Brain Fertilizer: Potty Training II

November 30, 2004

Potty Training II « Kidblogging »

My daughter peed in her training pants again. That got another spat on the bottom, which led to another 20-minute crying jag, which she stopped long enough to tell me she had to go potty. She sat there for about 10 minutes.

I asked her if she had gone potty, she said no...

I asked her if she was done, she said no...

I came back after 3 minutes, and she had a big smile and told me she went potty! I checked, and sure enough!

So more exuberant praise, a big hug, excited cries of "Good Job!", and I got down the candy bowl to let her choose a candy. She seemed to have forgotten the spank, and the joy of having done something right was what she seemed to retain from the deal.

I will probably continue the spat for a few days, until she tells me she has to go potty before getting spanked. Then we'll just go with the reward and big production, and slowly trail that off over the following week.

This is rather difficult, you know? I'd held out hope that her waiting so long to learn might make the process go more quickly once started, but that does not seem to be the case.

Posted by Nathan at 08:32 AM | Comments (10)
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My daughter is ready to be trained, but I am not looking forward to the work or the accidents.

Posted by: Jordana at November 30, 2004 08:41 AM

Four words of humour for you.

"Potty Training the Elderly"

Posted by: Sharp as a Marble at November 30, 2004 08:58 AM

I so don't know what to say about this...

Posted by: zombyboy at November 30, 2004 09:47 AM

Your gag reflex is automatically suppressed by having children, I can tell you.
The thing is, there are so many difficult things about being a parent, I feel the need to reach out and talk to anyone else (like Rae, SaaM and Jordana and Dana) who has similar experiences for commiseration/tips/sympathy.

Posted by: Nathan at November 30, 2004 09:56 AM

Not moi? Who has potty trained four girls?

I am seriously pouting now....

Leaving....

Posted by: Rae at November 30, 2004 11:08 AM

Poor Rae. Someone should give her a hug.

I'm not disturbed, disgusted, or otherwise unhappy with the topic. It's just an interesting reminder of the things that I know absolutely nothing about. I hate it when that happens.

Posted by: zombyboy at November 30, 2004 11:10 AM

Fixed, Rae.
...but I plead, well, one of the ordinals (not the 5th, because I'm not self-incriminating, I don't think).
I mentioned SaaM and Jordana because they commented on the thread...I threw Dana in because I've seen and held her babies, and she's posted about potty-training before.
It was just off the top of my head, and not meant to be an exhaustive list.

Okay, Margi, let me have it with both barrels...[grin]
Andy of WWR, Jeff Goldstein can feel free to lay some smack down, as well, if only because they are two blogging Dads I can think of who have posted about their kids.

Posted by: Nathan at November 30, 2004 11:37 AM

Some aspects of parentng are less thrilling, but I love having kids.

Posted by: Walter E. Wallis at November 30, 2004 02:19 PM

Ah, the things I have to look forward to. :-) Glad she's catching on...

Posted by: Deb at November 30, 2004 08:28 PM

O.K. Nathan, forgiven :D

Posted by: Rae at December 1, 2004 02:00 PM

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