Well I guess we're doing...something. When DD got up from nap I asked if she wanted to try to pee on the potty. She agreed and peed and pooped. She wants to wear underwear now, so she's currently in training pants and I'm going to try to get her on the potty every 20 minutes. I'm a little scared and I'm sure DH is gonna think I'm crazy.
Post by starsandshamrocks123 on Aug 24, 2016 18:00:47 GMT -5
We have the opposite DC problem. I don't think he's ready but they really push it. His teacher said that maybe in a month we can move to the training underwear. I think she is crazzzzy.
2 more pees in the potty and 0 accidents. Successful except that she says she's trying to poop each time so not sure she's understanding the pee sensation.
2 more pees in the potty and 0 accidents. Successful except that she says she's trying to poop each time so not sure she's understanding the pee sensation.
If she's not having an accident, I would say she is getting it. If you're not sure, go commando. Diapers and underwear both have the same tight feeling so they can cause accidents just from muscle memory.
I'm not really sure what else to do about poop. He's still not having any pee accidents but he had a poop accident at school. It's pretty much that he has not yet figured out that he has to poop with enough time to make it. They were on the playground so lots of distractions. JoBub any tweaks on the poop? I'm going to do naked this weekend but I'm just not sure how to fix it. I know it's only day 6. Just wondering if I'm missing something.
We have the opposite DC problem. I don't think he's ready but they really push it. His teacher said that maybe in a month we can move to the training underwear. I think she is crazzzzy.
That's a great problem to have even if you're not quite ready. Maybe daycare will do all the work. You can always do diapers at home if you don't want to mess with it but it will prolong the potty training if you're not both on the same page.
So I couldn't ask Clara's teacher about the potty and the plan because she wasn't there. But I asked if she wanted to go in the potty and she said no.. I told her I wanted to look where so goes and asked her to show me so she went in without any whining. She just wanted to sit on the bench in there though. So I asked her to touch the potty. She happily did that. I took a foot stool over to the potty but she still wouldn't sit. I asked if she is scared and she finally said it moves? Maybe the seat? I will keep at it.
So I couldn't ask Clara's teacher about the potty and the plan because she wasn't there. But I asked if she wanted to go in the potty and she said no.. I told her I wanted to look where so goes and asked her to show me so she went in without any whining. She just wanted to sit on the bench in there though. So I asked her to touch the potty. She happily did that. I took a foot stool over to the potty but she still wouldn't sit. I asked if she is scared and she finally said it moves? Maybe the seat? I will keep at it.
I give Peyton stickers for just sitting on it and a treat if she actually pees or poos.
I think Clara might need even more positive reinforcement of the potty if she is reluctant to even sit.
So I couldn't ask Clara's teacher about the potty and the plan because she wasn't there. But I asked if she wanted to go in the potty and she said no.. I told her I wanted to look where so goes and asked her to show me so she went in without any whining. She just wanted to sit on the bench in there though. So I asked her to touch the potty. She happily did that. I took a foot stool over to the potty but she still wouldn't sit. I asked if she is scared and she finally said it moves? Maybe the seat? I will keep at it.
I give Peyton stickers for just sitting on it and a treat if she actually pees or poos.
I think Clara might need even more positive reinforcement of the potty if she is reluctant to even sit.
It's only at daycare though so I can't guarantee a treat or sticker.
Unsure. Probably not because it isn't fair to the other kids in her class.
When I worked in daycare I think I remember there being sticker charts for some of the kiddos potty training but they weren't in a super obvious place. Maybe they can have the chart in a semi hidden spot so that she knows she got/gets a sticker but it's not out in the open for all the other kids to see.
Post by SpinsOffResonance on Aug 24, 2016 20:12:41 GMT -5
3 pees in the potty while naked at home. She says "I have to pee" and runs to the potty
1 more in the potty when I told her to go before bedtime.
1 accident at the grocery store. I actually had a pull up on her because she refused to pee before leaving the house and I knew it was about time. DNW to deal with an accident at the grocery store.
