We are working on potty training with Greyson. So far it is a mixed bag. We are using incentives - aka BRIBES!
Right now he will potty every time we take him to the bathroom. He's excited about it - probably because he gets a jelly bean if he gets some pee-pee out. Today he even pooped in the potty - which got him a jelly bean and a new book.
However he has yet to tell us when he needs to go, and only seldom does he tell us if he is wet. So everything has to be prompted by us. I know that if I took him to the potty every 15 min he probably would be able to stay dry, but let's be really real here, I don't have that kind of time right now. So I'm taking him to the bathroom when I remember and anytime he mentions it.
I'm not really in any hurry to get him trained, I know it will happen when he is ready and I don't want to put any pressure on him about it. But I'm pretty happy with how far he's come in just the past week. I think he may get it down by his birthday in December.
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Every kid is different, but what seems to have worked for us is a combination of bribes, super excitement every time he asks to go and wearing big boy underwear (that he gets to pick out). And like you, I never pushed it. Radar pretty much went from where Greyson seems to be right now to just about fully potty trained with a simple decision to do so. He had on his big boy underwear and he pooped in it. For some reason this freaked him out and he's only had a couple of small accidents since (now nearly 3 weeks ago). Most nights now he doesn't even use a diaper at night.
I'm crossing my fingers that Greyson will make his decision just as abruptly (and that Radar will stick to his!)
Good luck big boy!!!!!
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