Potty Training Boot Camp: Day 3

I feel like things are falling apart today. Teagan gets mad if we talk about putting him on the potty and refuses to even sit on it. We had zero peeing or pooping in the potty today.

Tate is also shying away from the potty. I kind of feel like he doesn't like that Teagan has gotten more things than him and so it's stopped being fun for him. Jeremy and I decided that we are going to hold off a bit until Teagan is done and start Tate again shortly after Teagan gets the hang of it a little more. So Tate started back in diapers again today (unbeknownst to Teagan for as long as possible).

I should've gone with my intuition a lot more today than I did. I can kind of tell when Teagan needs to go potty because he starts grabbing and itching and usually isolates himself in the other room. Instead of just saying, "Let's go to the potty and try..." I gave him the option to say no to my question, "Do you need to go potty?"

My visiting teachers came over this morning and Teagan was an absolute angel today. One of my VT's has two little boys about the same age as Teagan and Tate, so they played all morning really good together. ALL day (besides the potty training stuff) Teagan was so good and nice to his brothers and all the other kids he was around.

We also had the Primary Olympics today at church. Teagan won a gold medal and has been so proud of it. He even did the 3-legged race with his friend Micah and it was the cutest thing I've ever seen. I wish I would've brought my camera. They didn't even fall once. I was so impressed.

But... back to the potty training - - I continued in big boy underwear today and Teagan peed in his pants every time today... two times at church during the olympics. I only brought one change of clothes so he had to ride home with no pants on. Luckily no other kids saw it. I didn't want anyone to make fun of him to add to the negativity of the process. Teagan began to beg for training pants (which tells you how ineffective they are since he knows they are just like diapers) and I told him he only gets them once he gets into bed to go to sleep every night. All the other moms at the Olympics today told me that training pants did nothing for them either and everyone has just had to stick it out with the mess. (ugh)

Teagan never pooped today, so I hope he's not holding it in because of the potty training. That will make me feel bad. We changed his clothes about 6-7 times today because of pee. I've been making him do everything for the clean up process himself including undressing himself, cleaning it up and taking his dirty clothes into the washer. AND... thanks to the anonymous commenter yesterday, we tried the cold rinse on his bum last night a couple times. He really hated that! We did it 2x last night and the second time he cried the whole time. (sigh) We weren't mean or angry at all when we did it. We just told him he's gotta wash it off with cold water in which I made him soap up and wash all the parts of himself he got pee on. Then he stood in the bath tub and we used a cup to poor cold water and rinse it off.

Still haven't gotten mad at him although today was really tough to stay patient when I KNOW he knows how to detect and tell me he needs to go. I'm trying SO HARD to make this a positive experience.


How the night ended:
Told Teagan that he is going to help me do a NEW schedule tomorrow so he can help me with when he is going to sit on the potty and try to go. Made him repeat it to me what he is going to do and also told him that the first thing he will do in the morning is sit on the potty and try to go which he agreed to. We will see...

Look for more of the potty training adventure tomorrow.