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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 07-09-2005, 05:45 PM (1 of 10)
My daughter is trying to potty train my 2 1/2 year old grand son without much success. He will use the potty but won't tell you he has to go so we have ended up more trained than he is. We decided he needed to feel what it was like to wet his pants rather than go in a pullup which absorbs the wetness. So she put in him little undershorts for week to see what would happen. He loves his "underwear" but there hasn't been much progress on the training...............  Today they were here and he was hiding behind my dining room drapes. This is a no no as my hubby says he is going to pull the rods out of the wall. Mom told him to get out of there or she was going to send Nana in to get him. He giggled and sat down to hide so she came to tell me he was waiting for me.............it took me a few minutes to finish what I was doing and he didn't hear me coming. I grabbed the drape and said, "What are you doing in here?" He jumped a foot and then grabbed his front...........which he had just wet! It gave true meaning to the saying "Scared the p-- right out of me!" because that is what I did! So think in a couple of days he is back into the pullups...........he will be potty trained when he is ready and not until but does anyone know of a source for diapers for a school age kid????? May take that long at the speed we are progressing........................  Norma |
User: Julia's Nana
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 07-09-2005, 10:51 PM (2 of 10)
I'm laughing off my chair. The "experts" say if they are not ready to train we shouldn't force them. But my neice was still putting diapers on when she was 5 at night to go to sleep. She would lay down at night and put them on herself after her bath. That was funny, she is now in her 30's and we still tease her about that one. Good thing it was only P** it could have been p**p. ROFL 
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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User: MotherInLaw
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From: esrun3
Date: 07-09-2005, 11:07 PM (3 of 10)
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ROFLM*O!!! So funny Norma! Hopefully your grandson will be ready to potty train before he goes to school! I wouldn't worry too much about it, if you push too hard, he'll never train. Good luck.
Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
From: Sewhappie
Date: 07-10-2005, 12:07 AM (4 of 10)
| We have a friend who had a real time potty training her son. One day she got the bright idea to put Cheerios like cereal in the toilet, they float. She told her son, who was crazy about video games, that he had his own game right in the toilet, and to see just how many he could "shot" with his P**. It worked!!! She then made him start to think about what would happen to the Cheerios if he did #2, being a little boy curiosity got the better of him. From that point on he would use the toilet. |
User: Sewhappie
Member since: 10-27-2001 Total posts: 1427 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 07-10-2005, 03:28 PM (5 of 10)
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Hello,,, Voice of Experience here.. (years of work in Mom's day care business) After the first time , you know they know what p--p-- is, OK ? So, 45 minutes or 1 hr later, (no more than 1 hr) , put him back on potty and say, 'as soon as you p p, you can get up.' : Watch how quick it comes.. Yes, you have to watch the clock.. 2 or 3 days only.. then Stretch it to 1 1/2 hr.. then, 2 hr.. Soon he will go himself, without being reminded.. You need to start by age 2 with boys, girls seem to learn sooner.. Mom was worlds best at this.. She said they have to learn it as a habit, then it becomes automatic.. If you wait till they are old enough to reason with, you are in for BIG TROUBLE..Find what Dr. John Rosemond has to say on the subject..He says do not use pull ups.. He says best way is bare bottom, if your nerves can stand it.. Mom always used cotton training pants..
Sew With Love
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From: bridesmom
Date: 07-10-2005, 06:14 PM (6 of 10)
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My daughter was a dream to train, my son, on the other hand was a challenge. Finally I went with the training pants, telling him, he could wear the grown up undies and be a big boy. He must have been ready cause it didn't take to long after that. We did go shopping and make a big deal about buying the big boy pants and he was quite excited about getting them. I never had any problem with bed wetting, actually now thinking back my kids were so easy to raise I am quite amazed, after hearing some peoples struggles. And on that note, a big Hat's off to all you moms who have struggled with certain things and made it through. Raising kids is the toughest job we will ever have.
Laura
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User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 07-11-2005, 07:28 AM (7 of 10)
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One thing I figured out by the second one is knowing what they did after they did it doesn't help much. You have to wait until they understand what they want to do before they do it so they can do it on the pot not in their pants. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: SummersEchos
Date: 07-11-2005, 09:49 AM (8 of 10)
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Norma, That is too funny. Made me laugh and remember my own 5 going through all of those points in life. I know it wasn't always a breeze, but when I reflect on it, it doesn't seem that bad. Now like you I watch my GC going through and just smile at my own kids as they tell me about the adventure. Thanks for the giggle and the memories coming back. Summer Summer
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User: SummersEchos
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 07-11-2005, 02:50 PM (9 of 10)
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We have tried most of what has been suggested.......think with this little guy it is a control thing. He is going to use it when HE wants to and not until. We are pretty sure he has control and knows what he is supposed to do because he has done it.........just when he wanted to. So it is just wait him out I guess. (DD is ready NOW but he isn't! LOL). I guess in the grand scheme of things, a few more weeks isn't going to hurt anything but that is a grandma talking............... His mother was looking at some of his baby pictures the other day and told me that just looking at him we should have known how it was going to go...........and she is right. This one is a handful and don't think that is going to change soon. I keep telling her to just wait until he is 16...............LOL He is one of the most loving little guys though........he throws his arms around your neck and sings "I love you, you love me........." off key in your ear and believe me it is a wonderful experience. (even if his pants are wet or full at the time!). |
User: Julia's Nana
Member since: 08-28-2001 Total posts: 361 |
From: Magot
Date: 07-11-2005, 03:19 PM (10 of 10)
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I fostered a little boy whose Mum insisted that he was potty trained - he knew exactly when to go and did - whenever you asked him to do something he didn't want to or when he was told off for something. A look of concentration, a happy sigh and wet 7 or 8 times a day. He was 3 1/2. It was the way he would look you in the eye and say "Now you have to change me" our response was, you know where your pants drawer is, change yourself. He was horrified and kept peeing himself for several more days becoming more and more distressed that we didn't rush to sort him out. We then told him that since it was too hard for him to wear pants at the moment he could go back to nappies and then it wouldn't matter if he wet himself. SHOCK! We kept him in nappies for another 6 months until the memory was gone. Poor lad, the only thng he could control in his life was his pee. He was in nappies until he was 7 at night. It ws fairly grim - he would wake dry, then go in the nappy, then empty the contents along the walls and down the corridors....and then he wouldneed a shower as by then it was in his hair....We earn't our money with that boy....He is nearly 17 now and still comes to stay with us so it couldn't have been all bad. love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
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