[blparent] potty success finally

Mon Sep 30 22:04:39 UTC 2013

I'm so excited my son Jonah has not had an accident in a week now. I have been putting diapers on him at night but last night he told me he wanted big boy underpants and no diapers I agreed and he stayed dry all night   He woke up this morning and ran to the bathroom first thing. 

Thanks, 
Princess  Kaila

> On Sep 29, 2013, at 7:54 AM, "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Congratulations!  It's a beautiful day when our little munchkins start using
> the potty.  Keep up the good work and those positive reinforcement tools are
> truly a God sent.  Dawson will be 3 next month and he's super into Jake and
> the Never Land Pirates.  His big motivator for using the potty and wearing
> underwear is getting to pick-out a penny from mommy and daddy's treasure
> chest, (a tin full of pennies) and put it in his own Cookie Monster money
> bank for a future purchase of his choosing.  It's been so great because it's
> teaching Dawson potty training skills on top of literally teaching him the
> value of a penny while he adds to his own treasure.  Also, getting to shop
> for his own underwear really kick started our son being really excited about
> wearing "big boy underwear".  We also let Dawson pick what potty seat he
> wanted for the toilet in our master bathroom and as soon as we did that he
> jumped onto it that day and has been pooping on the potty ever since. YAY!!
> I'll throw a diaper on Dawson when we're going-out for a while if I know it
> won't be easy to get to a bathroom quickly.  Sometimes I'll put underwear on
> him and put a diaper over the underwear so that if he does have an accident
> it won't make a huge mess.  I was worried this might confuse him but I have
> made an effort to talk to Dawson about what I'm doing and why and he seems
> to really understand.  Now, we're just working on taking advantage of a
> toilet when it's available, not holding it until our eyes are floating and
> we're desperate, and going in public bathrooms.  My husband has had some
> more success with this because Dawson feels so special for getting to go
> into the men's room with daddy and we tell him that he gets to go "pee like
> a man!". SMILING  I think I almost told the whole restaurant two nights ago
> when Dawson went pee at a Red Robins.  Proud moment!
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Erin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
> Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 9:56 AM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty success finally
> 
> Your dogged persistence is paying off.  You go, girl.
> 
> Jo Elizabeth
> 
> Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
> kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
> evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Shannan Zinck
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 11:43 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] potty success finally
> 
> Sorry guys, it's been forever since my last visit to this group. sooo busy.
> Myles had a rough summer. As it turns out he had something wrong with his
> large intestine, blocks in 2 places that have basically have been there
> since birth. Anyway we tried all the docs suggestions and even a few of our
> own based on research I had done regarding digestion. I struggle with it
> myself so am a bit of an expert by now on the subject. Well we tried, stool
> softeners twice, tried probiotics, high fiber diet, a serious butt load of
> water and nothing. We finally gathered the church together for prayer and
> the next day We asked him what he wanted to do wear pullups or undies. He
> said undies so after play group the next day we put him in undies, the
> first 2 days were pure torture, messy. In the eve of the 2nd day though he
> finally started trying when he realized we wearn't going to give him a
> pullup this time. Before we would always give and not bother. Well His BM'S
> became normal the day we put him in undies. Before we were lucky to get him
> to pee on the toilet even 1 time a day. in the last 3 days he's gone at
> least 12 times and at least 4 of them were on his own. We started playing a
> game called the diaper monster. He has to defeat the diaper monster by
> making it to the toilet and when he does he gets an app sticker from the
> signing time app or he gets a small piece of candy. If he succeeds for 3
> full days of no accidents including poop he gets to wear undies even when
> we go out places. Dad does not want to clean up away disasters. LOL. If he
> goes a whole 2 weeks without accidents or at least without unnecessary ones
> he gets either spiderman or batman undies to celebrate his winning the war
> against the diaper monster. He loves a good competition. So far it's
> working well and this is the most success we have had ever. I'm very
> optimistic. He hasn't pooped in the can yet but, he is talking about it for
> the first time ever. Thanks to "The Bear in the Big Blue House"" "When you
> Have to Go" Myles Loves tutter's rush to the toilet when bear convinces him
> it's ok to go when you need to even if your in the middle of something.
> Myles gets soooo distracted. We just found him a second hand costume of
> bear so he's been wearing that a lot and reenacting the whole show. This
> was not only encouraged by prayer though I| am sure that's the main cause
> but, We were getting pretty desperate, My son was changing his own wet
> pullups without our knowledge and I'd find them in the the most random
> places. We were literally going through a whole bag every 3 days and at $20
> a bag that was way more then we could even remotely afford. SCARY!
> Naturally when I realized what was happening I kinda had a meltdown of my
> own. Part of me felt bad because Myles saw how upset I was and I think that
> pushed him to choose to wear underwear. We try very hard not to get upset
> over things concerning him in front of him but, I snapped after years of
> such discouragement over the potty issue I guess I just couldn't hold it in
> anymore. We especially try not to discuss money issues in his presence.
> We're honest but, we don't want him to feel responsible for our financial
> state. Though in a way he was for this one thing for sure, we don't want to
> make him feel guilty over this stuff. I didn't freak at him just growled a
> lot. LOL It worked regardless and he seems not to be phased by my emotional
> reactions. We are both sooo reactionary. He may be adopted but, oh man is
> his personality ever like mine.  Either way we are finally conquering that
> nasty diaper monster one step at a time.
> 
> As for school, we did start home schooling and he has learned to read a
> couple words already, although he doesn't always cooperate. He is very
> intelligent but, his natural tendency is towardd math and science, music
> and baking. He would give up on the notion of reading altogether if I'd let
> him. I found a couple great free online curriculum sites on of which is a
> character based bible curriculum so he learns about good character traits
> as well. This week is attentive go figure for such an active and distracted
> boy. We had to put him on a probiotic daily to keep him a little calmer.
> Refuse to medicate if I can do it natural and I have a few tricks up m
> sleeve. Dad takes him for long walks most every day to give me a break and
> get him tired out. His temper has setteled a lot since these changes. So
> school is in motion and he is adjusting well though we often wonders why
> mamma is the teacher. We decided to go with the old school system of
> Mcguffy readers for reading and he has to sit and listen to a story with me
> every day. We use you tube and google play apps for this since being
> visually impaired it's easier to have someone else read the book instead of
> me so we can watch the pictures together but, I choose books that have the
> words displayer as well so eventually he can read them himself. seems to
> work well and I've found hundreds of options. We ended up going with an
> android tablet as this was affordable for our budget. It works well for us
> and I'll likely upgrade with the same line when I need to. Samsung Galaxy
> tab 2 for now. bought it before 3 came out. This is where almost all of his
> school material is located so it's been a real asset so I don't need to buy
> curriculum for a few years yet. yay.Myles will be 5 in Jan so he's started
> a year early. So if reading comes slowly it's not biggy he's ahead of the
> game either way. Wow gotta come on more often so I'm not always writing
> books. good grief. LOL Hope this encourages others with hyper, late
> trainers. There is hope. Believe me I know. Training at this age can be
> more than a little stressful but, everyone has to get there someday.
> 
> -- 
> Shannan Zinck
> Survival is letting GOD take over!!!
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