Lydia was really funny, she decided it was her job to do the training, and she would get really mad if I tried to ask Owen if he was dry, or give him his sticker. She kept saying, "No, mommy, I'm gonna do it!" It wasn't till the second day when Owen finally did self-initiate (meaning he went to the potty without being asked and did his business), but he was so darn cute about it. He didn't tell me he needed to go, he just sat down on the potty. I thought he was just pretending, but he stood up and pointed at the pee-pees and said "Ta Da!" Sometimes hes so cute he makes mommy's heart hurt. Course, she is pretty biased.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
poop training
I decided to start potty training Owen, mostly because we were out of diapers and I didn't have any way to get more for hours and hours. I know, stupid reason, most of my sisters are going to groan and roll their eyes at that. But we have been trying to prep him for it for a while now, so I decided to try it and see how it went. The only problem is its kind of a do or do not, there is no try thing. For my next kid I think I'm going to do kid directed potty training instead. Potty training is the pits.
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Tell me more about kid directed potty training. Is that when you just totally leave it up to the kid?
I gotta be honest, I'm not entirely sure. Ask Arlene, I'm pretty sure thats her method. Fae too.
I'm not rolling my eyes. I potty trained my last when there was a big snow storm and I was out of diapers. If it works it works. Kid directed potty training doesn't work quite like weaning. You still have a nudge (a lot) but you only keep nudging if they seem responsive.
Or maybe I'm making it all up. Who can tell?
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