When we first started potty training, I made this chart in a word document and taped it to the fridge high enough that Ivan couldn't reach and low enough that Lincoln could. Every time Linc went in the potty he got to put a sticker on the chart, knowing that when he filled up the chart he'd get an ice cream cone. As you can see, he did not put the stickers on very straight, which made actually keeping track a little bit difficult. But after a quick count yesterday we determined that he only needed 4 more stickers. He reached his goal today! 60 successes in the potty. If that doesn't deserve an ice cream cone, I don't know what does. So we took him to "Macey's house" (Macey's grocery store, I have no idea why he calls it's Macey's house.) to get his reward.
So I'll make a new chart and we'll start over. I've decided that potty training is more of a process and less of an event. It's still going ok, although we got set back quite a bit the week we were all sick. I am having two big challenges with it right now.
#1 Lincoln won't poop in the potty. He's perfectly fine pooping in his underwear or pull-up, but has yet to poop in the potty. Not sure how to convey the message. I've been thinking about buying a few $0.99 Hotwheels cars and offering those as a bribe and seeing what happens. I'll keep you posted.
#2 Now that he's gotten pretty good at holding it, he pees on the carpet every time I send him to time out. Grrr... I've done pretty well at not being upset or frustrated when he has accidents, but this on-purpose peeing on the carpet because he doesn't like being in time out really chaps my hide. I'm not sure what to do about it.
And, this isn't really a problem, more just a measure of where we're at in the process, but he isn't very good at telling me when he needs to go. So, as long as I remember every so often to have him sit down and go, we don't have many accidents, but if I forget, or am not around to see his body language (like if I'm putting Ivan down for a nap) then the result is always a puddle.
But I suppose we should focus on the positive, and the positive is that Lincoln has peed in the potty 60 times. :)
2 comments:
It took Stockton a couple of months after we started potty training to actually go in the toilet. Just keep putting him on the toilet for a few minutes here and there when you think he needs to go. He will eventually get it. Stockton wouldn't poop in his underwear though, he would poop right on the hard wood floor. It used to make me so mad and then now I look back and I am glad that I had hard wood floors and not carpet. No such luck in our new house though. Hopefully Ridge is not the same way. Good luck and I want to know how the hot wheels work as a bribe.
What a great idea! So cute :-)
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