Rewards

We decided Mattie really need to be potty trained for several reasons, but the top two reasons are:

1. He knows how, but just too busy to go
2. Diapers are too expensive now that we have two babies in diapers

So I started by giving him cookies every time he went. That worked really well until he got tired of the cookies.

Then I told him I will take him to see Disney on Ice to see the Cars if he goes to potty for 3 days. Well that worked for the first few times, but the show is a week away so he didn't understand that.

Then we told him we will get him Henry from Thomas the Tank Engine after 3 days of dry diapers. Well, he thought we get it for him after he goes and he whines and cries after --- then for a week he was so fixated on Henry that he wakes up crying for Henry in the middle of the night.

So I got him a Thomas DVD he wanted and put it in the bathroom. Well, that didn't work either...

So today we went to buy Henry since we feel so bad that he is waking up at nights crying for Henry and throwing tantrums during the day for Henry. But funny thing is, he went to the bathroom today after I ask him if he needed to go. Maybe all thee rewards are causing too many problems.