Potty Training Boot Camp: Day 4

Teagan still refused to sit on the potty this morning. I was feeling a bit defeated because this is now turning into something that is nowhere near "positive".

Honey Lona called us this morning on FaceTime on the IPad and I tried to get Teagan to show her how he could sit on the potty and he ran and hid in the curtains. We got off the phone with Honey Lona and I had a calm talk with Teagan. I asked him if he would go in his room by himself and say a prayer to Heavenly Father to help him go on the big boy potty. He quickly calmed down but said he didn't want to. I asked him again and told him I would leave him alone and reminded him how to start and finish a prayer and that he could ask for help. I shut the door behind me and he came out a couple minutes later and told me he had said a prayer. I talked him him for a minute and reminded him how he didn't try yesterday but today he could do better and that it doesn't take very long to go on the potty. I went on to tell him that it does however take a long time to clean up the mess and change his clothes and wash them. I let him know that if he pooped today that it would be a much bigger mess that he'd have to clean up and he probably didn't want to do that because it's very dirty and yucky. With in 2 seconds he said, "Mom I have to go." So he went and sat on the potty and peed. Yipeee! I told him to thank Heavenly Father for going and he said, "No... YOU Mommy" and he gave me a hug. (Those are the moments that make it worth it!)

Today I let Teagan write his own potty schedule and made him sign it (he signed two letter "T's" for TT, which is what I call him for his nick name). I let him know that it means that he is agreeing to what he put down. I asked him if he wanted to have the timer go off every 30 minutes and he was adamant about setting it for every 20 minutes. So, that is what we did. He never complained about getting on the potty one more time through the day. At one point he even did a potty dance singing, "I get to go on the potty!" Whaaaaaat?! Woo hoo!

I'm proud to say that although we didn't have an accident free day, Teagan still peed on the potty two times. On a different note, today and yesterday his behavior has been beyond exceptional. This is a HUGE deal if you know how much we struggle with him.

So... Today's status?
Success! Progress! Encouraged! Ready for tomorrow...