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So today was awesome! We decided to take of underwear and do just pants yesterday and today. Yesterday he had some dribbles (maybe 2 compared to his normal 5/6) Today he was dry ALLLLLLL day! He went on his own every time except right before he left. I think a big part of his dribbles were that his underwear felt too much like a pullup/diaper against him. With the flowy-ness of the pants not pressing against him, he did great. He got to put a sticker on his chart for staying dry all day and got a sticker on his shirt to take home. He was beaming! We had decided to ignore dribbles today and just reward for the good, but there wasn't any dribbles, yay!
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I thought about having her bring it up, as this is the only kid I've ever had dribbling issues with. He's definitely not thin and lanky :P -
We've done M&M's with other kids, but we're kind of past the "have a reward each time you go" stage. Plus he doesn't like candy :P -
I've had a dribbler and it lasted until he was 4.5.
I remember the mom asked her pediatrician about it and it was a muscle control issue. He was a thin and lanky little one who was intelligent but a little behind in small/large muscle development areas.Leave a comment:
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I know they say we shouldn't reward with food, especially with candy but M&Ms have worked really well for me, too. I give the kids 1 mini M&M for pee and 2 for poop. I also give the reward to the other kids so it kind of becomes a team effort, with the other kids cheering the potty trainer on. Once the kid uses the bathroom consistently, I "forget" to give out M&Ms and only hand them out if I'm reminded. It usually doesn't take long before the kids forget about them, too. -
M&M’s is a reward one of my parents has done for potty training. Just give him one each time he goes.Originally posted by ItsAllSonShineAndRainbows View Post
Question- What can I reward him for to continue to encourage him getting better? (I thought about "asking to go on his own" but he's a smart kid, he'll ask 53 times a day to get a sticker)Leave a comment:
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Potty Question
Not exactly sure how to ask this, so here goes!
Little boy, turned 3 in November. Has been potty trained for about a year (here at least) About 8/9 months ago we found out we had to move. Things got stressful, we couldn't find a place, had to go through the moving process but no idea where we were going. This little boy does not handle change well. He started having accidents about once every week or so. We ended up staying in a friends basement and running our preschool there. Because of his sudden accidents and someone elses carpet, we opted to put on pullups. I thought this would be a "just in case" but he completely regressed. Fully went in the pull-up on a regular basis BUT also peed in the potty when asked. We "started fresh" and began encouraging a dry pullup when going potty, and after a week or two started staying dry 90% of the time. Fast forward about 7 months later and we FINALLY found a place to move! Because of this move, we lost 3 of our kiddos... he was the only one that stayed. We had said "no pullups in the new house" mom was on board, even the kid was excited for it. Moved in and he did great the first week. No accidents... BUT only went potty when we told him. We stopped telling (except normal potty break times) After the first week, EVERY time he went potty, he had "dribbles" on his underwear. We were still trying to encourage staying dry, but it never happened... he always had some form of dribble. Two weeks ago we decided- no reminding, let him have an accident (we have no carpet or other kids until February) and basically start from day one of potty training. He had an abundance of accidents, including his first ever poop accident! This week he is doing great! Going on his own every time, no accidents... BUT still dribbles. Every. Single. Time.
He gets a sticker if his pants are dry when he goes, but he's never dry because of these dribbles. It's not that he's holding it too long, it will happen 20 mintues after he pees. I don't want him to be discouraged by these dribbles, but want to encourage and praise going on his own and no "full" accidents. He LOVES stickers, so I still want to encourage him with those, but if he's not dry I don't know what to tell him they are for. He doesn't understand the difference between a full accident and a dribble, so I don't want to tell him it's "ok" that they are a little wet.
Ok. I'm rambling. This is the 11th child I've potty trained, and 9 of those were boys. Never has it taken over a week except for this kid!!
Question- The dribbling is new to me, has anyone else experienced this?
Question- What can I reward him for to continue to encourage him getting better? (I thought about "asking to go on his own" but he's a smart kid, he'll ask 53 times a day to get a sticker)
I know he's not doing this on purpose. I know he's been through so much change. I just want to encourage his milestones, no matter how small... but for a kid that has been potty trained a year, I don't know what else to do. We require our preschoolers to be "actively potty training" or potty trained when starting, and must be fully potty trained by second semester or they can't continue. This is second semester... but this kid has been with me forever and I'm hoping we can work it out before new kids start next month!!
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