DOS for grampas

I have bee reluctant to do this one because I'm not sure enough about his aimer.

I'm not really able to clean up the misses when targeting may be off.

I guess I will have to try that sooner or later....

Thanks...

I know it might sound crazy but have you concidered the bathtub or shower with a bucket in it to help with the target practice? That way he is in the shower with the curtain pulled so aiming wouldn't be as messy? My husbands oldest sister used to set her son on the toilet to pee so that he wouldn't make a mess and she made him sit down to pee till he was 7 and started school. But if he peed on the seat at home he would have to clean the whole bathroom espeically if he forgot to lift the lid. She was strick..I know earlier you said that the sound of his crying got on your last nerve and you had to go outside. It sounds as though grandpa needs a much needed break from babysitting I know you love him with all your heart, but you need a break. Is there anyone that can help you? family,friend,someone? My mom was at whits end with my little sis and I took her for some of June and almost all of July except for 4 days to help give her a needed break even a few hours would help. Do you do play dates? If not, maybe you should try it out, Or maybe even start a group about grandparents raising their granchildren that way you can have like a support group and maybe get some play dates out of that. Put flyers up about it maybe. My mom used to say us kids practically raised ourselves and that we were no problem in raising we minded and always were happy to play or watch television she says now days raising a child is almost next to impossible without help and getting a break. My youngeest sister in law says that breaks are what makes a great parent continue to be a great parent. So if they were someone to help even once a week for a few hours it would be something and something to look forward to each week. I am sorry you are having trouble right now. Good luck.

Well, you are somewhere. I wish gramma was around more.

This is definately a pink job.

I just hope using a cereal will not have them trying to fish themout of the toilet when you aren't looking which can happen and also those little cereals are hard to flush sometimes. Being consistent is the key it helps in training those little bladders. One thing we found out from my sister in law she let her son choose his own little undies and they were his favorites and she would say lets go potty you don't want to get your undies wet do you. That spiderman would be disappointed and when he had a good day she would give him little treats. She tried the whole spanking thing didn't work the treats did. A bag of tootsie rolls goes a long way.

We did have this discussion. But on this planet, the one thing that will throw me into hateful tyrade is that noise of a crying child.

I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT STAND THAT NOISE!!! Not even for one minute.

Jason was tired tonight and wanted gramma. That was about 1 hour before she got home.

He ended up on gramma's bed to wait for her and I ended up outside before that noise made me break something. I nearly go psycotic with that noise.

I CANNOT STAND THAT NOISE! In fact, I'm sure the reason adult male bears kill their own young is because of that noise made by whiney youngsters.

They don't make ear plugs good enough for me because I know it is still happening.

Oh I am sorry for both of you. He will get it just be patient.

Hey upon further research because I truly want to help you aas much as I can I found this great site and I checked it out some and thought it is perfect maybe for you and something that can help you out. here is the link I hope this truly helps you.
http://www.3daypottytraining.com/?PUV32208MG&OVRAW=manual%20on%20potty%20training&OVKEY=potty%20training&OVMTC=advanced&OVADID=2775740012&OVKWID=2789957012
please check this one out it may be just what your looking for.

Good point about the cereal scratch that idea YUCK. I like the idea about the undies though.

I have seen that if you start referring to them as your big boy or girl instead of mommas baby girl/boy it does make them feel like a big kids and if you make a big deal of letting them pick out undies since they are now big kids and they are excited and choose their favorites you will have a little better success at them keeping them drier and them using the potty more because they don't want to wet on their favorite undies/panties. And usually between 15-30 minutes after drinking something they have to tinkle so it is the best bet to take them after drinking something and make a game of it also the funner it is for them the better. also ready their favorite story to them while they are on the potty is good esecially if your number 2 training them. have them run and choose a story or have a few already in their for them and even a little drawinf board something to take their mind off what they are doing because kids get bored easy and so they are always wanting to hop off the toilet before they are done and end up having a accident. And giving a child clapping and praise when they do it no matter how frazzled you are is good to and letting them hear praise for it from others is good to and maybe getting a little homemade certificate for not having an accident that day or getting a treat also works wonders. The more praise the child gets the better his/her confidence and possibly the faster they train. I actually bought my little sister one of those video nows and some disks when she went a week with only 2 accidents and she was so happy that everytime she had to potty she wanted to take it in there and watch it while on the potty and since the disk run from 20-30 minutes long it was great for her. It w2orked thanfully and that is how she got herself a big kids swimming pool this year. So making promises and foillowing though with them is good for the kids also.

