So I thought that I would update you on the potty progress. NONE!! We seem to have stopped on the whole training thing. I think that life has not let us slow down and really focus on the potty situation. Dave looked up a couple of websites that are helpful in potty training your child and he found a very helpful one by Dr. Greene. These are just a couple of the hints that he tells his readers to try. I know that you are not all trying to train your child to go to the bathroom but Either you have been their a time or two or you will be some day.
Physical readiness for potty training often occurs around the time that children develop strong oppositional behavior - you say, "yes," they say, "no!"; you say, "red," they say, "blue!" This underlying negativity is the final powerful force affecting potty training. Thankfully, this begins to fade at about age three. Still, if you tell him, "This is what you've got to do," his natural, healthy response is "no," because he is in the process of developing his unique independent personality. Potty training is not an area to enter into any kind of battle. You will always lose; everyone involved will lose. Instead, minimize the issue and make it quite clear that this is for him - in his timing - and not for you. Help teach him how to do it, but don't push and don't punish.
If your child seems to be afraid of the toilet itself, then gradually acclimatize him to the potty. Have him sit on one of the little potties fully clothed for a few minutes each day while you read to him or tell him a story. When that becomes old hat, take his diaper off so he can sit on it just like Dad and Mom. Eventually this will become old hat, too. Begin putting the contents of his dirty diapers in the potty so he can see what happens. Then give him the opportunity to run around bare-bottomed so he can try to go on the potty if he wants.
Each child is different and I have to be patient and find what works for Mykala. She knows when she is going because if we are playing ahe will tell me, but we cannot make it to the toilet in time...oh bother!! We will get it one of these days.
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