UPDATE - We started the 3 day method this weekend with DS2 because he has been doing well at school. I tried to make it as fun as possible (super hero underwear, tons of prizes, treats, juice boxes, sticker charts and the incentive to stay home from daycare an extra day with mommy) in hopes that DS1 would want to join in. Well I don't think the actual prizes did anything to change his mind but he did not want his little brother wearing underwear without him!!!! Thank goodness!!
They have both been doing great (with the exception of poop and nighttime peeing). But one step at a time!!! DS1 had literally NEVER peed in a potty in his 4.5 years and has gone maybe a 100 times over the past 3 days! I think his biggest issue was learning how to relax (so thank you to the posters who mentioned this) to actually let the pee come out. In the past he would get super tense and push too hard. Ironically after all we have been through he went from never going to not having even ONE pee accident so far (3rd day today!).
Awesome!!! I think I may try the three day this weekend with both kids - you have me convinced it might be the way to go!
UPDATE - We started the 3 day method this weekend with DS2 because he has been doing well at school. I tried to make it as fun as possible (super hero underwear, tons of prizes, treats, juice boxes, sticker charts and the incentive to stay home from daycare an extra day with mommy) in hopes that DS1 would want to join in. Well I don't think the actual prizes did anything to change his mind but he did not want his little brother wearing underwear without him!!!! Thank goodness!!
They have both been doing great (with the exception of poop and nighttime peeing). But one step at a time!!! DS1 had literally NEVER peed in a potty in his 4.5 years and has gone maybe a 100 times over the past 3 days! I think his biggest issue was learning how to relax (so thank you to the posters who mentioned this) to actually let the pee come out. In the past he would get super tense and push too hard. Ironically after all we have been through he went from never going to not having even ONE pee accident so far (3rd day today!).
Awesome!!! I think I may try the three day this weekend with both kids - you have me convinced it might be the way to go!
Thanks! I hope it works well for you too. I figured if DS1 gave in and participated it could either go one or two ways 1) they would motivate each other which would be great or 2) only one of them would do well and it would frustrate the other one. So I was super happy it ended up being 1 and not 2!
Post by amandakisser on Aug 21, 2017 12:19:21 GMT -5
This was a good thread for me to read today, as my DD1 will be 4 next month and isn't fully trained. She will ONLY go at school, and she will pee AND poop there. But adamantly REFUSES to go anywhere else. The only thing I've found is that praising her a lot actually has the reverse effect on her, LOL, so I'm trying to be as neutral as possible.