Checked that link thank you. But I'm not buying for any money.

I'm cheap. I don't buy promises anymore.

Thanks anyway.

Sorry but she did give a few good tips to start out with. Have you tried www.parents.com? A ad pops up bu that can be closed but it might help or give you some ideas that will get you on the right path to potty training.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt... is a link for a free online raising grankids magazine.

I know you are not at that stage yet but I will tell you that I have 2 boys and a girl. My girl is in the middle. Anyway, my oldest son trained the best but what I dreaded most with my daughter was the trips to the potty in public places!! Still it grosses me out. With my boys, I just held them in the air and they shot their pee right into the toilet with touching anything. (Somehow managed never to be out with them when they had to poop). With my daughter even that portable potty seat disgusted me because she still had to sit down and her hands would move around and touch the dreadful public toilet bowl! Gross!! I still do it to this day (she's 4 1/2) I hold her up over the bowl (be it pee or poop) and she does it airborne. I know you are nowhere near this stage but I think its worse for a girl.

Dear Ray of Sunshine,

Thank you for the kind words of hope. I am finding the fact that my daughter is spayed, to be a greater relief than your words of future hope...

I believe if I had two to deal with as old and cranky as I seem to have become, I would probably have to commit Hiri Kiri with a butter knife or a pointy stick or something.

(The last time I said that, being a joke, my wife was going to take away my Genuine Leatherman. To which I said "over my dead body!" She seemed willing to make it happen at that point though....)

Anyway, I'm sure it won't be long before Jason reactivates his interest in training and that this is a 'phase' of some sort. God I hope so.

Is there a bunch of ladies that are part of a prayer chain that could include jason and the potty as part of it? Please????

As a matter of fact freebc,I do happen to belong to a ladies prayer chain...Surprise! surprise! I suppose i could put Jason on there for ya..I think God answers ALL prayers now days haha...We wouldn't want to to commit heri keri now would we?????? just another little tid bit from this ray of sunshine...PS And please quit picking on that baby,he's trying to stay little!! LOL

This post contains content of a mature nature. You must be Signed in or Registered to have the option to view this content.

Ha ha your funny freebc.I had 3 boys and those little guys are tough believe me..The girls how ever are pretty easy when they are little,they gain their power as they age..Thats the only time those little fellows have any power is when they are small you know, then they get a wife and she seems to do a better job of taming them..You gotta love em!

I love him as you may have gathered, but in loving him, I always hated this age.

But now that I'm parenting AGAIN, I am doing all the things I was done with...I thought anyway.

I figured I would never have to change another poopy bum again. Uhh...WRONG!

Little fart is costing us lots in diapers and wipes. In the olden days when I did it the first time? We used cloth diapers, rubber pants and wash clothes.

You can't even buy cloth anymore. Mind you, I would have to learn how to fold the kites all over again and I have forgotten that art.

You are praying for me though right? And your ladies in the chain? They aren't laughing too hard at this are they? The last thing I want is to be revenge for all malehood's ills. 8]

I was talking to my pregnant daughter and my son's pregnant girlfriend last night and the girlfriend thinks the instructions come on a litle card and are with the placenta. In Canada, those get shipped off for lab analysis. So, they may not be in the hospital in the special room after all;]

I think the simplest item that comes with a manual is a crock pot. Or maybe a rice cooker.

But the thing you really need one for is a child, and dang it! I can't find it! 8D

hehehe I know:)
I'm still looking for one and my kids are already 14 and 17! It would come handy often but no, someone just wants to complicate things for us heheheh
There's a few other things in life that I would like to have a manual for, but they don't have those too.
THe rice cooker I could figure out how to work with it without a manual, but life itself...kids... there is definitely a need for that manual:)