Potty progress non-update
I feel like a fraud writing this post under the potty training label, but for consistency sake, I’ll leave it as-is. I feel like a fraud because I am obviously not potty-training anyone at the moment. I hoped to, I tried to, and I’ve decided to pick my battles. And potty-training is not one of them. So, what I’m saying in short is, Baby Brother still exhibits no sign of potty progress.
Actually, that statement is wrong. Every now and then, when we’re hurriedly getting ready for our day, he would declare, “I want potty!” That statement no longer gets my hopes up. But I’ve also made a decision not to bar him from trying - even when when we’re running late.
“I want potty!”, he would say once I get his pajamas and diaper off. He would setup his toilet seat, position his step stool and maneuver himself unto the toilet seat. Then he would demand, “Book!”
I’ll get him a book, he would flip through to the end, then declare, “Done!”
I’ll look in the toilet, knowing there’d be nothing, but hoping there’d be something.
I’ll tell him what I always tell him after these episodes. “Potty is for poopoo and peepee, ok?” “OK”, he would reply.
But the following day, the same scenario plays out. And I suspect that the boy knows exactly what he is doing. So, I’ve got no strategy other than wait for him to decide that he is ready to go.
