Kellen is now in Pull-Ups, and will go #1 when I take him (rewarded by candy, of course). He has not yet done the other in the potty. However, I'm choosing to look at the glass half full. He says, "Big boys wear underwear." rather than "Big boys wear diapers." which was his stance a few weeks ago. He also talks to Josh about how Josh's "basketball boys wear underwear and use the potty."
My question is, when do they start asking to use the potty? Is it a matter of days, weeks, or months after they are going "on command?" Kellen doesn't care whether he sits in a dirty diaper, but he will tell me now that he has one, which is also a change from a few weeks ago.
Any input is appreciated! (Oh, and I should note, I realize that the most efficient/cheapest way to go about this is to put him in underwear and wait for the accidents. Kellen doesn't like underwear and cries when I try to put it on him. We'll get there. He does like Pull-Ups and I think feels more like a big boy wearing them.)
P.S. Kellen, if you're ever reading this in the future, I apologize.
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I took Tripp at least a month before he first told me he had to go and it's just in the last two months that it's gotten consistent. We start training at Christmas. Good news is that Kellen is WAY ahead of Tripp with verbal expression so it should be a much faster proccess for him!
It will get to where you space the time out longer between potty trips. He will learn to hold it a little longer and then he will start doing a potty dance or the infamous little boy crotch grabbing to sign that he needs to go (although he may not do this in a pullup. It seems like mine felt the urge a little better in underwear. Have you tried the ones with his favorite character on them? I would put my boys in those and tell them that Spiderman would be really sad if they TTed on him, so they needed to tell mommy so we could run to the potty together! We always did pullups when we were on the go bc I had an army of other children with me and I didnt want to be cleaning up the mess while my "army" destroyed everything in sight or played in the potty in the adjacent stall...)
Anyways, the potty dance or grabbing will eventually graduate to a "Mommy, I need to go potty!!!!" followed by the sprint to the nearest facility.
Be patient and keep remembering that the glass is half full and he will come around... every child is so different... I used the same approach with all 3 of mine and they all responded in different ways... You will find what works for Kellen and then run with it. Good luck! ;o)
Braxton was not a big fan of wearing underware at first either. So we went to bare naked route for about a week. It worked really well. It took a little while for him to tell me when he needed to go so I just asked and asked a lot - now he tells me all the time! Do what works best for you.
While I'm accustomed to providing advice on practically any and all matters, I don't think there's anything I can say that's worthwhile. It's a delicate time in a young boy's life, and if mishandled, will result in neuroses in perpetuity. Never thought of what Daddy's basketball boys might be wearing - but they're usually pretty close to showing it!
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