tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583119477085492346.post6979693561703363028..comments2023-05-30T06:22:54.291-05:00Comments on Twin Engines: Potty Help Please!Kim and Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05010602724870397864noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583119477085492346.post-53841743517286353092012-02-22T22:08:53.793-06:002012-02-22T22:08:53.793-06:00Oh my goodness. Until I read this I think I'd...Oh my goodness. Until I read this I think I'd blocked out the months of wiping sticky stinky poo off a certain child's butt while she gleefully told me that "Poopoo goes in da pottyyyyy! No in my dipuh! hahahahahahha!" <br /><br />Here is your assignment, if you choose to accept it. This will be easy because you're pregnant. This weekend, get someone to watch the boys for two hours. Drink a super-huge glass of orange juice (yay for no diabetes!). Grab one of your kids' diapers. Get in the car, and have Hubs drive around until you think your bladder is going to explode, then wait another ten minutes. Then get out the diaper and pee in it. While still driving around. Really. I'm not kidding. DO IT. It's worth the insanity to get a visceral understanding of what N is probably feeling. (Now quit wondering how I know this. We're talking about N, remember?:)<br /><br />My bet would be that he really is trying as hard as he knows how and is just being overwhelmed by some conditioned response of nap-diaper-poop. Like Pavlov's dogs after the treat (SORRY! Oh my gosh, I need to go to bed). I've heard some people wrestling with this have luck with having the child sit on the potty with the diaper on, then just lay it over the potty, etc. - it seems to help some kids feel comfortable enough to relax the appropriate muscles. Maybe you could try helping him imagine pooping on the potty and what that would feel like, even when he's in the act. If he's pooping when he drifts off to sleep, maybe try staying in his room and waking him up when he poops, pointing out to him that he's going (it might be so habitual he doesn't really notice then). Try not to stress him out. :) I know I did this sometimes to my girls. Think it's hard to poop in the potty? It's a whole lot easier with a frustrated mama standing over you saying WOULD YOU JUST POOOP IN THE POTTY ALREADY??? <br /><br />And if you really need a nap, put a diaper on him and tell him that he has permission to poop in it just this one time because everyone needs a nap. Maybe it'll set him back; maybe not. But at least you won't be so fried. :)<br /><br />Good luck, Kim. Totally normal. :) And you're doing AWESOME.Meikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14033972601038792745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583119477085492346.post-79197311112715950912012-02-22T21:31:59.989-06:002012-02-22T21:31:59.989-06:00Sorry the poop is such an issue. I know you probab...Sorry the poop is such an issue. I know you probably will hate this idea but I think I'd tell N for now the poop goes in the diaper and it gets changed after nap is over. Let him poop in it. It almost sounds like he's playing you a bit with the poopy by playing at bathroom time, then pooping in the diaper and then thinking it gets him a free ride outta nap time. I am wondering if he is acting out a little about having to sit their for 30 min before nap. I know potty planning takes time but I couldn't sit on the pot for 30 min straight as an adult. Maybe with N skip the sit and try to poop thing and it may make him actually want to try than being told to? Just a thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com