 | I understand being stressed. After hearing I should stay home and focus on only the potty for 3 days to a week, I nearly lost it when my almost 3 yr. old peed on the carpet. It is hard to know when he has to pee and asking if he has to go just doesn't seem to work. I was willing to wait to train, but he asked for underpants and continues to choose them over a diaper (except at nightwhen I doen't give him a choice). I put him in thick underpants or plastic covered pants and had 2-3 wetting accidents a day. Pooping was a success when dad caught him and put him on the potty. I haven't had as much success with catching him in time. I use MM's as a reward. I use his teddy bear - Bear tells me he has to go first thing in the morning (I actually put him on the potty and tell him good job) then I ask my son and he says he has to go too. My son likes to take the pot out, empty it and rinse it. He is very involved in the process. Sometimes this takes a lot of time. I just keep trying to praise him and reinforce his effort. I also made up a story about a little boy who was learning many new things, some easy and some hard. I put in many things he has already accomplished like riding a trike and things he is working on like drawing and using the potty. I am trying to show him that he is learning and like other things he has learned, he will learn this too. I used stories for sleeping through the night when that was a problem and it worked. About your daughter saying she wants to stay in diapers, I would let her. In fact I would encourage her to play baby and assure her that she will always be your baby, even when she is big and doing many things for herself. As for de-stressing - remember to breathe. Good luck! |
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