Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Potty Training dogs and kids :)

On great Harm news I think it is finally safe for me to say that Harmon is Potty Trained. While Miriam our nanny was gone and I was the one with them, I just sort of gave up on any real "method" that she had been trying. I handled it like I handle my pets b/c I've never potty trained humans but I've potty trained a lot dogs. If Harmon drank water than I took him to the potty 20 minutes later. Otherwise every hour or so I just took him to the potty. Once he learned how to poop I used 1/4 of a Twizzler as a prize for every time he goes. When I saw he could poop and pee consistently I let him know that if he choose not to use the potty there was a negative consequence, he would lose a Thomas Train for 1 day. He is doing it! Now we will see if he can handle us being away for a couple of days and stick to it. Either way I'm teased about my "dog" training... but it worked!

In other news: It was Harm's last day of school today. We are very sad b/c we know he will miss his teachers and class mates. I'm hoping he will love his Summer Camp just as much. He will be back in August though so that will be something to look forward too. Oh and Miriam is home from Europe!!!! We missed her so much!!!!

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Potty Training dogs and kids :)

On great Harm news I think it is finally safe for me to say that Harmon is Potty Trained. While Miriam our nanny was gone and I was the one with them, I just sort of gave up on any real "method" that she had been trying. I handled it like I handle my pets b/c I've never potty trained humans but I've potty trained a lot dogs. If Harmon drank water than I took him to the potty 20 minutes later. Otherwise every hour or so I just took him to the potty. Once he learned how to poop I used 1/4 of a Twizzler as a prize for every time he goes. When I saw he could poop and pee consistently I let him know that if he choose not to use the potty there was a negative consequence, he would lose a Thomas Train for 1 day. He is doing it! Now we will see if he can handle us being away for a couple of days and stick to it. Either way I'm teased about my "dog" training... but it worked!

In other news: It was Harm's last day of school today. We are very sad b/c we know he will miss his teachers and class mates. I'm hoping he will love his Summer Camp just as much. He will be back in August though so that will be something to look forward too. Oh and Miriam is home from Europe!!!! We missed her so much!!!!

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