Sometimes I think that I must be doing something wrong in my general approach to potty training because for quite some time now both of my "potty trained" offspring have had accident issues. Can you really be almost 4 and 6 and still wetting yourself during the day? Seriously! I have tried everything short of amputation to get them to figure this part of their lives out. The part that gives me warm fuzzies in the inner depths of my heart (heavy sarcasm here) is that I know they are capable - physically able to handle their bodily functions properly. We will go weeks, nay months sometimes with nothing and then weeks of continuous soiling. Positive and negative consequences - you name it - we have tried it. I would maybe understand their laziness if they saw us wetting ourselves when we were too busy to go to the potty. But Andy and I haven't had any accidents in a long time! :0) JK
All I can say that if my kids are not "potty trained" by the time they hit high school I am grounding them from going to Homecoming. You don't think Ill do it but I will, I promise.
15 years ago
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For some reason this is a relief to hear. I'm having the same trouble with my 5 year old. Seriously? We keep trying new things and here's the latest. I've told him the following: "It seems to me that you really want to be in charge of taking care of yourself and doing things how you like them so that's how it's going to be. From now on, you may wet yourself. Anytime you want! And when you do you will be in charge of the cleanup. That means taking a bath/shower, starting a load of laundry, switching the load to the dryer, folding and putting away all of your things. You will also strip your bed, and clean the bedding of the offensive odor as well as make it up again. Occasionally you'll have to clean things in your bathroom if they smell as well. It is up to you whether you use the toilet or not, but if you choose not to use it you are in charge of all duties related to cleaning up after yourself. Your bedroom, bathroom and my laundry room are not allowed to stink anymore." So we'll see how this goes. He's learning a lot of skills and I oversee his work, but it's no longer my job. I'm hoping he'll take responsibility for himself and choose to use the bathroom. Harsh, maybe, but something has got to work. He using the bathroom at school but not at home. Seriously?
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