I've never seen a child "hold it" this long. He can even stop the flow if it starts and he's not on the potty yet. Our major problem remains this: once he gets to the potty it takes a long time to get things started again. So long that he's resisting sitting on it altogether. He'll dance around forever before he'll sit.
The normal M&M bribe doesn't work on him. When you tell him he'll get an M&M if he pees in the potty he looks at you with empty eyes that say "So what!" and he continues playing. Yesterday Steve offered him an oatmeal cream pie if he went potty. He set it on a table where he could see it from the potty. And wouldn't you know it, that kid produced pee within minutes.
To have success it takes one of us in constant vigil, sitting and waiting with Charlie. He won't stay on the potty unless someone is there prompting him. And if he starts going he still gets the "deer in the headlights" look and freezes; someone better be close to help this kid to the potty.
I’ve considered quitting at some point each day and then decide to give it one more day and see where that gets us. For day six, I'm wondering two things: 1) What in the world will I have to bribe him with today? and 2) How am I going to manage this fiasco while Steve is at work?
3 comments:
Keep going, you CAN do it!
we had a major break thru today....keep going! She started 2 days before him, your break thru might be on its way!!! Don't give up.
You could get Amanda to help you when Steve goes off to work.
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