This is something that I have been trying on and off for the past year. I've had 1 day successes where Caleb will successfully poo into his potty and then subsequently refuse to. Then I'll try not to pressure him and lay off for a while before trying again some months later. Well, now that he is past 2 years old and going to school, lots of people have been asking me to toilet train him. But apparently the boy has ideas of his own. On top of that, getting him to change his diaper is getting more and more a test of our patience. He'll procrastinate and refuse to leave his toys and take a really long time before he'll come and say he is ready to be changed. Even then, that will only get him near his changing mat and it'll take a while more before he agrees to lie down to be changed.
I've tried ignoring him till he comes to me, walking away, bugging him, persuading him, but none of my tactics seem to work. Threatening him by telling him that I don't want to change him any more seems to work but it's really not a tactic that I want to use so that's out.
Anyway, a few days ago we had another bout of waiting game. I got so tired of waiting for him to change his diaper, I went to rest my head on his changing mat and my dear son said this to me.
Caleb: Mummy, you want to change diaper? I change for you.
Mummy: No, Caleb, Mummy doesn't wear diapers. I don't need to be changed.
Caleb: Nooo, Mummy, I change you. You so smelly you know. Need to change.
Ya, that's what I say to him when he poos. That he is so smelly that's why I need to change him. Now he's using it on me! Think he's trying to make me lose my temper before he will agree to change.
Two nights ago, me and Daddy were tucking Caleb into bed and we decided on another round of persuasion.
Mummy: Caleb, you're a big boy now right? Big boys don't wear diapers you know... See Daddy doesn't wear diapers. Big boys wear nice underwear.
Caleb: (no reaction. Just ignores me and continues drinking his milk.)
Daddy: Ya, Caleb, you're a big boy now right? And you go to school right? Do your friends wear diapers? Does Jo Kerm wear diapers?
Caleb: No.
Daddy: Does Ryan wear diapers?
Caleb: No
Daddy: Does Sean wear diapers?
Caleb: No.
Daddy: Does Alyssa wear diapers?
Caleb: No.
Daddy: Does Matthew wear diapers?
Caleb: No.
Well, basically, we went through every single classmate of his and according to Caleb... NOBODY in his class wear diapers anymore! Now we're getting a bit more alarmed (ya, we admit to being a bit kia su.)
Daddy: So Caleb, NOBODY in your class wears diapers except you?
Caleb: Yes.
Daddy: Then what are you going to say if they ask you why you're still wearing diapers? They'll laugh at you, you know.
Caleb: (very fiercely) I tell them DON'T ASK ME!
Daddy & Mummy: ??!!!
This kind of answer win already! I'm thinking maybe I should go buy some nice, cute underwear to entice him to stop wearing his diapers (Daddy doesn't think it's a good idea coz he thinks it's sissy to wear nice, cute underwears) but he doesn't have any better ideas.
And Daddy say he's going to ask Caleb's teachers whether he's really the only child in class who is still wearing a diaper.
