https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:26:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/4#post-2286830 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:57:26 +0000 Applesandbananas 2286830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: thanks for the reminder, I really appreciate it. I don't know why I'm so high-strung about this. He's doing so well and it's only day 6! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2286827 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:54:25 +0000 Smurfette 2286827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: don't be so down. Accidents are going to happen. It hasn't even been a week yet. Don't be so hard on him or you. He is doing great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2286822 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:47:28 +0000 Applesandbananas 2286822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: that's awesome! Go R!!</p> <p>LO stayed dry all day at daycare but had 2 back to back accidents at home. DH took him potty before they went outside and said he peed a lot but he had an accident outside and then came in, tried to pee on the potty (with DH) and then I put new shorts on him and they went back outside and he peed his shorts again just a few minutes later. </p> <p>I don't know what happened. I don't know if DH isn't encouraging LO to totally empty (I always wait until LO tells me he's done and if he tries to say he's done super quick, I tell him I need to hear more pee) or if it's from playing outside with the water. In the first couple days when LO was on the potty, I'd run the bath water to get LO to pee, so I think it might've been from hearing the water running. Or he's just regressing. I don't know. He wasn't even showing signs of needing to pee when he just peed :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2286808 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:05:01 +0000 Smurfette 2286808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: they are putting a pull up on her till she is dry for numerous days in a row. She ran up to me today when I got there, Mama I stayed dry all day! She was so proud of herself. Even during nap and in panties. She didn't poop today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2286789 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 17:21:22 +0000 Applesandbananas 2286789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: are you guys using a nap diaper at daycare? Day 1 we didn't and he woke dry but today he peed a ton at nap. I have a feeling they're going to ask about a nap diaper tomorrow. I think I'll take in slip ons so he can take them on and off. That's what we use at home and he took it off last night to pee one last time before bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2286688 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:42:24 +0000 Applesandbananas 2286688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I'm so proud of him!!! I think X is going to do really well too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2286687 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:41:56 +0000 Applesandbananas 2286687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: true, and it definitely wasn't his fault. I think he's done incredibly well :) he had a nighttime diaper on last night and took it off to go pee one more time before bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2286674 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:31:53 +0000 Smurfette 2286674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: that isn't your fault, it was traffic. Nothing you can do about that. Glad that he is doing great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2286671 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:29:15 +0000 Adira 2286671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: It sounds like your guy is making some awesome progress!!! This is giving me so much hope for when we start potty training! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2286665 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:26:31 +0000 Applesandbananas 2286665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: so far so good at school!! We had an accident on the way in though. We were stuck in gnarly traffic (it was going on an hour since we'd left home and our commute is usually 20 minutes) and he told me he had to poop, I asked him to hold it but we literally couldn't move. He tried to hold it but couldn't but did hold his pee until we stopped at McDonald's and he peed successfully for the first time in a public potty. He had boxer briefs on since daycare flipped out about commando, so it was an easy, quick cleanup. Totally my fault :(</p> <p>Since he's doing well with the boxer briefs, I think I'll break out the Elmo undies this weekend! They should arrive Friday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2286160 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 21:10:19 +0000 Applesandbananas 2286160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: we had one pee accident at home, it was my fault. DH and I were in the next room, talking, and I heard LO screaming that he had to go potty, so I went out and helped him to the potty but we were a couple seconds too late. He'd just gone to the potty maybe 15 minutes before so I wasn't rushing in to get him and I probably should've been. </p> <p>Poor guy was so sad, we'd been telling him we'd take away Elmo if he got his shorts wet and so when we didn't make it, he started sobbing "no, Elmo, mommy, Elmo" and had a full on accident. I felt so horrible. We're not going to mention taking away Elmo anymore, I think we are over the hump with needing a consequence. </p> <p>We're still using the night diaper and this evening, we put him in the night diaper and he told us he needed to go and actually took off his diaper to go. I was impressed! It gives me hope that undies won't wreak havoc... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285970 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 16:47:57 +0000 Smurfette 2285970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: dry except one poop accident. So better then I was expecting. We are trying panties tonight and tomorrow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285873 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:19:26 +0000 Applesandbananas 2285873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: no accidents as of 4! No poop yet either. I'm going to bring some pants options tomorrow and see if we can get a few extra days commando. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285678 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 12:48:42 +0000 Applesandbananas 2285678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I just talked to daycare. No accidents so far, no poop yet and that's their worry too. They don't want poop to get everywhere. I told the we only had the boxer briefs so I'll take those in tomorrow but they're not any tighter than his shorts. I'm going to pull out some pants with elastic around the ankles foo and see if they'd be okay with those, but it's going to be 90s tomorrow so idk how I really feel about him being in long, thick pants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285514 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:19:58 +0000 Smurfette 2285514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: I just talked to the director and she said it is fine as long as she is in leggings and they are thick. They are worried about poop cross-contamination. We can't send her in a skirt or dress (duh). