Potty training

My son is still willing to go every 45 minutes but now he is having a difficult time staying on after his initial flow. I was using a more motivational video to get him to stay on longer and try more and that was working. Then my husband had to do the potty training for a few hours and he gave him the video in order to stay on longer. HELP!! He will still try and if not successful right away he hops off. No accidents yet today but still I feel like this is an issue. I am trying to hydrate more.

Answer:

EXCELLENT PROGRESS MAMA!

So your application there is a little wonky, cleaning this up will help your process. We want to practice instructional control with First Then. First you sit on the toilet, you do your business, then you get the video. If we need to come up with a reinforcement for sitting, that is ok but seeing the video is so high value, I would make that accessible ONLY AFTER he's finished pee'ing. He might also be at a point where we need to give him some trust. The only way we'll know is by letting him hop on.. no pee, hop off and see if he has an accident. This is the next step.

Step 1. Pee and Poop go here..
Step 2. I tell you when to go
Step 3. I have to give him an oppurtunity to hear nature call.

We might be there... Let me know if I am understanding your question right and/or if you have a followup comment or question.

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  1. EXCELLENT PROGRESS MAMA!

    So your application there is a little wonky, cleaning this up will help your process. We want to practice instructional control with First Then. First you sit on the toilet, you do your business, then you get the video. If we need to come up with a reinforcement for sitting, that is ok but seeing the video is so high value, I would make that accessible ONLY AFTER he’s finished pee’ing. He might also be at a point where we need to give him some trust. The only way we’ll know is by letting him hop on.. no pee, hop off and see if he has an accident. This is the next step.

    Step 1. Pee and Poop go here..
    Step 2. I tell you when to go
    Step 3. I have to give him an oppurtunity to hear nature call.

    We might be there… Let me know if I am understanding your question right and/or if you have a followup comment or question.

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