Potty Training Boot Camp?????

OK - I'm fed up, frustrated, at my wit's end! Oh, how I really, really dislike potty training! If there was a weekend camp to send children to - with or without the parents - to do the potty training - I would SO be on the top of the list to sign up! Uffdah!

Austin is now 3-1/2, and supposed to be starting preschool next month. HOWEVER, preschool requires children to be potty trained. We have been working on it, and we've been somewhat successful at it some days. But it's SO HARD! I know, I know - I'm whining. But seriously - how do you get through to them? We talk about it, he is ok with wearing pull-ups or underwear, and for the most part tells me when he needs to pee. Or, his newest trick, he tells me he needs to pee every 5 minutes, and then does nothing. And Daniel, bless his heart, at 2-1/2 is doing better at it than Austin. But there is just something in Austin that has not clicked yet. He seems to want to potty train, and talks about it often, but the follow-through has me baffled. If anyone has words of advice, I'm all ears. Do I let him go in to the bathroom every 5 minutes, or do I wait and make him go in every half hour? Do I let him run around naked, or is a pull-up the best, or underwear? Or do I just hide in the closet until he's 5 and hope he figures it out on his own?? The closet and chocolate - that sounds like a deal for me right now!

So, it looks like preschool will have to wait, and a wig is on order for Mom after all the hair she has pulled out.

Nope, no pictures to post for this one. Oh, I do have some, very funny ones, but I don't think my children would appreciate those kind of photos showing up online!!

PS - we do use a reward system for going potty - one M&M for potty, one penny for poo. Sometimes I think they just go in to piddle a bit to get the candy!