I have tried to stay on top of all the developmental milestones our son reaches. But when it comes to potty training Kai has been as stubborn as can be. He is 4 now and still refuses to even discuss trying to poop on the potty. At least he was up until a couple of days ago. I had taken him in for a well check and told the nurse that I was concerned about him not being potty trained yet. Just based on that she felt it was necessary to bring me a print out stating that he was potty resistant. The packet went on to say that this is due to parent error. That we had traumatized him. And that the only solution was to have one last conversation with him about where his potty and poop needs to go and never bring it up again. She had annoyed me from the moment I met her, with her nasally voice and ho hum attitude but now she had done pissed me off. I fought the urge to punch her in the throat and brought up my concerns with his doctor along with my dissatisfaction with the nurse. Now what happened next surprised me. First of all his doc seemed just as shocked as I was that the nurse would just automatically jump to that conclusion. Second of all she just sat down and asked Kai if he was afraid to poop and if it hurt. Now these are all questions I had asked him with no response. He looked at her and said yes! She felt his abdomen and told me that he has hard stool and that a powdered laxative in small doses daily will eliminate his fear and the pain (along with his ability to hold it in). She began to describe the consistency we were looking for which made me chuckle... and ruined soft tootsie rolls for me forever.
With a new found enthusiasm about the whole thing I decided to try something new. Kai HATES being naked for very long. So I decided that I would stop putting him in any kind of diaper, pull up, or underwear in an attempt to make the potty chair more appealing. Almost instantly we saw results. He gets up and runs to his potty chair when he has to pee and he has even pooped in it! I don't even have to say anything. We are finally on our way to a diaper free house! But..........The elation didn't even have time to sink in before a new problem arose. Gone are the days of fearing the potty chair and gone are the......... pants.
Ohhhhh yeah.... fun times!
2 comments:
Holy Dude. I would have punched that chick in the throat! AHHH... I hate when medical people think it's all the parent's fault. I commend you for holding back.
Yay for Kai on his new poopy adventures. May the good times (tootsie) roll.
I love nekey bum bum pictures. What is it about a child's bum that makes me want to squish it?
I hope she got an ear full from Kai's doctor after I left :) Soooo rude!
I wish I had known that in order to potty train Kai I had to become a poopologist. No mom should have to pay such close attention to consistancy and color...
And you are right there is something so cute about a baby bum. Kai's is soooo ticklish all I have to do is poke a cheek and he drops to his knees and giggles.
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