Comments on: The Art of Potty Training http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/main/the-art-of-potty-training/ I talk about adoption, infertility, adoptive parenting, and plain old parenting. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:39:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: zoe marie http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/main/the-art-of-potty-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1678 zoe marie Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:19:24 +0000 http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/?p=55#comment-1678 I love your practical approach to parenting. Keep blogging on this type of topics. I love your practical approach to parenting. Keep blogging on this type of topics.

]]> By: Dawn http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/main/the-art-of-potty-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 Dawn Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:33:27 +0000 http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/?p=55#comment-1532 Leslie, good luck. I know you've heard it before, but few kids reach first grade still wetting themselves regularly. I know that doesn't help much now, but this too shall pass. (Pardon the pun.) :-) Martha, I imagine that you are actually looking forward to having puddles throughout your house! Leslie, good luck. I know you’ve heard it before, but few kids reach first grade still wetting themselves regularly. I know that doesn’t help much now, but this too shall pass. (Pardon the pun.) :-)

Martha, I imagine that you are actually looking forward to having puddles throughout your house!

]]> By: Martha http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/main/the-art-of-potty-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1530 Martha Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:33:48 +0000 http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/?p=55#comment-1530 Thanks for posting this. We're still waiting to go to Vietnam to finish our adoption, but I consider this read to be one that I will mentally file for when we are at that stage of her life. Thanks for posting this. We’re still waiting to go to Vietnam to finish our adoption, but I consider this read to be one that I will mentally file for when we are at that stage of her life.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/main/the-art-of-potty-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1526 Leslie Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:46:15 +0000 http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/?p=55#comment-1526 Wow, your timing with this one couldn't have been better. I'm in the thick of it with my 4 3/4 year old boy. I have always wondered if our struggles could be related to his having been adopted at almost three and already sort of potty trained. I don't know what technique the orphanage used, but I suspect it was quite controling and that he was disciplined/punished for accidents. I let him revert after we adopted him to give him time to mature and to take the pressure off of him. We started trying to train him a little less than a year after he was home and it has been a battle royal ever since. Talk about a power struggle. Your approach makes such good sense. Where were you for the last year????? I need to get out of this struggle. You're right, I can't win and it is only slowing him down. At first, I thought it would be cruel to make him clean up the mess, but now that I think about it, it makes such good sense. Here's a funny twist, he's totally trained at night, but piddles throughout most days. Go figure. I'd love to hear from others what worked for them, so please post all ideas. I'll be reading. Wow, your timing with this one couldn’t have been better. I’m in the thick of it with my 4 3/4 year old boy. I have always wondered if our struggles could be related to his having been adopted at almost three and already sort of potty trained. I don’t know what technique the orphanage used, but I suspect it was quite controling and that he was disciplined/punished for accidents. I let him revert after we adopted him to give him time to mature and to take the pressure off of him. We started trying to train him a little less than a year after he was home and it has been a battle royal ever since. Talk about a power struggle. Your approach makes such good sense. Where were you for the last year????? I need to get out of this struggle. You’re right, I can’t win and it is only slowing him down. At first, I thought it would be cruel to make him clean up the mess, but now that I think about it, it makes such good sense. Here’s a funny twist, he’s totally trained at night, but piddles throughout most days. Go figure. I’d love to hear from others what worked for them, so please post all ideas. I’ll be reading.

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