I hate the phrase "potty training", but it really is the best term for it. I'm sure everyone knows just how much I hate the concept of training my children like animals, but in a sense, learning to use the toilet instead of a diaper really is an act of training one's self to be able to do it.
Until now we've been doing a little dance, forward and back, better and worse. It seems like we're never going to see the end of it. In truth, I was beginning to wonder if we ever would. My older son just doesn't seem to have the drive. Diapers just seem so much more comfortable for him. It's not surprising with everything we've been through as a family that he wouldn't be ready to grow up quite yet.
The past couple of days we've been making progress. Yes, he still has accidents, but at least they're far limited from what they were before. He's not having as many and that's making a huge difference. He's decided he's going to learn to use the toilet by sitting on the toilet when he thinks he has to go, and stays there until he actually does. He's even managed to poop on the potty this way! Yes, sometimes he does miss it and not get there soon enough, but it's progress, and it's something he wanted to do himself, with some encouragement from his sister and I.
It seems like it's taken forever, but we're getting there! Using the toilet is a possibility that's in sight! He won't be in diapers forever! Actually, the end to diapers may be sooner than later!
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