Thursday, July 14, 2011

Potty Training - Week 3

Days 15-21

Tuesday 7/12

Today was interesting.  It started off with Nicholas telling me he needed to go to the potty!  This is great in the potty training progress!!  I took him and he peed.  It wasn't completely smooth as I was uncertain of what he was trying to tell me but it is definitely a step in the right direction.

He had three accidents.  One was a real messy poop.  I don't have anything to blame for these accidents other than bad luck.  He usually goes at least two hours between peeing, the first two were an hour and a half apart so I wasn't anticipating them.  And he didn't give any signs.

The third accident was the poop.  I should have anticipated this since he had not pooped in two days and it was a little over three hours after his previous accident.  He wasn't constipated which, for cleaning purposes, was bad.  He has gotten into the habit of sitting on the potty as soon as his dirty underpants have come off so poop got all over the potty seat as well.  The interesting thing was that when he was done he told me he had to go to the potty so he is obviously a little confused.

Wednesday 7/13

Nothing of note today, he didn't ask to use to the potty again though we did talk about it.

He had one accident right before bedtime which I only found out about because he came up to me asking for paper.  I gave him some printer paper thinking he wanted to colour some more and he said no and pointed to the roll of paper towels.  I gave him a towel and he went over and started cleaning the floor.  So I asked what happened and sure enough he had peed.  I took over the cleaning and he went to the splat mat, removed his underwear, and sat on the potty.

It's not the first time he does this cleaning after his accident and I am not sure how to take it.  On the plus side he knows it's not ok and that it needs to be cleaned up.  I was worried that with his stubborn, non caring attitude that he would not care about the mess or being wet in urine.  On the down side I am not sure if he sees it as ok since it just gets cleaned up and he gets clean underwear.  I know not to punish accidents but I do not let him choose a clean pair of underpants since he always chooses a Thomas pair.  Instead I choose one of the non Thomas ones and he has to wear it.  But it's just underwear and he quickly gets over it.

Today I also made a new potty chart.  Yup, he finished the other one.  This one is similar to the old one but instead of one long train it is three trains with four carts.  No numbers this time and he has to get a star on the four carts as well as the engine for a treat.  I really think he just likes the putting stickers on it aspect anyway and with so many more successes than accidents, overall, I think it's fair.

Thursday 7/14


Today we had no accidents, he finished the first row of his train chart, and got a cookie for it.

He took a nap today and did pee during his nap.  I am not calling this an accident, though, because he was asleep and there was nothing either one of us could have done to prevent it.  I was in the bedroom and he came distraught and looking for paper again.  I gave him a paper towel and he tried cleaning himself.  He was upset he had gotten his Thomas underwear wet.  I was glad he had been laying on a mattress pad that I have on the couch so the newly upholstered couch didn't get wet at all.  Three books have minor damage.

Friday 7/15

No accidents today and he did poop in the potty.  He asked once, at the end of the day, to go to the potty but I get the feeling that it was more to stop me from scolding him since he was not listening at the time.  He did pee that time.

Saturday 7/16

Today was a bad day for potty training.  We had to be out more than half the day and unfortunately no way to make it potty training friendly.  Since I have no more diapers I put a disposable training pant on him and packed some extras.  I changed him once while we were out and, of course, could not keep track of drinks or pees.

When we got home the disposable he had on was dry so I took it off and asked him if he needed to go.  I had changed him about 40 minutes before and he had not had a drink so I did not push it.  I put a pair of underwear on him and went to the bathroom myself.  When I returned he had peed.  A lot.

UGH!!!!!!!!!  AAARRRGGG!!!!!!!!!

He peed one more time this evening and I managed to get him to the potty just in time (I'm learning well, aren't I?) so my tracking for today is very short.  We'll see what kind of damage this day had on potty training tomorrow.

Sunday 7/17

Worst. Day. Ever.  At least on the first day of potty training I was expecting and ready for this kind of day.  On the 20th day?  Nope, not at all.  He didn't make it to the potty not once.  He didn't give any of the cues I have learned and been relying on to take him to the potty on time.  And it seemed like he was doing it on purpose: spreading his legs and watching himself pee.  Whether it's regression because wearing the disposable training pants yesterday confused him or him acting up like he always does after those long saturdays or a combination of both is beyond me.  I didn't even keep good notes today.  I guess I sort of gave up too since I felt so defeated.  I just hope tomorrow is a better day.  It has to be.

Monday 7/18

Good day over all.  Peed in the potty all day and had a poop accident.  A couple of cues but not too many, just sitting him two hours after ever drink.

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