DH used all those words! So he really means it.
It is about toilet training DS1 (3.5 y/o GDD). He doesn't seem to understand that he needs to ask me for the toilet before producing the goods.
This is the potty training status with him:
He is only using nappies for the night, never during the day.
He can stay dry for 2.5 to 3 hours without a problem.
When I take him to the toilet (at home or when out) he has no problem producing. He just concentrates for a couple of seconds and listo.
He knows he shouldn't go in his pants.
If I ask him "DS do you need the toilet?", he always replies NO (it's on auto mode)
I've tried giving him chocolate after he goes.
I even tried using ancientmum's cold shower technique when he poos in his pants.
Nothing is working! I can read his body language really well now, so if I see that he is about to have a bowel movement, I tell him, "wait wait WAIT let's go to the toilet", and he is able to wait while I dash him to the toilet.
If I don't take him to the toilet (after his 3 hour gap), just to see what happens, he goes in his pants and then comes looking for me to tell me about it.
SO, here is what I thought. He is very much a visual learner. So my idea is to ask 2 or 3 friends to allow me to film their kids asking them for the toilet, then taking them to the toilet, sitting on it, flushing, washing hands. I would then show DS this tape over and over again until he realizes that he needs to ask me before the event.
DH thinks no way jose should I ask my friends to film their children in the toilet. But I tell him that my friends know about DS's problem, they know I am a decent person, so what is the problem?
What do you ladies think? I really don?t want to ask my friends for a favour that would be too awkward.