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[Chicken Rustler]

DID anybody happen to see the hats the Cowboys were wearing tonight?? Gotta get me one of them!!!!!

 

[FlyRobinFly]

Thank you Robin - it's looking pretty promising. Right now I'm feeling like they're both girls so I'm this close to naming them!

I told the porcelain eggs they needed to be girls. I hope they listened!

 

[itsren]

My issues have been big too. John, now 6, potty trained himself at 2yrs 8mo old. I took off his diaper put him in underwear and pants and told him it was time to pee in the toilet like daddy does. He thought it was heaven on earth to stand and pee!

He went for 1 year with no accidents at all, then started wetting himself because he's a very busy boy. He'd just hold it too long, pee, and then play while he was all wet. Or pee then run to the bathroom to finish and still wear the damp undies. All his underwear stink to high heaven and I make him change them 2-3 times a day.

Maybe he'll reach a time someday when that type of thing will be embarrassing to him in front of his friends, but for now it's no deterrent.

Jeanine is 4. The month she turned 2 I potty trained her using the book "Toilet Training in Less Than a Day" and it worked wonderfully! She was fully trained without accidents for a month, then we went on vacation to my parents house in CA for a week. While we were there she decided to completely stop using the toilet and peed all.over.their.house. It was gross and awful and I was forced to put her back in cloth. I tried again when we got home and she'd do the same thing John did. Flood her undies, finish on the toilet. 12 pairs of undies per day. It was awful. So basically for 2 years now she's been in the habit of going in her underwear first, then heading to the bathroom to finish her business. NOTHING works to motivate or deter her from doing this. We've spanked for it. We've offered stickers and treats as rewards for going potty with dry underwear. Guilt. Back in cloth diapers. Making her clean up her own messes. Making her do her own laundry (she loves that

). NOTHING under the sun that we've tried has worked. I'm at the end of my rope with her every single day.

William is now 2.5 and seems ready. I'm trying the method of just putting him in underwear and clothes and letting him figure it out. We've only had 3 accidents all day and he woke up with dry underwear after his nap, but still I don't think it's clicking. If I don't say "Hey buddy, I think you might need to try and go potty" he doesn't go on his own, just floods underwear then runs to the potty. Maybe it will click though, I've heard it takes 3 days. We'll see.

So maybe y'all can see why I'm so busy with these kids. Homeschool and everybody peeing themselves makes for a lot of work and laundry. I just don't have a clue why they refuse to comply with this one issue in their lives. Control issues I guess.

I may have given it to Goodwill, but we used this super cheesy video called "It's Potty Time" with our youngest boy. It worked for him. I'll see if we still have it - but I doubt it. He went poopie for the first time at his birthday party. It was pretty funny. Bob and I went into the bathroom and sang the "He is a super dooper pooper" song to him. He came out beaming, but our guests thought we had completely gone off our rockers. LOL!

http://www.amazon.com/Potty-Time-Ba...149222&sr=8-60&keywords=potty+training+videos

 

[FlyRobinFly]

Quote: OK so are ya gonna tell What museum??? Please!
I work part time at The Museum of Flight. Renee's son is interested in flying and robotics and other things we have there.

 

[KMHunter]

Quote: Lockdown is usually day 19. Then you fill all of the resevoirs and if necessary you add some sponges. I would do like CR said and use tubing and/or syringes to add water if needed.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

 

[FlyRobinFly]

I call mine the VF coop too.

It's great!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Hey am I the only one who didn't know that they (BYC) are now only doing awards QUARTERLY!!!

 

[FlyRobinFly]

Quote: That is so nice of you to offer!

Actually, if you like baking cookies and your kids like decorating and/or eating them I can loan you my two sets of Star Wars cookie cutters. I have a bunch of airplane ones too.

 

[FirewifeJess]

I may have given it to Goodwill, but we used this super cheesy video called "It's Potty Time" with our youngest boy. It worked for him. I'll see if we still have it - but I doubt it. He went poopie for the first time at his birthday party. It was pretty funny. Bob and I went into the bathroom and sang the "He is a super dooper pooper" song to him. He came out beaming, but our guests thought we had completely gone off our rockers. LOL!

http://www.amazon.com/Potty-Time-Ba...149222&sr=8-60&keywords=potty+training+videos

Thanks! I'll check it out on Amazon or see if they library has it. Amazingly enough, not one of my kids has ever pooped in anything but a diaper or the toilet. Never a poop in underwear! Even William went poop in the toilet today with no problems, as he's been doing for months while still peeing in diapers. Whew!