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<blockquote data-quote="Mrs Smith" data-source="post: 89576" data-attributes="member: 3893"><p>Sammy sounds so much like my son when he was that age. Mine did the trains around the track for hours too. Later it was hotwheels around the kitchen counter. He was content to play by himself but would happily let others join in his games. He didn't seek out other kids though. Most 3 year olds do. And always the routine, always the same thing, the same way, in the same order.</p><p></p><p>To get him to sleep in his own bed took bribery. We let him pick out prizes to earn each night he stayed in his own bed all night. Before he went to sleep, he got to choose the one he wanted. At first, he would come in our room several times during the night and I would remind him of the prize and he would go right back to his room. Amazingly, it only took about 3 or 4 nights for him to get it. Once the prizes were gone, we never needed to get more. He was around 5 years old though at the time. I would have let him stay in his crib longer but he started climbing out around 3. He slept with us for a few years before we did the prizes.</p><p></p><p>Re: toilet training - I wish I could say it was easy once he was ready. It wasn't. It was slow progress with alot of regression. It would seem like he got it, then he would have periods of regression. He had a few accidents at school in 6th grade. A couple weeks ago at his birthday party, he wet his pants for the first time in a long time. He's too busy, or he's anxious about public toilets or he can't feel the need to go until too late, or.... I hope you have better luck than we did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mrs Smith, post: 89576, member: 3893"] Sammy sounds so much like my son when he was that age. Mine did the trains around the track for hours too. Later it was hotwheels around the kitchen counter. He was content to play by himself but would happily let others join in his games. He didn't seek out other kids though. Most 3 year olds do. And always the routine, always the same thing, the same way, in the same order. To get him to sleep in his own bed took bribery. We let him pick out prizes to earn each night he stayed in his own bed all night. Before he went to sleep, he got to choose the one he wanted. At first, he would come in our room several times during the night and I would remind him of the prize and he would go right back to his room. Amazingly, it only took about 3 or 4 nights for him to get it. Once the prizes were gone, we never needed to get more. He was around 5 years old though at the time. I would have let him stay in his crib longer but he started climbing out around 3. He slept with us for a few years before we did the prizes. Re: toilet training - I wish I could say it was easy once he was ready. It wasn't. It was slow progress with alot of regression. It would seem like he got it, then he would have periods of regression. He had a few accidents at school in 6th grade. A couple weeks ago at his birthday party, he wet his pants for the first time in a long time. He's too busy, or he's anxious about public toilets or he can't feel the need to go until too late, or.... I hope you have better luck than we did. [/QUOTE]
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