Today we started Potty Training Boot Camp with the help of BCA staff. I sent Chase to school in big boy underwear at 12:45pm today and he spent the whole 3 hours he was there in the bathroom. Sounds harsh but this is how they do it with everyone!
They have a certain "potty training protocol" that they use, and that they swear by! I was told that this technique works with children who are deaf and blind, so it will work with children with any special need, or no special needs at all. I tried to warn them that it may not work that way for Chase though!
*Before starting I was told to find all the things that are most rewarding or highly preferred items by Chase and withhold them for several days so that they would be big motivators/rewards to get him to go. For Chase this is easily the iPad (or so I thought). So we limited his use of it for the days leading up to starting this process. For some kids m&ms or candy work as a reward. But Chase doesn't like candy and could care less about food as a motivator.
*I was also told to send LOTS of salty snacks (any and everything salty that he likes and would eat) and lots of juice or drink of choice. The idea is that you get them to eat salty foods so that they want to drink more often therefore pee more often.
Day 1/Phase1: Starting at school and continuing on once we get home, until bedtime...spend 10 minutes on the potty and 5 minutes off, NON-STOP, ALL DAY until you have 3 successes in a row! A success is considered to be using the potty and not having an accident off the potty 3 times in a row. While Chase was at school they said he went 5 times in the potty, and had no accidents when off!!! I was so excited! I felt like if he could just go once and see how it felt he would get the hang of it and it would "click". They did; however, have to modify the 10min/5min rule. Instead they left him on 12 minutes and off 3 minutes. He did not have any accidents when he was off the potty so technically he could go on to phase 2 which is less time on the potty and more time off the potty. BUT Chase needed a little special coaxing to go in the first place. When I got there to pick him up (I went a few minutes early so I could see their process) he was completely naked on the potty. Initially to get him to "GO" they had to pour luke warm water between his legs (several times) to get him to "relax, let go, and GO". I knew he would have issues with this, and try to hold it as long as possible. He has done this in the past when we have tried to get him to use the potty. But they said he went 5 times so I was ready to go home and KEEP TRYING! Because they modified Phase 1 a little bit they wanted me to continue the 12min/3mins for the remainder of this afternoon and tonight until I take him back tomorrow.
We got home and THANK GOD Chase was off work early to help because Miles was a FIRECRACKER and IN. TO. EVERYTHING! I knew this would be the case and this is one reason I have put off potty training for so long to begin with. I had hoped to have help with Miles when I started this process, but it looks like I am all alone, so now is as good a time as ever since it's too cold to leave the house anyways (feels like -12*, no thank you!). So, we got home and immediately started back to 12 minutes on and 3 minutes off. Sparing you all the details, we did this until 8:30pm with NOTHING! Nothing in the potty and nothing off the potty! WTH?!?! He has not gone to the bathroom since 4:00pm! I shoveled pancakes in him for dinner so he would drink more juice (he was over drinking anything after leaving school) then back to the potty. BUT STILL NOTHING! They told us not to go back to diapers so we put him in his underwear (with a pull-up over it just so it wouldn't get all over the bed if he does go) and he was passed out in 3 minutes!
Tomorrow is a new day! Please pray that I have patience with Chase, and MAJOR patience with Miles. Update to follow....
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