Almost everything we did this weekend involved something with pumpkins. Saturday we went to Cold Spring Village in Cape May for their 19th annual harvest fest. We all had a good time walking around the festival, going on hay ride, and coloring pumpkins. After the harvest fest we went to pick out pumpkins for our annual pumpkin carving contest at my Aunt Sandy's. We enjoyed a very good dinner at my Aunt Sandy's with our cousins. After dinner the contest began... Everyone picks out a different pattern from the pumpkin carving art set. The patterns range from very simple (which I usually do) to extremely hard. The judge (my cousin Bobby) looks inside of your pumpkin. It must be smooth, no seeds, pumpkin strings, etc. So after we are done carving the pumpkins we sit them outside on the porch with a candle inside and the judging begins. I usually go outside for a few minutes however it makes me too nervous while Bobby is judging so I normally go back inside. This years winner was Shauna..... My cousin Joanne is going to forward me a few photos as my camera died Saturday morning. UH!!!
Sunday after church we went to watch Matthew (Carson calls him Mac) our cousin play hockey. I was highly impressed! After the hockey game I took a well needed afternoon nap.
Needing some serious help.... Carson is potty trained with number 1. However he still does number 2 in his underwear. Its a serious problem not just at home in school too. Carson is a very gifted boy (testing has shown)
-Sitting on the potty is a struggle. We read on the potty, sing, etc. He cries and screams.
-We watch Elmo potty training (all the time).
-We have brand new lego sets sitting on the table. If he goes number 2 on the potty he can have a new lego set.
-We have the reward chart on the refrig.
-He sits on he potty at least every 2 hours.
-We talk about pooping all the time. (yuck)
-We have talked about putting diapers back on him like babies. He screams so loud and cries.
- We give him stool softeners in his juice. He will take one sip of the juice and says this is gross. You try it.
Any ideas..... We need prayer!!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Carving contest and help needed
Posted by Greta Jo at 7:55 PM
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The pumpkin times sound fun!
As for the undies thing...that is tough. Will he ask for a pullup or something if he really needs to go? At least it would be contained that way. We have had occasions where our little guy didn't make much of an effort to use the bathroom (usually wetting his pants) just because he was too busy playing. We finally told him if he acts like a baby, he will be treated like a baby. We put him in diapers, made him stay in his crib (he hasn't made the effort to move to a bed), he had to sit on a blanket and could only have baby toys, and I even pureed some peas for his dinner. But that was only after he had mastered the other stuff and then seemed to backtrack (and it stopped...at least for now :). I do think it wouldn't be a bad idea to put him in diapers (at home) if he does mess up his pants. Tell him when he uses the potty that he won't have to wear them. Or you might use a pullup. I have found that once they are in undies, they really don't like the feel of pullups or diapers and won't stay in them long. He will get it eventually. And it really has nothing to do with intelligence...it is just a physical/emotional barrier he needs to cross. :)
oh those boys, boys seem to have this problem. I have sworn that if we ever have a boy they will never get to stand up to go pee until the pooping in the potty is all taken care of, then they can stand up to pee. Maybe thats not a connection but girls don't typically have issue's with this.
When Maya had an accident (pee) back when she was 2 I didn't have to take it to the extreme of totally reverting her back to a baby, but did tell her she would be wearing diapers and put her in one, totally ill fitting and not comfortable, I didn't care it not suppose to be comfortable since she should be in panties.
I know another person who took her child to the bathroom every 15 minutes and she had to sit there 5 minutes, it only took 1 day to decide that this wasn't fun. Some kids like the big rewards, but boys aren't normally concerned with growing up is the problem, they seem to like to be taken care of (forever, ha ha) where as girls like to grow up and be independent. Sorry not much help, good luck, but I would leave him in a diaper that doesn't feel great.
Maya had some issue's with constipation and we gave her "sweet milk" prune juice in milk. Now I can just give her 4 or so dried apricots (could be called apricot candies) and that helps alot as well, of course she will just say her poop is kind of hard and she needs some apricots.
Both of my nephews would ask for a diaper when they had to go, and remember for whatever reason boys seem to take a long time to go, girls have to go you go in and go and your done, boys need a book or a newspaper or something, dont' understand but it seems to be a fact.
This is going to sound crazy, but stop.caring.at.all. Clean it quietly. Accept it. Don't react. It kills you, but it worked for us when Reese wouldn't do try at all. When I stopped caring, he did it. Currently he is having "accidents" AKA controlling and getting a reaction from Mom. Tonight, I stopped reacting. Washed him up, changed him. We'll see if it does the trick.
I wish you luck. Prayers for your patience!
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