[blparent] help please... potty training.

[Erin Rumer]

This was very well stated Shannon.  My son is 2.5 now and just when I think
that he's right around the corner from really being potty trained, he steps
back from it.  It's truly an important lesson in humility and allowing him
to tell my husband and I when he's ready.  At as early as 15 months our son
was sitting on his potty chair and showing lots of interest, but as so many
of us have learned, early interest has nothing to do with the age in which
our children really become potty trained.  Frankly, I'm not stressing about
it at all because we're using positive reinforcement, not pushing him and
when he's really ready he'll do it.  Actually, peer pressure has really
shown to be the most effective because he wants to go potty like his older
friends and more than anything our son wants to play in the child-care room
that has a ball pit at Ikea, but he won't be able to go into that room until
he's out of diapers.  It was just last week that I had to carry my son out
of Ikea crying because his little heart was broken that he couldn't go into
the child-care room.  I gently explained to him that as soon as he has
"potty power" and that he has to be able to wear big boy underwear outside
the home without accidents before he'll be able to play in that room.  My
son stopped crying when I explained all of this and I nearly could smell the
rubber burning from his wheels turning vigorously in his head about what he
needs to do to get himself in that ball pit.  These are all moments we'll
look back at and have a good giggle about. GRIN

Take care,

Erin. 

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannan
Zinck
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 10:58 AM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blparent] help please... potty training.

Man this topic has been a really hard one for our family. Some little ones
are great and even start early. My son showed signs of interest at 15 months
but, much to my dismay he is now 4 and is still not trained. Every kid is so
different. some don't show signs til they are over 3 and just train in days.
others show signs early say 18 months and get it by the time they are 2.
Others like mine show interest young and still don't get it by 4. It's mind
boggling. The best thing to do is watch your child and see where they are
at. We are planning on taking our son to the doc by the way to see if
anything is wrong. He totally understands what he needs to do but, never
seems to catch himself. part of me is hoping it's physical but, of course
part of me just hopes he's being distracted or lazy. I use to be one of
those people who gave parents a hard time if there kid wasn't trained by the
time they were 3 thinking for whatever reason that the parents were being
lazy. Well I learned my lesson the very hard way, every kid is different and
figures this out in their own time. for some potty training is a breeze and
blessings to those parents who are blessed with that and for others it's a
real challenge and prayers to those who struggle like we have. Either way
there all in underwear by the time they go to kindergarten anyway right. LOL
At least we know they won't be dating in pullups, lol

--
Shannan Zinck
Survival is letting GOD take over!!!
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