So more adventures into this whole potty training extravaganza...Brayden has been excited about his Diego potty seat, so much so that he made me take it outside and show it to the neighbors, who are 6 and 10 and whom Brayden happens to adore! So I am thinking that maybe he would want to sit on the Diego seat on the potty...no go. He is terrified, even with his clothes on. I went to the grocery store on Tuesday night and I saw a huge pack of Swedish fish. I thought to myself, I should buy these so that I can start to bribe Brayden with them and get him less scared of the potty. When I get home, Ben laughs at me and tells me this will never work. So now not only must I potty train my child but I must prove Ben wrong.
Yesterday Brayden was playing with his Diego potty seat and I put it on the potty and asked him if he wanted to sit on it, no clothing removal required. He say "Nope." I am not kidding, he actually says nope. Weird, I know. I then tell him that if he sits on the potty he will get candy and to that he says he will sit on the potty so I put him up there, clothes and all. I make a big deal about it...lots of cheering and dancing and he gets down and I give him a Swedish fish.
Well the boy has me figured out...we are watching Wonder Pets before nap and he jumps off the couch and runs out of the room screaming "sit on potty get candy." So we go through the whole production again and again and again...you get the picture. Finally, I tell him he has to take off his diaper and sit on the potty to get the candy. This did not go over well. In fact, it was a colossal failure...meltdown city! He is screaming, crying, flailing and now it's time for nap. I drag him upstairs and he is screaming about candy. He wakes of the other sleeping kiddo and I call Ben to commiserate and what does Ben say "told you so."
Mission failed...Ben is right once again.
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