We have been rather inconsistent with Pepe's potty training. He is at school a lot, and we are seldom at home during the summer. Pepe wants to be naked everywhere and at all times, which I don't have a problem with, but American society does. Chris got potty treats - mini diggers and such, and started using them as a reward in a Chris-nonbehaviorist-kinda way...like, you sat on the potty, you get a treat, even if it is only 2 seconds and nothing came out, and, oh, you can actually exchange the toy after a while, too...So this is not working. Now, the past couple of days Pepe has been sticking his fingers in his butt extracting little poop pebbles and throwing them everywhere. We talked about it and he seems to be responding, and at least he does not fight washing his hands after. he is very interested in poop, talks about it, sings about it, "poopies comes out of my body", "i eat food and i make poopies". I know this is a normal stage and my mom keeps reminding me about how she found me in my crib coloring the wall with poop during my toddler years... I am just getting a bit tired of this, not concern, bc I know this will eventually happen, just tired. We filled out the application for Pepe's new school, which starts in September. pepe will be Preschool I, and on the application, where they asked questions about potty habits, there was no option for "not potty trained", I had to add that in. Chris is a bit embarrassed, as he works with some of the folks there, and so he keeps talking about Pepe getting potty trained by then. I just feel we need to have a week of naked time, nonstop, to make this happen, or at least a week where we constantly work on the issue... And then this little voice in my head starts saying -what's the big deal?
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