Toilet Teaching

great post!

I am sooo guilty of over-reminding and have created a potty-resistant child. 

We have had ZERO success with poop on the potty and have tried bribing her with everything imaginable. I know it's a power struggle and she is a very strong willed child, but it is incredibly frustrating.  She will pee on the potty, but only with reminders, or if we are out (she loves to pee in public toilets - yuck, but hey I'll take what I can get).

Maybe a completely chilled out approach will work, hey I'm willing to admit my way just isn't cutting it...

Isn't that a great article?  I stumbled on it the other day. 

The first step is admitting LOL!  It's great that you can see your way isn't working.  That's going to help you out in the long run.  Switching tactics is sometimes all you need.  You just never know how your child is going to react to potty training until you're in the thick of it.  Then you can figure out what works for them and what doesn't and alter your training to fit them and their personalities.

  CL - Twilight, CL Toilet Teaching
             
          
 
 
 

Great post.  My DS fits this exactly.  He was very close to potty training and I listened to all the advice others gave about how to get it done.  I started to push him a bit and he pretty much shut down.  After a couple of days of reminding him it occured to me that I was making things worse instead of better.  Since that time I've tried to relax and let him take charge of his potty training.  I've noticed that even the slightest reminder results in his refusing to use the potty.  My mom can get him to go by asking if he has any pee to show her, but she has to be careful not to suggest that he go. 

I'll admit that it's really hard sometimes to not encourage him to go when I know he has to and I think that is one the biggest reasons he's still having accidents.  That and some diarreah off and on the last week.  But he's doing really well and I'm hoping that this post will help me to totally let go of the reins.  Patti