Potty Training...

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Thank you Michelle for your suggestions - that's exactly what I was looking for. As far as the anonymous comment goes I think you are somewhat misunderstanding me. I do consider myself a good Mom, a VERY good Mom and I would do NOTHING to hurt either one of my boys. I LOVE THEM DEARLY and would do anything for them. I am not making him sit in a bath tub of FREEZING COLD water... He is standing in the tub rinsing his undies out... not sitting. The plug is not in so he is not standing in the cold water either. The cold water is just running on his hands. I guess I should have worded it a little different and I hope you understand my purpose for having him clean up his own mess. I chose the bath-tub as the place for the cleaning to be done instead of him making a mess on the counter. I chose to use "cold" so it was less pleasurable for him not to hurt him. If you comment on posts in the future please leave a name so I know who you are. Thanks

Any suggestions or techniques are welcome...
If we allow for Brooks to run around with no pants on he goes to the bathroom by himself - both potty and poop. However come December 1st he will no longer be allowed to run around that way as I return to work and have 11 other kids in and out of my house. As soon as you put pants on him, whether it's a diaper, pull-up, or underwear he feels the need to go to the bathroom right in his pants and as soon as he is done he tells us. We know that he knows exactly what he is doing - however we are just not sure how to get him to use the bathroom. I was told by a couple different people that when he goes potty or poop in his underwear make him clean it out and also clean up any mess he made on the floor. It sounded good to me... so this morning 7:00am he went to the bathroom and I put him in undies... by 7:45 he was wet. As furious as I was I set him in the bath tub and made him take his own undies off and wash them out. He was not impressed and cried the entire time. That was the reaction that I was hoping for... I put him back in undies and about 1/2 hour later he was wet again. Even more furious I did the same... had him clean up his messes - however this time he wasn't bothered by it. And for the 3rd time by 10:00am he wet his pants again. This time he told me he was going to get in the tub and wash his undies. Okay... plan not working too well. So this evening when it happened for the 4th or 5th time (I honestly lost count) I made him wash his undies out but in cold water. This time he cried the entire time. Maybe he will learn to use the potty tomorrow. He will be 2 years and 3 months next weeks so it's not that he is that old, however he knows exactly what he is doing as he uses the potty when he has no pants on. If you have any suggestions or techniques that you have heard works well please let me know. I was hoping to be done potty training him by the time I got kids back. I guess time will tell.