Time for potty training

[IADad]

Originally Posted by tadamsmar

That's a good idea. I will do that, ask him to clean up. He probably will not do it without some prompting. But I have had some luck getting him to do other tasks. If he is playing on the computer, I typically walk up close and say "You can come back to the computer after you have cleaned up around the toilet." He has always responded well to that approach for tasks like taking a bath or brushing his teeth.

That's the way we did it...they manage to figure out how to pee standing on their own just fine...

[IADad]

Originally Posted by akmom

IADad, have you used a bedwetting alarm? One of ours continued bedwetting long after potty-training. Once in a blue moon there would be a dry night, but wetting was the norm. We tried limiting fluids, increasing fluids, bathroom breaks before bed, throughout the night, etc. A pediatrician recommended a bedwetting alarm, and it worked. It took the full 12 weeks of using it, but now there's never any bedwetting. It's been almost a year. It attaches to underwear and won't work with any kind of diaper (too absorbent), but you can lay down a waterproof pad to keep the bedding dry.

I'll have to check into that. I wasn't aware they had them to attach to underwear, the only one's I'm, familiar with were from the dark ages (I think they were steam powered) I'll have to get myself up to date.

The only concern is I wonder if any kind of alarm is going to wake him up. He's a very sound sleeper, which I think is part of the reason he wets/doesn't wake up.

We're just the opposite of you issue. He'll stay dry for a week and a half and then have two wet nights in a row and we end up going back to the underjams...


Thanks for the tip.

[IADad]

Originally Posted by mom2many

IADad...it happens. There is a watch out there that is supposed to help retrain over tired little brains. It might be something to think about. If it started in the summer then I would say you guys are sufficiently wearing him out

No, it's been going on and off for about a year now, can't seem to identify what exactly is the key. Thanks to a busy summer schedule we've been able to keep him pretty close to "normal" bedtime/wakeup times.

[IADad]

Originally Posted by bssage

If you ever get your spell checker fixed I will be sad. that said I dont think I would get him up late at night. Let it have time to dry a little.

A) Spell Check is for whimps

and

B) "Goo" is spelled correctly.

[akmom]

The only concern is I wonder if any kind of alarm is going to wake him up. He's a very sound sleeper, which I think is part of the reason he wets/doesn't wake up.

You'll hear it, and know to wake him if he doesn't get up himself. It doesn't matter who wakes him. It just trains the brain to make that connection.

[tadamsmar]

Here are some suggestions for improving a boy's aim.

Drop Cheerios in the potty and encourage him to aim at them.

Or, you can buy toilet targets:

http://www.pottytrainingconcepts.com...t-Targets.html

[momforever]

Every child is a whole new world. My youngest trained herself before she was two but needed help getting on the seat - 2 and a half years later she still insists I come with her every time!

Boys (and men) need to be taught to clean up!

Get rid of toilet rugs, easy to clean tiles then clean carpets they just smell - and learn to clean your bathroom every day spray bleach on wall tiles around the toilet that may have gotten sprayed!

Joys of parenting...!

[IADad]

Originally Posted by momforever

Every child is a whole new world. My youngest trained herself before she was two but needed help getting on the seat - 2 and a half years later she still insists I come with her every time!

Boys (and men) need to be taught to clean up!

Get rid of toilet rugs, easy to clean tiles then clean carpets they just smell - and learn to clean your bathroom every day spray bleach on wall tiles around the toilet that may have gotten sprayed!

Joys of parenting...!

Nice generalization...I can't wait to return the stereotypical favor...

Every day? How about just when they miss...? I teach that they should hear the splash, if they don't something's going somewhere wrong. (But then again, I'm a man, what can I possibly know about cleanliness?)

[Incogneato]

Originally Posted by IADad

Nice generalization...I can't wait to return the stereotypical favor...

Every day? How about just when they miss...? I teach that they should hear the splash, if they don't something's going somewhere wrong. (But then again, I'm a man, what can I possibly know about cleanliness?)

Indeed IADad...that comment came across as rather rude. I doubt she'd like a man to make a stereotypical statement.

[akmom]

I'm going to have to jump on board with momforever. It's not because men are inherently messy, but because upright urination is. If you "hear the splash," then you know the main stream is making it into the toilet, but that doesn't mean toilet water won't splash back out. From a standing height, it's inevitable. Toilet water will splash back out onto the rim (or toilet seat if it's down) and probably onto the floor and nearby walls in smaller amounts. Not to mention, unless the man hovers directly over the toilet, the last drops of urine will fall on the rim/seat and floor as velocity decreases.

If men (and women who hover) took this into account and cleaned up after every urination, standing up might not be quite so convenient.