I just determined to keep trying all day. I have figured out his signals for needing to go and also figured out that he likes to lift his leg a little in order to pee. Wonder if there's a link between male dogs lifting their legs, the men lifting a little at the urinal and my son lifting a leg... Either way, it's a little funny, yet helpful.
He kept dry all day with only two accidents! That's right, most kids you have to teach to stay dry, mine I just have to teach to pee. He naturally wants to stay dry, but then his bladder gets so full he starts dripping and eventually lets it all go out of necessity. That's how it went all day. I would try and try to get him to pee, and sometimes I was successful, but he never would empty all the way. So he would drip a bit and we'd run back to the potty and get a little more out.
So in the end, we aren't doing too bad. He has very few accidents and the ones he does have are only drips and obviously out of great need.
We did have one big one when we had a visitor overstay their welcome. I found that I cannot get him to focus on peeing when there is someone else in the house. I was just walking them out the door, preparing to run with him to the bathroom, when he just let loose. It was a big one! He is such an OCD thing though that he goes "oh no!" and then runs for a towel to clean. :) That one was definitely not his fault and those sort of accidents are just to be expected.
So all in all, we are making progress. I am a little frustrated as I had hoped the progress to move faster. I also am walking new territory as I've never had a child that just cannot figure out how to pee and refuses to try as it's uncomfortable.
Sorry if this is convoluted and confusing. I am having to get up every paragraph or so for another bathroom break. In fact, time to run again now!
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