Well, didn’t P feel similar before and yet look where you are now
I can tentatively report that she absolutely smashed the first day, so if anything I’m feeling quite glad we waited till now rather than fighting the various battles the author has outlined in the troubleshooting guides. This isn’t *oh my god what is that word for boorish self belief*, I’m sure we have loads of ups and downs ahead, I just mean a lot of the challenges outlined are definitely for kids who are younger and therefore less verbal, aware of their bodies blah blah. The whole aim of the first stage is to eventually get her to the stage where she can pee on the potty/loo even if you have to whisk her there mid-stream, and this morning Hop just sat on the loo and said “I feel it!” and then peed
We had one accident in the garden but the rest of the day she would just suddenly stop playing, sit on the potty and pee when she needed to. It helped to know her bowel schedule as she needed a bit more cheerleading for that, but that was a success in the end too. Anything after this point is clearly going to be a will issue rather than skill, so it’s good to have knowledge of that banked for when she starts to push back.
If it wasn’t for Skip and my terrible memory I’d probably be popping the book in the post for you once we feel like we’re done, but that probably doesn’t meet your timeline anyway. I do think it’s a good resource and I like having something like that to guide me and then refer back to, so if you see it kicking about I’d say it’s worth the look.
https://www.waterstones.com/book/oh-cra ... 1501122989