The Henry Family

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Lazy Summer Days!

Last week, Madeline and Will spent time at Granny's house in Conway. I used the week without kids to completely clean out and and get our house organized while Nathan painted the playroom and did a few other projects around the house and outside.
Now that they are back, we decided to conquer our next big project, potty training Will. We are using a version of the 3 day method because he is almost 3 and has shown no interest or readiness at all. We decided to just go for it now that we are on summer vacation and can be more devoted to it than his preschool was.
Here he is on day one with his big boy underwear on. He picked out 2 packages at Walmart and was very excited about them. I know a lot of methods say to go bare-bottom at home, but Will does not easily adjust to change, so we thought it would be better to start with what he would need to wear right away rather than have him get used to not wearing anything and then expect him to understand how to handle underwear.
Day 1 started with him holding it for several hours and having a lot of fear about going on the potty. By the end of the day, he was more comfortable and even went a few times. We did go through 12 pairs of underwear but it was worth it to see him start to understand.
Day one also involved some jealousy from this girl who said Will was getting all the attention. Such drama! We explained to her that she had our undivided attention when she was training and tried to let her do special projects and help with the process. Unfortunately, sometimes her version of helping is a little too bossy for Will. Here she is after asking why I only took a picture of Will that morning. She wanted to world to see her with her banana:)
Today is Day 2 and it has gone okay. We've had some successes and still a lot of accidents. He has had some BM in the potty and he even told us the 2nd time before he started. It is frustrating for us today because it feels like it has been one step forward only to take one step backward 10 min. later. He never goes to the potty or tries to pull his underwear down to do it himself but he will tell us sometimes when he needs to go and we can help him. I know we just have to keep going and not let the frustration get to us. Will still thinks it's pretty funny a lot of the time though:)

I know one day, I'll look back and remember how funny it all was but tonight, I am just tired and worried that we won't see more progress tomorrow. If anyone has any good advice or tricks that might help, just let me know.

1 comment:

Mike and Katie said...

Just stick to it. He'll catch on. Praying for your patience and resolve during the process.