On September 3rd, the 24th anniversary of my maternal grandfather's death and the 19th birthday of my cousin Elliot and most importantly for 2007, a day the Brewers blew a big game, we tried potty training Parker.
Yeah, it didn't go well.
I mean, there was some success. At 5:08 pm , after literally an hour of keeping him on the toilet and singing and reading and blah blah, he peed . . and peed . . and peed.
Ditto 9:02 am the next day.
But in between he shat his pants several times (tho' he did walk to the bathroom after doing the deed) and peed all over the house.
I should mention that the boy shows unusual . .dexterity with his, uh . . .well, yeah. He amused himself to no end with the acrobatics he demonstrated. I was impressed enough to consider contacting the circus . .
Anyhow, on a serious note: we have temporarily suspended the activities until the chaos of four kids has settled into a reasonable mode, and until Park shows more interest or vocal skills.
Actually, that is not really the hmm how shall I say this...easiest way to get them potty trained. How old is he? You know Freud did get this right, that toilet training is crucial to development because it is the first time you are asking a child to conform to societies standards and how you handle it makes a big difference in their later development & relationships with others, especially parents. Many times it is the parents who are potty trained to know when to put their child on the toilet rather than they themselves. Here is just a quick couple of articles to take a look at. I have some others if you like...
ReplyDeletehttp://ezinearticles.com/?The-Wrong-Time-To-Begin-Potty-Training-Boys&id=716545
http://pottytrainingboys.sampasite.com/
I agree, when my children were young, it was at that time if you were a good parent your child would be potty trained at age one....
ReplyDeleteIn fact the parent was potty trained, they just new their child...
I understand that there is a new trend to go diaper less from birth, that sure isn't for me.....
Jeanne