Julie Grosz
Comments
• May. 15, 2006
Untitled Comment
Posted by Joni
My son did exactly the same thing, as did many of my girlfriends children. It's quite common I think. It seems that the number 2 business scares them for some reason! If you have a "potty training" potty, I heard you could put the diaper in there in the bottom to see if that would help them to make the transition. Of course, you couldn't do that for a real toilet! I tried this with my son, though, and it didn't help. I think patience is my only advice. But that is so hard!
I enjoyed reading your blog and will put you on my friends list. I came here through random blogger, but really liked what you'd written. We have similar things on our blogs I think. Stop by and check mine out sometime. Be sure to comment so I know you were there!
Joni
homeschoolblogger.com/Joni
• May. 15, 2006
Untitled Comment
Posted by Joni
My son did exactly the same thing, as did many of my girlfriends children. It's quite common I think. It seems that the number 2 business scares them for some reason! If you have a "potty training" potty, I heard you could put the diaper in there in the bottom to see if that would help them to make the transition. Of course, you couldn't do that for a real toilet! I tried this with my son, though, and it didn't help. I think patience is my only advice. But that is so hard!
I enjoyed reading your blog and will put you on my friends list. I came here through random blogger, but really liked what you'd written. We have similar things on our blogs I think. Stop by and check mine out sometime. Be sure to comment so I know you were there!
Joni
homeschoolblogger.com/Joni
