Jase will not pee in the potty. I am seriously beginning to wonder when he will officially be potty trained.
For petty reasons of my own, I am so ready for him to be the big boy that he is. I am tired of doing laundry every single day of the week. I am tired of every room of our apartment smelling like pee, as it is hard to find all the places he decides to pee. Well, not every room but I smell pee all the time. I even smell it in my sleep. ;) Some kids have a special spot in which they go to do their business. Not Jase, he just goes where ever he feels the need.
I keep thinking back to what our pediatrician in Texas said. He said 3 and a half. 3 and a half and Jase should be potty trained. Well, he's almost there. I keep thinking about what all the "experts" say, not to potty train when big changes and goings on are happening. So, with all the freaking changes and goings on that keep occurring in our lives, when are we supposed to potty train? He started showing interested before we left Texas. Not to long after we got settled in New York, I was certain we were officially potty trained. Wrong. Between visitors (which we love!) and moving for the 30th time in a year, Jase has too much going on. Jason and I have too much going on. But I refuse to use this as an excuse. I refuse. I also to refuse to say that he is not ready because I know he is.
I wish someone would tell me what to do. Someone that has potty trained boys and someone who understands how distractable and unfocused boys can be. I try not to get frustrated but I do because I know he can do this.
We are about to begin our first "vacation" of the summer. I am torn between letting Jase wear underwear or putting him in a pull up for the flights. I don't want to do the pull up because then he will not tell us he needs to go and he'll just go in the pull up. I don't want to do underwear because he won't tell us and he'll just go in his underwear. What do I do??! I(we're) leaning toward the pull up for the sake of accidents and the need to change clothes.
I hope and pray Jase will get the hang of this soon, for his sake...and my sanity. :)
Clenden's Story
11 years ago
He will get it figured out! It just takes time, Uriah was at that 3 1/2 mark before he did, and believe me, I felt just like you. I thought that he was never going to do it, sorry I don't have the "secret" to potty training stubborn boys, but I do know that you are doing a great job and one day he will surprise you!
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ReplyDeleteOh Crissy. I am right there with you! I am so frustrated with trying to potty train Brooklyn! And I hear girls are easier...what a lie!!! She is sooooo stubborn. She knows where her potty is, she tells you where it is...so on and so forth, but refuses to pee or poop in it. She will sit on the potty but not do anything. We have the sticker chart, but she has lost interest in it. We stay busy too, work, me going to school, weekends are usually jam packed with activities....I don't want to make any excuses...but it is so frustrating. I just tell myself that "Every child is different"..just because one child is potty trained a 18 months, doesn't mean mine will be....I've given up on what "experts" have to say...I just tell myself...she will get it when she want to....I just wish it would be soon!
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