Potty Training

The boys have been doing great with potty training. While we were on vacation, there were was one potty accident per each child, the entire 12 days that we were gone.

Today, the boys went back to their new preschool for their first full week and each boy had two accidents today alone. It was as if we took a step back today. I realize that a lot has to do with change. A new place, even though they have been several times.

Change is hard on children. Divorce. New preschool, moving, etc. can cause a minor step back, but we are trying to provide as much positive praise and encouragement and getting the boys acclimated again to their routine.

For my wife and I, we have spent so much time focusing on the boys potty training, that at first this minor step back was frustrating, but as we talked through all the changes that the boys are going through, ie. A new daycare, a long vacation and no longer at being at home everyday, we are changing what they have really known for a long time. But we both agree that once we get into the new daycare routine, we feel that the potty training issues will subside.

Patience and a lot of love and encouragement. That is what we are focusing on this week.

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Now that we are heavily into potty training, one of my biggest challenges is keeping the boys from peeing on the floor.

But as I think through it, sure, peeing on the floor isn’t good, but let’s be honest, guys do it all the time. Not paying attention, splashing, etc.

As I told my wife, let’s just be thankful I haven’t told them to pee and spell their name yet.

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Everyone has told me that potty training boys is much harder than girls.  We are 2 days into our potty training and thus far, we have only had 1 accident. 1 and that is it. Not bad.

We setup the little potty for the boys in the living room and setup a 20 minute reminder on our phone. Every 20 minutes when the boys heard the chime on our phones, they would go to the potty. Not bad. And every time that they would pee, they would get 2 M&M’s.

We are day three of the potty training, so we’ll see if we can keep up the positive reinforcement and see if we can get them potty trained within the week. But I think that us constantly reminding and asking the boys if they have to goto the potty and also giving them the reward of the M&M’s has really helped us thus far.

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