Well, we've decided to re-introduce the roles of the potty. After a few weeks of potty neglect, Sam seemed willing to accept his potty seat all over again. It's so strange how this whole potty training thing works. One day he is ALL for using the potty, the next day he is on potty chair strike. So, as we've been advised, we let Sam be our guide. He is still young, and the doctor always tells me that he may take some time as he is a boy.
So..with that said, we introduced a new strategy. Strategy focuses on jelly beans. If he goes pee pee and poo poo in the potty he receives a "bean". This is working, however, he will not poo poo in the potty. Just plain and simple will not do it. I think it is a privacy issue he is dealing with. Sam is a creature of habit. His habit consists of pooping in the SAME corner every day at virtually the SAME time. Unfortunately for the past 3 days we've witnessed no pooping. He tells me that he has to go, sits on the potty...and waits. I close the door and I just hear him grunting in there, but no poo poo.
Today after about 14 minutes of him alone in the bathroom, I decided it was time to intervene. I was sure that he had pooed and was ready to clean him up. When I opened the door and walked in there he was, sitting proud on the potty. When I asked him how he was doing he said, "I'm good mommy, how are you?" I asked, "Did you go poo poo yet?" Sam, "Mommy, I can't, it just doesn't work and I WANT a bean, what can I do mommy?"
He sat for another minute before he left the bathroom and was devastated that he wasted all that time in the bathroom and nothing worked and he wasn't able to have a bean.
So, tomorrow we'll HOPE he poo's...Sam hasn't missed a pooping day since I can remember, so let's hope the poo poo fairy is looking down on him tonight and makes it for a easy potty day tomorrow!
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