After a week of unsuccessful bribery, I decided to put potty training on hold. All Nathan had to do was pee-pee in the toilet to get an airplane. The poo-poo reward was a big truck. I had the airplanes and truck stacked up on the back of the toilet as motivation, but that didn't work. He sat on the toilet a million times and purposely held it. He still wanted a reward though. I would have to tell him no and explain to him that he has to actually do something to get those rewards.
Then that just led to huge crying fits. I couldn't take it anymore.
He cried and cried, begging and pleading with me. "I need to open this! I need to say thank you."
Another one of his tricks was to go in the bathroom and try to get the truck down all by himself. I walked by the dark bathroom and caught him in the act. He backed up and immediately started explaining the situation to me.
I am SO glad I'm done with potty-training, as those were not my finest parenting moments. Er, maybe I shouldn't say it like that. I meant to say how easy and fun it was. Yeah, piece of cake! You'll be fine! (Actually, it's amazing how many people say that it WAS easy for them. I hate those people.)
ReplyDeleteI'll let Megan handle Nathan's potty-training from now on. Megan said he wasn't quite ready and I should of let it go at that. Lady
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