{"id":88,"date":"2008-02-26T04:00:45","date_gmt":"2008-02-26T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=88"},"modified":"2008-02-26T04:00:45","modified_gmt":"2008-02-26T11:00:45","slug":"potty-talk-volume-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=88","title":{"rendered":"Potty Talk, Volume IV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, Bridget is doing pretty well with all things potty lately.<\/p>\n

There are a couple of exceptions, like when she is playing with friends, and doesn’t want to stop playing long enough to go. It seems like we usually have 1 or 2 days a week that are “accident days.” On those days I usually end up having to change her pants a couple of times. I’m not really sure what triggers accident days, but I’d really like to see them go away.<\/p>\n

In effort to try and make that happen we have devised a reward system. After 7 accident-free days she gets a new PEZ dispenser. Since she loves PEZ<\/a> so much, its been a pretty good motivator. So far, she’s on day 4 without accidents. Each night she gets to put a little star on a chart indicating that she hasn’t had any accidents that day. After she fills up the week, she’ll get the coveted PEZ. Next on the docket is a “Linguini” dispenser from the movie Ratatouille. We have it taped up to the chart where she adds her stars.<\/p>\n

She still doesn’t quite get the waiting 7 days part. Each night when she’s putting up her star she says:
\n“I have no accidents. Can have Ratatouille PEZ now?”<\/em>
\nAnd each night I have to try and re-explain the 7 days.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

She has also awaken dry every morning for more than a week. I’ve started giving her the option of a Pull-Up or underwear at night. She usually chooses the Pull-Up still, but we’ve had a couple of successful underwear nights. She woke up around 4 a.m. the other day to go potty (in underwear), and after she went she asked for a Pull-Up.<\/p>\n

At any rate – We’re getting there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, Bridget is doing pretty well with all things potty lately. There are a couple of exceptions, like when she is playing with friends, and doesn’t want to stop playing long enough to go. It seems like we usually have 1 or 2 days a week that are “accident days.” On those days I usually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-life","category-bridget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}