One step forward…one step back

The summer schedule seems to be working so far, although the day has seemed really long and the accounting took forever to get done. The success of potty training has been less measurable. Patches sat on the potty 3 times and peed his pants twice. Ive decided to take this slowly. I’m less focused and less patient in the afternoons, so we’ve put him back in pull-ups with the understanding that we’ll try underpants again tomorrow. Mostly Patches needs to build his sensory awareness. He pays no attention to his body’s elimination signals. Hopefully we’ll gradually build that awareness because he’s got most of the other skills he needs. Patches was relieved to put the pull-ups back on. I don’t think I’ll have to battle to put underpants back on tomorrow. I hope not. I don’t want potty training to become a battleground.