My Son......the dog

When we were potty training Mason, one of the ways that worked for us was to let him go pee in the backyard. It worked well and he learned when to pee. He still loves to pee in the backyard. That's fine.

When we decided to start Ben on the potty training path, we thought it would be a good idea to try the same approach.....We THOUGHT

A few days ago we are in the backyard and Ben, who was in diapers, tells us that he made a doody. So I told him that we need to go inside to change him. He said "no", but I told him that he can not play outside with a doody in his diaper. He response was not what I wanted.

Ben - "The doody is not in my diaper"

Me - "What!?!?!?"

Ben - "I made a doody in the backyard"

Sure enough, Ben went behind a little bush and did the squat. I think the backyard training should be left to animals and when we move the training inside, I will not use the newspaper technique