Potty Training

Promise, this won't be some detailed post as to the stats of Andrew's potty training. He's started it, through his school, it's going tremendously well, and I am really impressed. Now on to the part that makes me laugh.

One of the things inherant in Andrew's therapy is the reinforcement of good behaviors. That comes down to, when praising Andrew for doing something well, appropriately, or as asked, we do "whatever it takes" within reason of course. If he likes goofy faces, we make them, if he's into being thrown into the air, go for it. M&M's, potato chips, you get the idea.

Well Andrew's praise of choice, for potty training, is to "brush teeff". Specifically, that means fill the sink up with water, get out his toothbrush, and play in the water for a few minutes. He does actually run the toothbrush across his teeth on occasion, but mostly he plays. :) Now you can imagine this, can't you? We take him every 30-60 minutes to the potty. Each time he wants to "brush teeff". This child is going to have the cleanest teeth in the Nation, don't you think?? But hey, he loves it, it's easy, and it's working!! Besides, he's also getting his hands washed. . . eventually. :)