DS is going to be 3 in less than 6 weeks. We started him on the potty at 11mo old. He's gone though times when he's naked all day and using it many times a day for pee and then he started just peeing all over the floor. Now when given the opportunity he does a bit of both. But he hardly EVER poops in the potty and in the past has asked for a diaper for this.
Now I know this is all normal, BUT. For one, we're expecting a new baby in August and I'd like to not be diapering two, especially since we use cloth and clean our own. But, the biggest issue is that lately DS throws such a stink about having a poopy diaper changed. He didn't used to be this way but for the last several months (and it seems to be getting worse) when we discover he needs a change, he says no, he's not ready, etc. He has very sensitive skin and is quite prone to skin breakdown when he sits in his acidic clementine filled poop. So, I ask him to come and he won't, so then I pick him up with really ticks him off and he won't hold still for a change until he gets his rage out. We've tried setting a timer, giving him warnings, etc but nothing seems to help.
Lately, I've been putting him on the changing table and left him there until he's ready to cooperate because I don't want to have a physical fight with a 30lb nearly 3 year old while changing a messy, poopy diaper. That kind of situation breeds yelling on my part which I don't want to do. So, I leave him there until he's ready. Sometimes it's pretty quickly. Today it was over 45 minutes and it still took convincing on my part.
I just think he really needs to use the potty but he's not really interested in making the effort. We've never pushed him in that area and thought he'd do it when he's ready. But now I'm starting to wonder if that will ever happen. We're getting into the zone of it's going to be very hard to find cloth dipes to fit him when he outgrows these (which might be a while).
I was ok with continuing to change him but now with the chronic fight over the change, I'm getting really sick of it. He's a very smart boy and I don't understand why he'd like to lay on a changing table for 45 minutes instead of playing when having to stop playing is what made him mad in the first place.
He's getting so very grown up in so many ways, but is holding onto babyhood in this area. He announced he'll wear diapers as a grown up. Great!
I've always been very against bribery, stickers, etc, but I'm getting closer to thinking we should try.
Now I know this is all normal, BUT. For one, we're expecting a new baby in August and I'd like to not be diapering two, especially since we use cloth and clean our own. But, the biggest issue is that lately DS throws such a stink about having a poopy diaper changed. He didn't used to be this way but for the last several months (and it seems to be getting worse) when we discover he needs a change, he says no, he's not ready, etc. He has very sensitive skin and is quite prone to skin breakdown when he sits in his acidic clementine filled poop. So, I ask him to come and he won't, so then I pick him up with really ticks him off and he won't hold still for a change until he gets his rage out. We've tried setting a timer, giving him warnings, etc but nothing seems to help.
Lately, I've been putting him on the changing table and left him there until he's ready to cooperate because I don't want to have a physical fight with a 30lb nearly 3 year old while changing a messy, poopy diaper. That kind of situation breeds yelling on my part which I don't want to do. So, I leave him there until he's ready. Sometimes it's pretty quickly. Today it was over 45 minutes and it still took convincing on my part.
I just think he really needs to use the potty but he's not really interested in making the effort. We've never pushed him in that area and thought he'd do it when he's ready. But now I'm starting to wonder if that will ever happen. We're getting into the zone of it's going to be very hard to find cloth dipes to fit him when he outgrows these (which might be a while).
I was ok with continuing to change him but now with the chronic fight over the change, I'm getting really sick of it. He's a very smart boy and I don't understand why he'd like to lay on a changing table for 45 minutes instead of playing when having to stop playing is what made him mad in the first place.
He's getting so very grown up in so many ways, but is holding onto babyhood in this area. He announced he'll wear diapers as a grown up. Great!
I've always been very against bribery, stickers, etc, but I'm getting closer to thinking we should try.
