We are in the middle of potty training. Man, it’s frustrating. There’s nothing like asking a kid every 30 minutes, “Do you need to pee-pee?”
Then there’s nothing like doing a celebration “human excrement” dance every time something appears in that little potty.
To further along the process, we have adopted the M&M method of reward. Andi gets an M&M every time she produces – 1 for #1, 2 M&M’s for #2. But that little girl – that precious, little girl, has I believe found a loophole in the system.
Knowing that she gets a candy when she pees, I am convinced she is… um… withholding. That is, she’ll produce a trickle. Then 10 minutes later, she’ll produce another trickle with the hope of getting double M&M’s.
So what do you do? Get out a measuring cup with a 2 year old?
“I’m sorry, Andi, but you have not produced the required 2 fluid ounces. We’ll save this to combine with your next effort.”
Devious…
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my crosspoint team second year (the GIRLS on the team) had a “poop-a-thon” contest the first 6 weeks …. they had to end b/c some were … well …. cutting some trips short to produce more trips later. I think girls are just plain evil sometimes.
Devious or BRILLANT. You must’en punish intelligence.
Dr. John Rosemond would not be pleased. And besides you could be developing “overactive” bladder in a toddler. tsk tsk
Rewards not necessary for such a natural biological function. She’ll get it when she gets it. Don’t rush it.
OK,,,that’s the momma,,,almost grandmomma in me..I’m done lecturing now.