The bribe for good behavior and keeping dry underpants today: a trip to Walmart to "look at the boy toys". He knew this and periodically talked about it. We were in the car, and he asked me what I was doing, and as I always do, I replied "driving the car". I asked him what he was doing, and he replied "I'm staying dry".
We dined with the gang at San Marcos tonight, and all of us went to the lake house to see the new look. As soon as we got in Allison's car, he pushed the button to roll down the window. He'd only gotten it down a couple of inches when she overrode him from the front, rolled it back up, and pushed her lock button. He laughed and said "whoa--that was fast!".
He did earn the right to go to Walmart, and on the way there, he filled me in on the plan. He told me "first, we'll stop the car and then I'll take off my seatbelt and walk in but watch for cars, and then we will walk to the boy toys and I will choose whatever I want". I had to make a correction on that last bit! I did let him choose a new set of matchbox cars, a city fleet, and he could not wait to get it home and open it. As soon as he'd gotten all the cars lined up, he stood up and announced that he was wet. I packed all the cars back in the box while he went and changed his clothes. It broke his heart and mine! He's been potty trained for six months, but in the past couple of weeks, he's been too busy playing to get to the bathroom in time. We're talking two or more incidents per day, and we are trying this new tactic to make him stay more aware of his need to go. He understands the concept and assures me he'll stay dry through tomorrow so he can get his cars back. I'd like for him to master this (again) before preschool starts in a couple of weeks!
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