I’ve been afraid to say anything in a superstitious fear that I might jinx it, but I think I am done with diapers. Patches has been wearing underpants for two days straight now. This wonderful news is courtesy of a small bin of warm water with toys in it. I’d announce potty time, then he’d sit while I filled the bin with warm water. After 10 or 15 minutes of play we were blessed with the magic of pee in the potty. Two hours later we’d repeat this. By this morning Patches had an “Aha!” moment and figured out how to produce the pee without water toys. He likes to fill the potty because I give him m&ms to share. The other kids like this because they get m&ms too. The other factor that made things work this time was that I created a chart to keep track of eating and elimination so that I could watch for patterns. I expected to chart things for a week or more before really pushing to train, but somehow just being focused on the process brought everything else about.
We did another housework scavenger hunt today. It went well. This time the treasure at the end was a movie rental. Link got outvoted on the movie and was a little disgruntled, but responded positively to the suggestion that next week he could work faster to be the first one done and get the tiebreaker vote.
General Conference for our church was today, so I got to listen to 4 hours of church via radio broadcast. I really enjoy General Conference. I get to listen to hopeful/uplifting thoughts while puttering around my house. Today most of my puttering was folding laundry and cracking open walnuts. Many of the speakers had things to say which were very helpful for me to hear. Maybe I’ll write more specifically about that sometime. Or maybe I’ll be like Mary who kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
…and that was pretty much my whole day.
Congrats!!!
My parents tries Apple Jacks cereal (as a target), until they turned they back once, and the Apple Jacks were gone…
No, I’d not put rounds down range yet… But still, ewww…
I am very pleased to hear that your young one has had an epiphany of sorts… I might suggest, however, holding onto diapers for a while though… Just in case…
But knowing you lot, the boy’s got it in the bag (or bowl, as the case may be).
Congrats!!!
My parents tries Apple Jacks cereal (as a target), until they turned they back once, and the Apple Jacks were gone…
No, I’d not put rounds down range yet… But still, ewww…
I am very pleased to hear that your young one has had an epiphany of sorts… I might suggest, however, holding onto diapers for a while though… Just in case…
But knowing you lot, the boy’s got it in the bag (or bowl, as the case may be).
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Congrats! I agree, though…as a parent of four (three trained), I’d hang on to the diapers just a LITTLE bit longer….just in case.
Question though: Patches is on the potty….Water and toys in the bin….where’s the bin in relation to Patches & the potty? I’m in need of a Rube Goldberg picture here, as we’re prepping to train my youngest (a boy) and my wife’s already tearing her hair out.
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Congrats! I agree, though…as a parent of four (three trained), I’d hang on to the diapers just a LITTLE bit longer….just in case.
Question though: Patches is on the potty….Water and toys in the bin….where’s the bin in relation to Patches & the potty? I’m in need of a Rube Goldberg picture here, as we’re prepping to train my youngest (a boy) and my wife’s already tearing her hair out.
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The plastic shoebox sized bin is on the floor in front of Patches feet. He sits on the potty, then leans forward to play in the water. As an additional impetus I have him sit while I run the water and fill the bin.
Re: Question
The plastic shoebox sized bin is on the floor in front of Patches feet. He sits on the potty, then leans forward to play in the water. As an additional impetus I have him sit while I run the water and fill the bin.