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285475 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 09:41:26 +0000 Smurfette 2285475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: I called but the director wasn't getting in till 10:30 and was off the last 3 days, so hopefully she doesn't take too long to call me back. I have other issues I need to talk to her about. But I need to stress to her to stress to the teacher, the pull ups are for nap only. If they use them otherwise I am going to take them all away. I know exactly how many they have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285463 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 09:29:55 +0000 Applesandbananas 2285463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: any word?</p> <p>I haven't heard anything yet, I really want to call and check on him (he's a morning pooper and that's what I'm sure they're nervous about) but I'm afraid they'll tell me then that he needs underwear. </p> <p>I told the teacher NOT to put him in a diaper at all today and to call if there were issues. I even brought an extra blanket for her to lay under him if she was nervous about naptime and no diaper, so we shall see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285369 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 08:12:10 +0000 Smurfette 2285369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: same thing here. I am waiting for the director to call me when she gets in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285355 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:59:14 +0000 Applesandbananas 2285355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cleared the commando thing with his teacher BEFORE we started potty training and she was totally like yeah, we will do whatever you want, we try to follow whatever the parents are doing at home. Today he shows up commando and she's like "I don't think we can do that, I need to talk to the director! Does he have any underwear at all?!" And I was like "well we are using boxer briefs as shorts at home, but they're very loose so if he HAS to have underwear, that's what I'm bringing in, but they're just as loose as those shorts and that extra layer might trip him up..."</p> <p>So infuriating. I asked and I told her the thought process behind it and NOW that it's his first day at daycare and he has no underwear she decides she ought to ask?! Ugh! I ordered 4t Elmo briefs on Amazon prime so if they really fight me, hopefully the combination of a size too big and Elmo will be enough for LO to be successful. The authors point is muscle memory, underwear is snug like a diaper and that muscle memory has been in place since birth, something snug goes on, pee and poop get released. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285084 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:24:06 +0000 Applesandbananas 2285084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: yay!!! I hope tomorrow goes well! Thanks for the reminder about shoes :) I'm about to go pack his daycare bag! Good luck tomorrow, I hope it goes well!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285080 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:22:20 +0000 Smurfette 2285080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are ending the three days with 2 poop accidents and 2 pee. She took herself to go poop today. I know tomorrow will be a set back, more distractions, but I feel good going into it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285066 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:10:41 +0000 lawbee11 2285066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ra: I replied to your other thread but you're definitely not a failure!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285046 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 17:47:30 +0000 Applesandbananas 2285046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So this afternoon when we came in, he drank a full sippy of water and was obviously needing to go. I told him we were going to go and that was an epic fail. I tried to warn him (we had Sesame Street on, so I said "after Abby, we are going to potty") and he still wouldn't go. </p> <p>We went back to Elmo and I reminded him that we were keeping his shorts dry and if he got them wet, Elmo was going bye-bye. I asked him if he needed to go pee and he said no. He told me a few minutes later that he needed to pee and we went to the potty. He peed and pooped!</p> <p>It's been almost an hour since and he's pulling the same antics, it's clear he needs to pee and so I asked him if he needed to go and and he said no. I reminded him we were keeping his shorts dry and if they got wet, Elmo was going bye-bye. We'll see if it works again... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285004 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:10:17 +0000 Applesandbananas 2285004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I agree!! R is doing so well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2285001 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:08:37 +0000 Smurfette 2285001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ra: you are not a failure!! Could you post something on the OCPT FB page? See if anyone else has gone through it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2284992 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:59:10 +0000 Applesandbananas 2284992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: I tried having him come with me but I didn't make it a game, I'll try that! I keep reminding him that he needs to keep his shorts dry and if they get wet, Elmo goes bye-bye. I really thought laying off would help but it didn't. I hope this Elmo threat helps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2284986 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:52:07 +0000 NovBaby1112 2284986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: I've been trying to make it into a game and fun, so like I'll say "oh I really need to pee. What should I do??" And then M will say "go on the potty mommy!" So we race to the potty and she watches me go, and we cheer, and then she will give it a try after that. I've found this approach to work without her feeling like I am "forcing" her or bugging her to go. And I have DH do the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2284980 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:41:17 +0000 Ra 2284980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: It's a small one. He's generally scared to sit on the big potty (even with the potty seat). I feel like such a failure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2284979 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:39:50 +0000 Smurfette 2284979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: I guess I shouldn't be disappointed, this is only the 2nd accident in three days. And really the first was on me. I know there are going to be set backs.<br /> @Ra: what potty is it? Could you try a different one? If you are using a small one, try the regular one? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/labor-day-ocpt-support-thread/page/3#post-2284976 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:35:13 +0000 Ra 2284976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I posted a separate thread before I saw this one but was anyone else's child super resistant from the start? If we try to put him on the potty (after he start peeing) he becomes hysterical and fights it tooth and nail. He even got hurt last pee. We have to physically force him onto the potty and hold him there which is both physically exhausting and traumatizing for everyone. I'm at such a loss as to what to do. :sad: </p>