Central Mom

My son waited forever and the only way I could get him to go was to matter-of-factly say, “Mr. Rogers is on and we can turn it on once you go to the bathroom.” By this time of day, it was noon and I knew he would have to go. Pushing it at 8:00 am wasn’t going to work. We would watch at lunch, and I wouldn’t ask again, but we sat with a turned off tv. Then, I would turn it off and say we could watch Arthur once he went to the bathroom. He had 4 shows he could watch and that was it. He had to potty before each one and that was the ONLY thing that worked. I was matter-of-fact and just pretended those were the rules.

Also, for boys, if you take an empty toilet paper roll and cut it in half in the middle, you can have them use it to hold their penis and it improves aim. This is especially great for when you are traveling and they do not want to sit down. Then, you just pitch it. I called them “Pee Shooters” and it worked like a charm for those little and/or distracted hands to have something larger to hold that I didn’t have to wash and were easy to stick in a purse.