Or should I say, diapers won?
He could be terrified, defiant, or confused, but I think any kid that holds pee in for 6 1/2+ hours while squirming on the toilet, begging for underwear, and then leaking tiny amounts of pee into the underwear before asking to sit on the toilet again, and then getting off to beg for more underwear so that he can leak another drop out . . . Well, that kid needs a break. This site warns me about the risks of teaching him "Dysfunctional Voiding" and destroying his one good kidney. Awesome.
This site tells me that when they hold it, the best way to keep that from happening is to put them on the toliet and tell them to go. What a totally insightful idea! Why didn't I think of that!?!
These people want me to turn on water and make sure he's comfortable. THANKS.
People on various message boards are even more helpful. A woman with this same problem with her son was encouraged to let him know conquering challenges was part of being a man. As if that wasn't weird enough, another crazy lady told her to spank him if he wouldn't pee in the toilet. I hope to never meet either of these people's children.
Unless a miracle happens this afternoon, next time you see Indy he'll be in soggy nappies.
He could be terrified, defiant, or confused, but I think any kid that holds pee in for 6 1/2+ hours while squirming on the toilet, begging for underwear, and then leaking tiny amounts of pee into the underwear before asking to sit on the toilet again, and then getting off to beg for more underwear so that he can leak another drop out . . . Well, that kid needs a break. This site warns me about the risks of teaching him "Dysfunctional Voiding" and destroying his one good kidney. Awesome.
This site tells me that when they hold it, the best way to keep that from happening is to put them on the toliet and tell them to go. What a totally insightful idea! Why didn't I think of that!?!
These people want me to turn on water and make sure he's comfortable. THANKS.
People on various message boards are even more helpful. A woman with this same problem with her son was encouraged to let him know conquering challenges was part of being a man. As if that wasn't weird enough, another crazy lady told her to spank him if he wouldn't pee in the toilet. I hope to never meet either of these people's children.
Unless a miracle happens this afternoon, next time you see Indy he'll be in soggy nappies.
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see, everything i know about the process also comes from the internet, as i've never tried to teach a kid these things myself, but what the internet has overwhelmingly indicated to *me* is that kids get the hang of it when they're ready.
pretty much that's all there is to it; zillions of strategies may or may not work on any one kid, and kids who resist a zillion-and-one tend to wake up the next day and totally have the hang of it and look at you like you're dumb for being amazed. Indy gave it a shot, he's ok w/the concept, but he's not quite ready yet. probably, though, since he got such a good practice run in, he'll be well outfitted w/the language to tell you when he is.
i'd say it's too soon for a scorecard. :)
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