i thought that pbs had begun the journey called potty training last week but now i'm not so sure. he went several times on his potty and we were all very happy and excited. he was telling everybody that he went potty and poop on his potty. i know it is gross, but coming from a 2 year old...he can say pretty much anything and it would be cute.
now he doesn't seem to want anything to do with it. i'm getting a little frustrated because i know that he can do it. so where do i go from here? i don't want to force him and be at war with him over using the potty all the time. we are not rewarding him with anything but praise and love.
he goes into the bathroom while i'm going and he knows what to do but he will stand in the opposite corner and go on the floor. i get upset with him and tell him that we don't do that and that it's bad to do that. then we go put a new diaper on and i tell him why it's wrong to go on the floor. i tell him that i love him and he says he's sorry.
i don't want to start any sort of rewards program and have him expect to get something every time he goes on the potty. maybe when we know that we are finished with this process, we'll give him a reward.
is this how it goes? are we potty training...really?
any suggestions on potty training would be greatly appreciated.
Hang in there! There are lots of ups and downs in the potty training business. :o)
ReplyDeleteWhen K was of potty training age, we were in the middle of our multiple moves (4 moves in less than one year), so we opted to postpone potty training until we were more settled even though she was showing us that she was ready. As a result, we didn't actually start potty training until she was almost 3... and it went pretty smoothly, as far as potty training goes.
I'm not sure what we're going to do in the future when S hits "that age". Will we start training earlier this time? Will we wait until she's older? I really don't know what we'll do, and I really don't know which would be better. I figure we'll muddle through somehow. :o)
I think my only suggestion would be: follow your heart and do what feels right for both you and PBS.
Good luck!
I've been kind of wondering if we should wait until we have found a house, are moved in and settled. He seemed interested last week but not now. Maybe he's just trying to see what we'll do next, how we'll react, that sort of thing. I know we'll figure it out eventually.
DeleteYou will have lots of ups and downs and get frustrated a lot!!!! Hang in there and try not to stress. My daughter is almost 3 and 1/2 and still not completely potty trained.
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