Potty training continued into week four with great success. Sometimes our son would announce that he had to go pee or poop and sometimes he would just go by himself (very exciting). He continued to request gum for his rewards which I soon realized was a little too much since it is not entirely consumable. He would end up with a mouthful of gum that would become an obstacle to eating meals. Either way using the potty was not our son’s problem at this point. Our newest potty training development had to do with his clothes. He started telling us that he was too little to pull up his underwear and pants. He started whinny at us to help him pull up his pants which was a little more than frustrating. We were not making any progress with this new development. Instead of stopping and listening to our instructions on how to pull up his underwear and pants he would work himself into tizzy until he was so upset that we would have to intervene. I never anticipated this kind of a set back. I thought that if we had any problems with potty training that it would involve our son not wanting to use the toilet. I was not prepared for his sudden inability to pull up his own pants. It was not a problem when we were out and about because I would have to help him get onto the big toilets and it was easy for me to help him get his pants on and off (perhaps this is what created the problem in the first place), but when it was at home when I had lots of other things to do, it became a huge nuisance. Still I was overjoyed that he was so self sufficient in using the potty but now I just have to figure out how to get him to pull up his pants by himself again….
(To be continued …)