OK so the picture above isn't the poo I'm talking about but, you get the picture. Addison went number two on the potty last night. She is really catching on to this whole potty training thing. She has been waking up dry from naps and staying dry all night. Yesterday she went on the potty 13 times and 10 times the day before.Fingers crossed no accidents thus far! At this rate she is going to have her slide next week. Maybe we should have said she could have her slide if she uses the potty for 100 days instead of 100 times.
We are going to visit Keith and Emily tonight so we will see what this weekend brings. I don't want to stay all kooked up in the house for two weeks focusing strictly on potty training. We have a life and we need to get out and do things not centered around the potty. Her potty chair will just have to be a traveling potty chair this weekend. I want to try and keep things as consistent as possible but, also let her live a normal life. I guess we will just have to see what this weekend brings. Hopefully more of the same.
Although, she did poo on the potty it didn't come with ease. Addison has always had a bit of an issue in that department. She has to take a stool softener each morning in her chocolate milk. If I skip it, this kids is in pure misery. I have had to give her countless enemas and trust you me it is not my cup of tea or hers either for that matter. I had a feeling that she may resist to pooping on the potty. It is a pretty normal thing, actually. Many of the 2 year olds in my class, could pee with ease but, pooping that was a whole other battle. Since she already has trouble in that department I prepared for the worse. Since we have started she has had her medicine every morning and was producing no bowel movements. On a normal diaper wearing day, she could have up to 5 poos in a day.Gross, I know. I quickly realized she was withholding poo. Last night, she was pretty miserable and kept saying she needed to pee on the potty but, not poop. We would take her in there let her sit and she would pee but no poo. I knew she had to poop and wasn't going to rest easy until she did.
Kevin asked if we should give her an enema. I told him no because the reason she takes the medicine is to soften it and it come out more easily . I immediately began researching on the Internet how to get your child to poo on the potty. Well, I found an article by a medical Doctor that was describing a method of how to train your kids to poo on the potty. I was a little skeptical but I thought it would hurt to try it out. He said to strip off all clothing and underpants , so your child is naked on the pot. You explain to them that the doctor called on the phone and said they can't get up or play until they poop on the potty. So I told Addison this and I even through in that Pooh and Blankie (her most prized possessions) would have to sleep with me if she didn't go poop. I know, kinda harsh. I felt really bad but, desperate times call for desperate measures, right? The Doctor said to leave the bathroom and let your child have their time to go. When they poop don't make a huge to do about it just say in a calm voice good job. You continue the process until they just start going with no issue.He also said if you have to gate off the bathroom to keep them in you can. I felt that was a bit much so, no gate for us. In the article was an woman that descried how she tried this method with her 3 1/2 year old son. She said her son cried the first night in the bathroom for 5 minutes until he pooped and it got progressively less and less each day until it was not longer an issue.
Addison sat in there naked, crying for Daddy for a few minutes. Kevin got up and started to go in, there I was outside the door telling him not to. She needed to work through this. We saw her get up so we went in and sure enough she had gone. I couldn't believe it. I never thought this method would work but, I was wrong. I was so relieved she went. Hopefully this will help her realize that it is OK to poop and pee on the potty. No real high expectations here, just waiting to see how it all goes. I haven't ever heard of a kid going to college in diapers yet!
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