So Your Little Is Potty-Training
Aww, it's so cute! They're so convinced that they're still adults with full control over their bladder. And for the most part, they might even be succeeding!
But...
Are they really potty-trained if they're running to the bathroom desperately every hour? Can they really consider themselves as having an adult level of control when they're so close to not making it?
That's why you, as their Big, need to test them a bit more! For every time they successfully make it to the big-person potty, try adding another rule or a tiny bit more of a challenge:
- Have them wear one extra layer of clothing to remove: panties over their pull-up, a bodysuit, and then maybe even a onesie or overalls. Surely a big kid with full control won't have an accident while they undo layer after layer of clothing, right?
- Make the bathroom a bit harder to access. Maybe one of those spinny covers on the knob? Lock it with a key that they have, but that is on a ring with twenty other identical-looking keys? Use a timed lock that only opens every two hours?
- Speaking of timed locks, why not add one to their pants? They say an adult pees generally 4-8 times per day - surely they can wait a few hours in between each potty, right?
- Give them more liquids. You have to keep them hydrated, after all! And what kind of bladder control can you really say you have if you only drink a few times per day? Maybe prescribe one extra drink for every time they make it!
- Make them acknowledge their own limitations. If they have to ask you for permission to use the potty, or if they have to announce it, it will remind them just how embarrassingly often they need the potty.
Got any others to add? Let us know!
And once more, surely @batarangaroo and her Daddy won't mind if I tag them here... 😁