Toilet Training is almost never easy. Some kids take to the toilet and are trained within a matter of weeks while other are still learning and battling after a couple of years. There seem to be a lot of different methods that parents use and each one has its own devout supporters.
I have so far been unsuccessful in training our little one to use the bathroom. We have been working on it for about a year now. I have tried a couple of different methods and it feels like I have spent hours training him with no success. While we are off the road we occasionally make some headway only have him revert back to diapers as soon as we get on the truck again.
Every time we go to the bathroom out on the road I ask him, "Want to go to the toilet?" and I always get the reply of, "NO!" It occurred to me the other day that I need to look at another method for potty training and I came up with a solution.
Here were the basic problems:
Here's what we had achieved within the year of training:
Knows how to use the toilet as soon as his pants and diaper are removed;
What I concluded:
He just needs the tools in order to take care of it himself. Breakdown the processes so that he can do it by himself.
What we are going to be doing out on the road:
What we are going to be doing at home:
Success since starting new method:
Little one can remove his clothes, but cannot put them on yet.
I will post updates on this as we either succeed or fail at this new method.
I have so far been unsuccessful in training our little one to use the bathroom. We have been working on it for about a year now. I have tried a couple of different methods and it feels like I have spent hours training him with no success. While we are off the road we occasionally make some headway only have him revert back to diapers as soon as we get on the truck again.
Every time we go to the bathroom out on the road I ask him, "Want to go to the toilet?" and I always get the reply of, "NO!" It occurred to me the other day that I need to look at another method for potty training and I came up with a solution.
Here were the basic problems:
- Will not tell me when he needs to go even though he knows;
- No access to toilet and doesn't like to use a potty;
- Likes Privacy;
- Independent and does not like help;
- Could not remove clothes by himself;
Here's what we had achieved within the year of training:
Knows how to use the toilet as soon as his pants and diaper are removed;
What I concluded:
He just needs the tools in order to take care of it himself. Breakdown the processes so that he can do it by himself.
What we are going to be doing out on the road:
- Practicing removing and putting on clothes (including diaper) by himself;
- Will go into the stall by himself whenever we are in the bathroom;
- Will purchase another potty for the truck;
What we are going to be doing at home:
- Continue the practices from out on the road;
- Move the little one into underpants once he can remove and put on his pants;
Success since starting new method:
Little one can remove his clothes, but cannot put them on yet.
I will post updates on this as we either succeed or fail at this new method.
Update 3/21/15
We have had some success at this new method.
For a few days, the little one went in to the stall by himself and then one day he took off his clothes and on the toilet. That being said, we now need to start working on him putting on his clothes by himself.
For a few days, the little one went in to the stall by himself and then one day he took off his clothes and on the toilet. That being said, we now need to start working on him putting on his clothes by himself.