Our oldest was half potty trained for about a year. He would pee in the toilet, but would hold his poop until we put on a pull up for bedtime. We finally decided we would just change his sheets if he wet the bed at night. Turned out he didn't wet the bed and three days into it, he finally took a massive dump in the toilet. His four year old butt had a bigger shit than my normal poops. After that, he was fully onboard with pooping in the toilet. The best part was him telling everyone he met (people in line at the grocery store) that he now poops in the potty because he's four years old.
Have you tried giving up for a while? Ours was well on his way to being potty trained pretty early, right around 2, but then it turned into a control thing and I basically gave up until he was 3. He only pooped on the toilet though, so that was kind of a nice consolation. He had been telling me for ages that he would pee in the potty after he turned 3, and after his birthday it was like a switch flipped. He still refuses to use the bathroom at school, though, so he goes in pullups for now. Kids are weird.
Not really, no. We figured that would just reset everything all over again, but I don't have it in me to keep making this kid miserable every morning if he's not into it yet. He's 4 next May, so I'd want to get it done before then because then it starts getting weird.
The age of 4-11 is when it’s the best time to be a parent. They learn to go to the bathroom, dress themselves, eat without being fed, entertain themselves when you can’t. And YOU are their biggest hero. You’re about to begin the best times. Enjoy. Ridding your house of things like diaper genies and crib monitors feels like ringing a cancer ward bell.
Let's hear more about this guys night and less about poopy diapers. Unless "WDT" actually stands for Weekend Diaper Thread
Seriously though, @Misanthropic 's garage is becoming like one of those restaurants that you hear about and think "If I'm ever in that area of the country, I need to hit that place up" Like Franklin BBQ, Katz deli, Joe's Stone Crab etc
I’d like to take credit for it, but it’s a neighbors garage. We’ve been doing this for years. Bar with 5 taps, pool table, dart board, fog machines (yes multiple), laser lights- the place is awesome. I’ve got high school buddys coming up next month specifically to visit the garage. It is indeed a local must visit.
I don't have kids so no one take this offensively, but isn't that entirely too late? Did the children not attempt to destroy them in 1st grade?
Is it their last/only child? I think being a parent to a last child or only child does screwy things to their heads where delay their "baby" growing up. Friend of mine is still breast feeding their last child. She's three. Edit - They weren't like that with their other child. Stopped breastfeeding at the "normal" time
Of all my accomplishments as a father, I think that I'm proudest of toilet training Li'l Bandit in one week as soon as he turned two years old. As Crown said, your life gets SO MUCH easier once you don't have to worry about diapers.
This is the second child for the mother. It was born premature, and I think it’s actually the excuse they use to explain parental laziness.
Which probably means they will expel him until he’s ready. Schools will not put up with that, they sure as hell shouldn’t.
I'm laying odds that someone who hasn't potty trained their kid at 7 is perfectly willing to lazily "homeschool" to avoid the issue entirely.