3 pees in the potty while naked at home. She says "I have to pee" and runs to the potty
1 more in the potty when I told her to go before bedtime.
1 accident at the grocery store. I actually had a pull up on her because she refused to pee before leaving the house and I knew it was about time. DNW to deal with an accident at the grocery store.
Pull ups and underwear cause issues for us too. The only time I offer a reward for pottying is if I really need him to go before we leave to go somewhere. I also offer to let him pee on a tree outside. 👍🏻
becole, no advice. We had the opposite problem with poop. But the Oh Crap author has a ton of youtube videos about poop that might have some helpful info in there somewhere.
I read the whole poop chapter again but couldn't really figure out a strategy for this.
Did you read the Play Doh trick? You gotta find a way to get him thinking about what it feels like just before he poops. It will probably help when you are with him over the weekend because you can probably catch it if you watch carefully enough, and then talk to him about how it feels.
So MH brought Clara to the potty. She sat on it hugging him. He had to sing the abcs to calm her down. She was fine and then she slipped a little and she started freaking out again. So I think my theory of her being afraid of falling off / in the potty is correct. So I will have to see her teacher can maybe bring her one on one and hug her for a while.
We are ready for big girl underwear day! Lots of new games & activities I borrowed from school, big girl underwear, M&Ms, stickers, juice boxes, and prizes for poops! Bring on the potty training.
Day 2 of underwear, and part of the day commando. No accidents. She's still not telling me when she has to go, but a couple times when I asked, she said yes and was agreeable to go. She had a complete breakdown when DH got a diaper out at bedtime, but I'm not sure if that was a rejection of the diaper or bedtime. I was eventually able to explain she has to wear one for sleep and she's currently running around in just a diaper. She also didn't nap today, but did pee in the diaper while she was playing in the crib for an hour +
We just explains that he's still learning to hold it and slee is a long time and so we wear a diaper for bed and nap. It seems to work.
That's pretty much what I told her. She was cool with it. She really threw a screaming tantrum for every single step of bedtime so in hindsight I don't really think it was about the diaper itself.
This doesn't belong in the thread but he had a bad day. Accident on the playground and apparently bit another kid (new behavior.) He cried and screamed through dinner and playing and we put him to bed early because he literally seemed like he was just miserable. I need to check his mouth. It's just terrible timing with a new teacher in his class. His current teacher was saying all the kids are acting crazy and testing the new teacher and PT is just the cherry on top. They threw away a second pair of underwear today because they said it was too bad to salvage. I'm literally just trying to make it through this week. Everything I've read says don't do pull-ups because it prolongs training indefinitely but I can't keep having them throw away underwear and I can't even figure out how to get progress in the poop area when all his poops happen at daycare. I can't undo in 2 days what they do in 5 at home. I know it's still so early and usually things get bad and people quit and this is the time when you're child is actually really close to having a breakthrough.
So Clara's teacher was absolutely no help so I went to the director. She suggested a sticker chart for Clara. So that's what we will do for now.
Rewards are tough at this age because they can't really understand long term rewards or consequences (like x number of stars = a toy.) But if it's an immediate reward, like she just wants the actual sticker, then it might work. It's worth trying.
So Clara's teacher was absolutely no help so I went to the director. She suggested a sticker chart for Clara. So that's what we will do for now.
Rewards are tough at this age because they can't really understand long term rewards or consequences (like x number of stars = a toy.) But if it's an immediate reward, like she just wants the actual sticker, then it might work. It's worth trying.
Yeah I didn't really want to go that route because of that and because I here she will eventually expect it was other things. Plus like you said the long term rewards being shit to them but this would be them give her a sticker to either keep or put on her chart. They will start with even if she just sits she can have one. Now hopefully she won't want some at home! 😬
Ds' teacher wants to use pull ups. I'm cool with it. She starts with those and moves to underwear next. Knowing she's trained 100's of kids, I'll try her way
Ds pooped on the potty at school! Then came home and pooped in his pull ups ...
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