After addressing some of my own bad behavior lately, I realized that I was taking out my frustrations on Alex. My major frustration being a sense of feeling "stuck". I realized that I'd waited long enough and that Alex was never going to show independent interest in becoming potty trained again. We had to be proactive in setting goals and holding onto incentives.
So, today, we sat down and wrote a letter to Santa. Alex wants some pretty Big Boy toys this year. I told him that Santa would not bring him Big Boy toys if he didn't get out of Pull-Ups by Christmas. We had to pledge to Santa that he would be out of Pull-Ups and that he would get Big Boy toys like a remote control car and a marble run in exchange.
In the meantime, I formulated a plan to get him moving on this. We'd take it one skill set at a time this time, focusing on nothing but potty training steps. The letter to Santa went up on the refrigerator to remind us both.
First step - using the potty first thing in the morning.
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