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Re: Disciplining My Toddler
For my son and potty training, we had a similar experience. He got the concept, would go periodically and before bath time, but would prefer the ease of going in his diapers or pull-ups.
One weekend, piggybacking a holiday Monday, we just had full underwear the whole weekend...and by the fourth day he was fine (though the constant accidents were a bit of a pain to deal with and we ALMOST gave up).
I don't think you can really discipline over accidents, since it's still a new skill. We have the problem of disciplining when he deliberately disobey's and starts throwing tantrums. He even tells us, after threatening to take his toys away by saying "I want to be a bad boy, take my cars away, I want to be bad"...now THAT's frustrating
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Re: Disciplining My Toddler
That's awesome. Your son is a bad***.For my son and potty training, we had a similar experience. He got the concept, would go periodically and before bath time, but would prefer the ease of going in his diapers or pull-ups.
One weekend, piggybacking a holiday Monday, we just had full underwear the whole weekend...and by the fourth day he was fine (though the constant accidents were a bit of a pain to deal with and we ALMOST gave up).
I don't think you can really discipline over accidents, since it's still a new skill. We have the problem of disciplining when he deliberately disobey's and starts throwing tantrums. He even tells us, after threatening to take his toys away by saying "I want to be a bad boy, take my cars away, I want to be bad"...now THAT's frustratingComment
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Re: Disciplining My Toddler
All good advice, thanks. The leaving him on the toilet for a couple hours is different, not sure I'd go with that.
By the way, my son doesn't play with Ninja Turtles, he IS a Ninja Turtle. All he has seen is the trailer, but there are times when he demands to be called Raphael.Being kind, one to another, never disappoints.Comment
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I agree, it is a learning experinece that people need to work with their kids on this. My oldest daughter it only took a few days for her and she was potty trained no problem. Now my son, it took us a few months of trying with favorite undies and pull-ups. Sometimes it gets frustrating, but you have to really work with them or else it will take much longer.
To each his own as its their kids, but punishing kids for potty training I would never do. The dude that left his kid on the toilet for 2 hours, even falling asleep on there I just don't understand. What if the kid fell asleep and leaned over falling off the toilet and getting hurt?Comment
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I never punished for accidents, even though my son would go off playing, and then have an accident much like your son is doing right now. My son is almost 4, and has been potty trained for a year and a half. Maybe once every 6 months or so, he'll have a small accident. What I mean, is he tries to make it, or waits just a second too long before heading to his bathroom. And I just can't punish him for it.
I also never left him on the toilet, or my daughter for that matter. We had a 10-15 minute time limit. After that, we'd take a breather, and try it again later. In my experience boys are easier than girls. All it took was for my son to go outback, and enjoy peeing outside. He was hooked ever since, but still had the accidents from time to time. Once you start the potty training, don't go from diaper/pullup to underwear, then back to diapers/pullups and night. We did that with my daughter, and we really regret going that route. So with my son, I told my wife, nomatter the mess, now that he's into trying to go to the potty, it's strictly underwear.
Those are just some of my opinions, ofcourse it differs from parent to parent. Good luck with it!Comment
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LOL, when I was probably about 4 I ran away from my mom at K-Mart and hid underneath one of the clothing racks, some guy found me and asked me my name, and I told him it was Michaelangelo (my favorite Ninja Turtle) and I refused to go with my mom because my name wasn't David, it was Michaelangelo and she wouldn't call me that. Man my mom had to have had some patience to keep calm after all of that.Comment
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LOL, my son actually does both. He's got all 4 of the action figures, 1 of the talking ones, and then his favorite is Leonardo. He's got the mask, and play sword for him. He walks around with his sword, and he's a Ninja Turtle. Seems our kids would get along great. LOL
BTW, you should check your value cinema, we took him last weekend to catch TMNT, and he loved it.Comment
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I haven't seen it yet for myself. I'm a liitle concerned about the "monsters." Remember, we're trying to keep him from peeing his pants. lol
Plus, once he sees this movie, you know it's on. Just like Davin's story, my son refuses to be called by his real name when he's in character. It's amazing how their imagination takes them to a whole other place. It's pure unfiltered fun for them. No wonder he doesn't min peeing his pants.Being kind, one to another, never disappoints.Comment
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Keep in mind...your kids are essentially still babes. Utilizing encouragement and positives will not only work better (proven) with them, it will teach you how to develop better parenting styles overall for later challenges. You'll especially gain patience. If you want to be worried about anything, worry about developmental delays. Those are the things that need to be addressed and do so with professional help (e.g., speech impediments not commensurate with age, etc.).Comment
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