Comments on: Pancakes, poop, and potty training http://www.vinsdad.com/2009/01/pancakes-poop-and-potty-training.html Just trying to balance two little boys and my sanity . . . Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:13:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Mathew http://www.vinsdad.com/2009/01/pancakes-poop-and-potty-training.html/comment-page-1#comment-421 Mathew Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:20:54 +0000 http://www.vinsdad.com/?p=345#comment-421 Meta - thanks for the advice! My biggest problem right now is that I am not consistent . . . Working from home makes it difficult sometimes to respond immediately when he needs to go - sometimes I just don't remind him throughout the day that its time to go. Meta – thanks for the advice! My biggest problem right now is that I am not consistent . . .

Working from home makes it difficult sometimes to respond immediately when he needs to go – sometimes I just don’t remind him throughout the day that its time to go.

]]> By: Meta http://www.vinsdad.com/2009/01/pancakes-poop-and-potty-training.html/comment-page-1#comment-418 Meta Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:02:30 +0000 http://www.vinsdad.com/?p=345#comment-418 Hey, I came across your blog and wanted to say hi. But, reading this makes me want to cry. I have just now finished potty training my 4.5 year old son Matthew. Nothing worked for him. I tried EVERYTHING including bribes, rewards, money, etc. I kept getting advice that I was pushing him too hard and that he had to do it for himself. I wasn't willing to wait longer. Then, a friend came to the rescue. She told me that if he was going to be a baby, I had to treat him that way. I told him he had to wear a diaper like a baby. I even put him in one twice. That did the trick. He wanted to be a big boy, not a baby like his sister. He had 3-4 accidents in the first few days, but since then, he has been great. We don't even use pull ups at night. And, it's only been about a month. Don't wait until they are ready, just make them. He never wanted to stop what he was doing, so I had to force him. Humiliation is bad, but telling him a few times that he wasn't a big boy, that he was a baby because he didn't use the potty sure did the trick. Hey, I came across your blog and wanted to say hi. But, reading this makes me want to cry. I have just now finished potty training my 4.5 year old son Matthew. Nothing worked for him. I tried EVERYTHING including bribes, rewards, money, etc. I kept getting advice that I was pushing him too hard and that he had to do it for himself. I wasn’t willing to wait longer. Then, a friend came to the rescue. She told me that if he was going to be a baby, I had to treat him that way. I told him he had to wear a diaper like a baby. I even put him in one twice. That did the trick. He wanted to be a big boy, not a baby like his sister. He had 3-4 accidents in the first few days, but since then, he has been great. We don’t even use pull ups at night. And, it’s only been about a month. Don’t wait until they are ready, just make them. He never wanted to stop what he was doing, so I had to force him. Humiliation is bad, but telling him a few times that he wasn’t a big boy, that he was a baby because he didn’t use the potty sure did the trick.

]]> By: Rob http://www.vinsdad.com/2009/01/pancakes-poop-and-potty-training.html/comment-page-1#comment-379 Rob Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:58:26 +0000 http://www.vinsdad.com/?p=345#comment-379 Cute kids. As for potty training, try the reward system. If they do it, they get a reward like stickers or candy. I suggest stickers and a sticker book, since candy is, well... extreme hyper and cavities. Keep it up :) Cute kids. As for potty training, try the reward system. If they do it, they get a reward like stickers or candy. I suggest stickers and a sticker book, since candy is, well… extreme hyper and cavities. Keep it up :)

]]> By: Thrifty Karen http://www.vinsdad.com/2009/01/pancakes-poop-and-potty-training.html/comment-page-1#comment-350 Thrifty Karen Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:57:17 +0000 http://www.vinsdad.com/?p=345#comment-350 Oh gosh. I HATE potty training. We were done potty training and things were great. Then we moved and now my son has started wetting his pants some. We're almost on track again. Good luck! Oh gosh. I HATE potty training. We were done potty training and things were great. Then we moved and now my son has started wetting his pants some. We’re almost on track again. Good luck!

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