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Breathe. It's just pee. He wont be doing this next year :)
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Why is it when you finally get things rolling in a good direction during the week on the weekends when everyone is home (my house mommy/daddy/gma/gpa/uncle and sometimes cousisns) it all goes to the dogs?? Thurs my 4yr old FINALLY decided he was ready to potty train ... GREAT day one and day two perfect we did not have an accident until I put daddy in charge so I could have a few on the phone with my mom. My son has freq of urination so he HAS to go every 20-30 min I was on the phone with my mom for about 40 min and walked in to wet underwear. Expressed to daddy that when I said every 20 min I MEANT IT. So Saturday goes by with only one accident as well, took too long to eat dinner happened while we ate. No, he does not yet communicate the need to go yet so we have to live by a timer. So, this morning gma tying to be kind allowed me to sleep in however he pooped in his pants and the yelling at him about this is what I woke up to at 9:30, usu wake up at 8:30. GRRRRRR Trying NOT to yell at him for this kind of stuff, trying to stay on top of him and let him sit on the toilet for longer in the am (often #2 time). I am frustrated b/c I know she was trying to do something nice but he lost a privildge for the morning when I would like to think had I been up would have never happened.
So you know, we all sleep in the basement, little one wakes up and cuddles with me, I wake up we potty/get dressed and start our day ... gma came down and got him just as he was about to wake me so she says b/c daddy and I saw a movie after he went to bed thought I could use the extra sleep. Again appreciated but not if you are going to change up his routines and how /when he uses the toilet. I guess this is more of a vent but do you ever feel that sometimes when things are going right between you and little one someone in your house/family comes along just to throw a wrench in it???
Ok, so back to monday NO ACCIDENTS! YEAH!!!! But in a few hours I do have to go and will not be back until he is asleep ... I have choir, there is NO reason other than hospitalization for me to miss it it is MY ONE THING! But I think daddy is back on board now after my pep talk yesterday and hopefully we can keep this going. I am really excited about this b/c we meet his new therepist and it would be wonderful to report that potty training is going well and we can focus on someting else!
Breathe. It's just pee. He wont be doing this next year :)
Not much you can do when you put someone else in charge of your little one, they don't always follow your directions. I can say though, while potty training my daughter, I was the only one working with her on this until she was pretty much trained. Daddy didn't watch her until we had all the quirks ironed out, same with our babysitter. That's what worked for us, maybe you should just work with your son until he's doing it on his own w/no accidents for awhile before putting anyone else in charge? He WILL get it, its probably just too confusing with everyone else involved. Also, any negativity during potty training won't help matters. Back off, and then try again. Good luck to you!!
Things like this are going to happen whenever you live with other people. Venting is a lot cheaper than moving, so keep venting.
Ummm extended gotta love them too. I hope that the potty training goes better on Monday and you recover from the frustration of the extra help. I too feel your pain of having even daddy muck things up sometimes. They mean well and we ( meaning moms) have to adjust to the idea of there is more then one way to do things( ours is just usually the better way). Good Luck !
J.
