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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Spouse wanted to do the Oh Crap! thing when DS was 2. IMO he wasn't really asking about the potty but ok. Did the naked/commando stuff. Now DS is 2 years + 2 months but really only asks for the potty when he has to poop, still having a fair number of pee accidents. He'll just be standing somewhere, with us in the room, and then start to go - he doesn't even say potty. Because of this we moved him back from underwear to commando but didn't really make a difference. He is definitely capable of asking to use the potty and knows what it is because he'll ask for it (a) when he has to poop and (b) when he wants to get out of something else (e.g. he doesn't want to get a haircut, or he wants to stay up longer at night).

My view is, the longer this pattern goes on, the harder is going to be to change and therefore we should just go back to diapers for few months. Spouse refuses this and we had a huge fight over it. Any ideas?[/quote]

You are DEAD WRONG and your husband is right.  "Can you do pee-pee?" (or whatever you call urination) and not "do you have to go pee-pee?".  Stay with it and talk about why he had an accident at a given time.  Ask him to stop urinating once he starts (key for my DD - she would forget and start to pee but quickly remember and stop the flow - a good sign).  Huge congratulations for every successful potty trip (or reward - whatever you are doing).  Pee with him - for some reason this helps my kid go when I need her to go but she doesn't have to go (like before a class or car trip).

Humans are programmed to take the path of least resistance.  If you let him go back to diapers - which is easier for him - you will have a miserable time getting him out.

Keep going forward!  [/quote]

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