The trials of E's potty training continue. He has gotten fairly good at letting us know when he needs to pee. But it seems like he will poop anywhere but in the potty. Argh!
We have tried everything to sway him, from praising, singing songs on the toilet, playing games, giving him a special toy to play with on the toilet, and bribing him with food, TV priveleges, candy, toys. We've swirled more dirty underpants in the toilet (and accidentally flushed one pair away) than I can count.
I've been reading every article I can find online, borrowed countless potty training books, and even signed up for a personalized "potty training" consultant (they really do have consultants for everything, don't they!). One piece of advice we haven't tried is to let him watch while Daddy poops on the toilet. I'll give you one guess why we haven't tried this yet.
The articles say that for boys, they should watch Daddy, and girls should watch Mommy. Since Daddy was reluctant, I gave it a go myself. I realized why they recommend having your child watch the parent of the same gender; E spent the entire session asking me where did Mommy's penis go. "Is it hiding?" "Is it sleeping?" "You forgot it?" "It fell in the water?" "You flushed it like Lightning McQueen underpants?" He didn't even notice what I was doing because he was so pre-occupied with the whereabouts of my penis.
So we're going to have to convince Daddy to let E watch him take a dump. I think I am going to have to bribe him with food, TV priveleges, candy, or toys.
