First the good news: David is peeing regularly without any lapses. He’s been getting more than his share of sweets, but I just reduced the reward to a few skittles, and he’s still doing just fine. Second, the background. I’ve never tried to make David go poop. I’ve made him try once (about six months […]
Encouragement for the Potty Trainers
Lee kindly brought home an article on potty training an older child. The advice wasn’t helpful at all, since pottytraining isn’t a power struggle for David as far as I can tell. And I don’t coddle him when I change his messy underwear. He just doesn’t care. What was encouraging was this statement “A child […]
Prayer for the Potty Training Mother
Here it is: “Help the mommy to see evidence that the child is about to poop.” Today after catching David before an accident, inspecting a large specimen spin away, and later rejoicing in the two-candy award, I asked David, “It’s a lot more fun to poop in the toilet, isn’t it?” My dear son replies, […]
