PAT YOUR BACK ON POTTY TRAINING
Potty training seems to be the most challenging task for parents. It requires keen observation, excellent negotiation techniques and the maturity to handle defeat and frustration. Everyday is a bloody battle.
At the rate that Zach is absorbing our plea for him to tell us when he wants to wee-wee or poo-poo, he was very behind. As a parent, you question how effective you are and how efficient is your kid whenever a school representative asks you whether he is already potty trained or not. Although they would positively inform you that “its not a problem” if the kid you are trying to enroll in their Day Care Center is not yet trained, yet you knew that it would be well appreciated if he can already potty on his own.
To hasten the training, you employ helpful devices, from potty chairs to potty chair guards. There were even stars to pin for their own motivation. In our case, as our additional helpful device, we purchase a potty guard, so as, he may not only seat on the real potty chair, but he would be comfortable seating there. That was what we did, until the cashier at Wal*Mart asked us who is being potty trained and how old he is. Sensing for his additional burdensome bad comment, I pointed out Zach and added, “he is 3 years old and yes he is quite behind in his potty training.” To my surprise, he rebuffed me, and said, “There is no such thing as behind in potty training, everybody has his own time. Let him be and do not rush him.” I was taken aback. Here is a lady who is telling us to be easy while we, parents were too pressured to make him potty. And she was quite authoritative, given her age and stature in life.
Rightfully, indeed, for two weeks after that, while we were at Ron Carter’s Toyota, having Sienna’s oil change, Zach’s just followed me inside the rest room and after I did my “thing”, told me that he wants to make wee-wee too? Startled, but excited, I unzipped his pants and presto, he made his first wee-wee and to top it all, in a public place.
At this quarter, so far this is our greatest achievement. Although there were still some expected “lapses”, yet whenever, we ask him to make wee-wee, he regularly does it well.
And the bright side is, Coco for sure will not be harder to train when his time comes.
Thanks to the Potty Fairy at Wal-Mart.
