Day 3 of potty training. I need to go out & buy more underwear for Ike. Apparently 12 pair are not nearly enough for potty training. He's doing okay, but I'd like to skip ahead to a few weeks from now when we're through the battles and numerous accidents.
I'm not sure Isaac actually is able to tell when he needs to use the potty. That's our struggle right now. I'm not sure how to help him listen to his body, except by allowing lots and lots of accidents to happen and having him realize how disgusting being in wet pants is!
We've got a chart set up on the refridgerator where he gets a star for 1. telling an adult 2. using the potty 3. using toilet paper 4. flushing the toilet and 5. washing his hands. When he gets 5 stars, he gets a matchbox car out of a box. Don't tell Isaac that many of these cars he's already played with & has just forgotten about! :) We do have a few in there passed down from a friend, but most of them are his already.
He has been improving slightly and it's encouraging to see some small steps in the right direction. We'll see how today goes...so far 1 accident and 0 successes.
So, any tips on potty training a boy? Any advice? Any encouragement?
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we are potty training too. Yep, my girl is still potty training and honestly I didn't push it because the first several months of Telia's life were hard and then I got pregnant... so, last week I decided that we were going for it. somedays are great and somedays are hard. we went out of town over the weekend and she ended up wearing pull ups a lot so today it was hard to get back into the swing of things. anyway, have you watched the Elmo potty video? we like that a lot and it seemed to motivate ruby. hang in there!
Yup, we've watched the Elmo video a few times the last few days! :) He's starting to sing some of the songs. Too funny! He's actually doing really well. He had 1 accident today (#2), but has peed in the potty every time so far today!
"I call it poo-pah" is the preferred song as ali runs by to the potty these days. :) ahh, the joys of motherhood!
impressive work Gretchen!! I just remembered thinking diapers were much easier than potty training...so the advice is, don't give up! It seems like a very long process and it is, but it will end! My goal will be to get E&L trained before June. I dont' know how you can do it with a newborn!
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