Re: [SPAM] Re: Potty training- any ideas?

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Hi ,

We went through this for a couple of months with an incident once every one to

two weeks. Seems like a short while now, but then it seemed it would never end.

Yes, we made him clean it up... in the middle of the night. I told him it was

nasty and stinky and that if he wanted to play with something soft, he could ask

for play-doh. We also told him that nobody would want to play with him or be

his friend if he contined to do that. It may sound mean, but I've always felt

that it is better for my son to learn this from me (who loves him no matter

what) than from peers. Not sure how well reasoning worked with him, but we

definitely made it clear that we were unhappy and made him clean up the mess. I

never made any connection as far as foods or medications causing it. I don't

know about the sitting in the toilet problem. My guy hates getting wet except

the tub or pool.

Hang in there.

April

[sPAM] Re: Potty training- any ideas?

Hello-

My 3 1/2 year old son has been pooping & smearing it

EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!! mostly at nap time or at night.

He also likes to sit in the toilet, and gets himself

soaking wet. Did any of your kids do this & if so,

what helped? I am hoping maybe these are signs that

he's getting closer to potty training. It's a little

exhausting & we're getting ready to tear up his carpet

& put down flooring that will be easier to clean.

Thanks-

--- Cheryl Lowrance <c.lowrance@...> wrote:

> Thanks for all the advice. I've already been

> thinking about the

> plastic cover so now I know I'll definitely give

> those a try.

>

> Cheryl

>

> On Dec 15, 2006, at 1:56 PM, catherine quinn wrote:

>

> > I potty trained my son who was 3yr at the

> time....pre nids, he was

> > on no meds at all...so you can imagine how hyper

> and inattentive he

> > was.

> >

> > It took about 2 weeks total. I don't know if you

> can find them any

> > more, but I put him in old fashioned plastic pants

> over regular

> > underwear. I took him to the bathroom every hour

> and put him on the

> > toilet.

> >

> > He had lots of accidents, but being wet was the

> important thing I

> > couldn't get across in the huggies pull ups. After

> awhile he hated

> > being wet or soiled and learned to get to the

> bathroom before he

> > wet his pants.

> >

> > This is definitely old school but it really works,

> especially with

> > my child who even today can't stand it if a few

> drops of water gets

> > on his clothes, he insists on changing.

> >

> >

> > good luck

> >

> > cat

> >

> > Cheryl Lowrance <c.lowrance@...> wrote:

> > I'm slowly working on potty training with my 3

> year old and I'm

> > wondering if I should stop worrying too much about

> it until after the

> > die off of valtrex and diflucan. Any thoughts on

> this? I'm not in a

> > hurry and he is slowly getting it. I've kind of

> stopped already

> > since he's been sick and we won't start the

> valtrex until after he's

> > feeling better and we won't start the diflucan

> until about 3 weeks

> > after that. So I'm kind of thinking about just

> letting it go for

> > now. He does understand that potty and will use it

> when naked but

> > when he's in diapers or underwear he doesn't get

> that he can still go

> > to the potty. He's getting there slowly and I

> really don't want to

> > push too hard if it's something that I should just

> wait on to make it

> > easier for him.

> >

> > cheryl

> >

> > __________________________________________________

> >