I'm not sure there's anything I dislike doing more than potty training. It has been a year-long struggle now, with MANY tears, fits and frustration... and that was just from me!
Months ago, Aden was showing real progress. He started peeing on the potty pretty regularly at home and at school, and after going days with a dry diaper, the school told us to start bringing him in underwear. Hooray! It looked like our days in diapers were numbered, and we couldn't be more pleased that we wouldn't have two children in diapers at the same time.
WRONG. Aden's hang up is that he won't poop in the potty. He can't give a reason why. We've asked. He isn't afraid to, or having separation anxiety over it. It isn't that he doesn't know how. It's just that he flat doesn't want to. And no one can talk this child into doing something he has set his mind not to do. Aden invented stubbornness.
So the frustration everyone has had over Aden pooping in underwear and refusing to do it in the potty has brought him back to diapers, which in retrospect was not the way to go. He regressed... we got lazy... potty training went back on hold.
An incident at the school this week has brought potty training back to the forefront. One of the teachers lost a package of diapers we brought. After questioning where it could be, we brought another package, only to be told two days later that Aden was nearly out of diapers. I called the assistant director. It's a recession people, I can't afford three packages of diapers for school in one week. She was very apologetic and said the school would replace the two packs of diapers. But that got us discussing his potty training. Neither of us could understand what had happened to make him regress. After a bit, we came up with a plan. The school bought him the plastic covered underwear instead, and they were on a two-week mission to get him fully trained. She was going to talk to each of his teachers and apparently now there's a special set of rules just for Aden.
Obviously, you can guess that this has not won me any friendships with the teachers. In fact, the first day of this grand scheme, all three teachers completely ignored me when I picked Aden up. No updates from them on his progress, however the assistant director (who is personally overseeing Aden's training now) told me that he was dry all day with the exception of a small accident during nap.
So, it just might work. I don't have high hopes just yet. We've convinced ourselves now that we will have two kids in diapers at the same time. That will just be our reality. We were inexperienced at this and had big dreams months ago, but now we know better. And the poop update? Well, Aden holds it all in at school and then pooped three times in an hour and a half (in his underwear) as soon as he got home. I didn't go back to diapers though. I am holding my ground on the underwear during the day. So my new reality right now is cleaning lots of poopy underwear. Motherhood is so glamorous.
Months ago, Aden was showing real progress. He started peeing on the potty pretty regularly at home and at school, and after going days with a dry diaper, the school told us to start bringing him in underwear. Hooray! It looked like our days in diapers were numbered, and we couldn't be more pleased that we wouldn't have two children in diapers at the same time.
WRONG. Aden's hang up is that he won't poop in the potty. He can't give a reason why. We've asked. He isn't afraid to, or having separation anxiety over it. It isn't that he doesn't know how. It's just that he flat doesn't want to. And no one can talk this child into doing something he has set his mind not to do. Aden invented stubbornness.
So the frustration everyone has had over Aden pooping in underwear and refusing to do it in the potty has brought him back to diapers, which in retrospect was not the way to go. He regressed... we got lazy... potty training went back on hold.
An incident at the school this week has brought potty training back to the forefront. One of the teachers lost a package of diapers we brought. After questioning where it could be, we brought another package, only to be told two days later that Aden was nearly out of diapers. I called the assistant director. It's a recession people, I can't afford three packages of diapers for school in one week. She was very apologetic and said the school would replace the two packs of diapers. But that got us discussing his potty training. Neither of us could understand what had happened to make him regress. After a bit, we came up with a plan. The school bought him the plastic covered underwear instead, and they were on a two-week mission to get him fully trained. She was going to talk to each of his teachers and apparently now there's a special set of rules just for Aden.
Obviously, you can guess that this has not won me any friendships with the teachers. In fact, the first day of this grand scheme, all three teachers completely ignored me when I picked Aden up. No updates from them on his progress, however the assistant director (who is personally overseeing Aden's training now) told me that he was dry all day with the exception of a small accident during nap.
So, it just might work. I don't have high hopes just yet. We've convinced ourselves now that we will have two kids in diapers at the same time. That will just be our reality. We were inexperienced at this and had big dreams months ago, but now we know better. And the poop update? Well, Aden holds it all in at school and then pooped three times in an hour and a half (in his underwear) as soon as he got home. I didn't go back to diapers though. I am holding my ground on the underwear during the day. So my new reality right now is cleaning lots of poopy underwear. Motherhood is so glamorous.
2 remarks:
Hang in there, Chris! He'll get the hang of it eventually!
Well, atleast you won't have three kids in diapers like me. :) I can only imagine what my grocery bill is going to start looking like. :/ Aaaaaah.
Good Luck! I hope for your sake he does start getting it soon!
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