It looks like I've managed to potty-train Ivan over the weekend. He wasn't getting it Friday and Saturday, and kept peeing and pooping in his pants. But on Sunday, something clicked and voila!
He did great both Sunday and Monday at home. On Sunday, Easter, he and my dad watched this "Potty Power" video, a cute video which tells kids how to use the potty through songs and skits. Not for babies but for big kids! He liked the video and asked me to watch it again on Monday. I think he liked the big kid message. (So funny that "right messaging," a pr concept, is relevant to this issue).
On Monday, Ivan actually went to the potty twice by himself--once for a poop, the other time for a pee--while I was upstairs changing Allen. He didn't make it to the potty in time either time, but went half in his pants and half on the potty. The problem was that he's not that dexterous in taking off his pants. (Again, so funny, that such a basic human skill--taking clothes off, is something that toddlers need to practice to master, that it's not as innate as we think it is.)
He wore underwear to daycare yesterday and today, although he's refused to go potty there. Yesterday, he apparently held it in all day long (except for the nap time when he was in pull ups) so, on the way home, he peed in the car (at least the car seat fabric got washed). Today he had an accident at daycare.
But still... It looks like a success. It only took 11 months and one four-day long weekend!
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