Potty training - Week 5

Days 29-35


Tuesday - Friday 7/26-7/29

This was my first week of work and I was not able to do it all myself.  My sister took over the daytime and it has gone well.  She has taken notes throughout the day like I was so keeping my charts has not been difficult.  All week only three accidents total, one at my sister's place and two at mine, so I guess it was a good week.

He is much more consistent in responding 'yes' when I ask him if he needs to go but still only about 30% of the time.  But this is improvement nonetheless and am sure he will get it eventually.

Saturday 7/30

Had a major accident this morning, poop everywhere!  Well, not entirely everywhere but in a whole lotta places including an upholstered piece of furniture.  On the bright side I found him sitting on the potty, diaper and pants around his ankles, so there was an effort.  This will teach me to actually get up and go check on him when I hear him calling for me.  I found it odd but thought he was just being pesty like he usually is in the morning.

Then he peed.  While laying down on the carpet.  And did not attempt to even get up.  I discovered this accident when I got him up to change him.  Completely wet and who knows how long he had been laying on his pee.  Had no choice but to wash him down or deal with a pee smelling child in this heat.  Wash down it was.

He has peed on the potty successfully twice and I'm just too tired to keep track so today there is no tracking at all.  I'm pretty upset about that.  I've been very diligent with it for five weeks now.  Need to find energy.

Sunday 7/31

Today we did laundry in a disposable trainer.  Though he has been holding his pee for many hours at a time I did not want to risk an accident at the laundromat.  He had not peed in two hours and we needed to get going.  Sat him down one last time and he didn't pee and thus  my decision was made.  He didn't end up having an accident, when I took it off it was still dry.