Tyler loves his trains - I took a picture with him covering his trains up tonight. He likes to do that, and says they are sleeping. He says they are dreaming about Cranky (the crane) dropping a package and then they bring the package in their sheds. Oh, the dreams of trains.
Well, because Carrie asked, :O) I'll say a little (or a lot) more about potty training. So, beware, if you are not potty training a child, you will be bored!
Before Christmas, we gave treats for any potty success and frequently reminded Tyler and had him "just try." During Christmas time we still gave lots of reminders, but he didn't seem to need as many rewards.
When we got back home, we got a little more resistance again for pooping in the potty. So, we reinstated his ability to earn trains for going on the potty, however this time he earns a train for 3 poops in the potty. This quickly gave him interest again. Though we quickly learned we had to stipulate that no more than one poop a day would count. Otherwise, he would try frequently throughout the day and I feared he would burst a blood vessel in his attempt to get that train as soon as possible.
He recently began asking to go when he needs to. I don't think he needs trains to go poop anymore, but we have one more to earn yet. Then, we're going to have to cut him off - it gets too expensive. Within the last week, he also started peeing standing up, which we hadn't really tried before. That's been nice, because he seems to think it's kind of fun, and "like Daddy does it." Also, since he always wants his underwear, pants, socks and shoes off when he sits, it makes going potty much easier. Anyway, that's really more than anyone wanted to know about potty training.
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