Where else can I brag?

[brachysira]

My son (27 months) asked to use the potty, successfully used it for #1 and #2, and because he's heard me say it 1000x, wiped, flushed, and washed.  If Feb child was this easy, I'd have 100 kids.

[mishka29]

That's awesome!

Dd2 (almost 2) actually lets me floss her teeth bc dd1 gets her teeth flossed.

[brachysira]

Well, you win there. DD is awesome at dental hygiene and DS is a biter who requires 2 adults holding him down for simple teeth brushing. Probably if I said 1000x, you must brush your teeth to DD, DS would have gotten it. But instead she asks to brush her teeth...but I have been singing Daniel Tiger's potty song to DD for months since she never will do all the steps on her own, and this has clearly seeped into DS's head too. Thanks for letting me brag!

[pinkie]

That is incredible. I hear stories of kids who potty train early . My little guy (um 26 months I think) sits on the potty, then gets in the tub and chants pee pee and smiles and pees lol.

[brachysira]

Well, he's been saying "go potty" for months but I think now he's finally getting it. He can choose princess pull-ups or go right to Paw Patrol underwear... But it remains to be seen if it will take. I'm too overwhelmed with 2 kids to really focus on it so I'm not going to be taking him every 10 minutes. If he keeps asking to go, then it's a done deal, but if he doesn't ask, we're back to diapers. I don't do anything for DD either--I haven't asked her if she has to go potty in about a year--we never go before we leave the house--we just find a potty when she needs one and I know she can wait if we have to drive to a gas station or something.

Funny story--we were going to a playdate far away and the last time we went to these people's house, he had 3 poopy diapers while we were there. So I asked him if he had to go potty before we left. And he said, "no, I'll just go at blah blah's house." And so we got there, and poopy diaper immediately...

[wineandcake]

Yay potty training! Even better that hes taking an interest on his own!
If we leave Hunter completely naked he goes to the potty on his own, in clothes he's only asked to go once. He's only 17m though so I'm not expecting consistency.

[brachysira]

Whoh, 17 months is much sooner. I feel like my son was still a tiny baby then and then suddenly he's become a full blown preschooler.

[kleigh926]

My DS turned 2 in September and I feel like potty training isn't even on the horizon for us. I still think he is behind developmentally though and I am not going to start considering it until he's 3 unless he takes an interest in it before then. DD wouldn't even poop in the potty until 3 months ago and she has never yet woken up dry in the morning so maybe I have late potty kids! Kids who initiate it on their own at early ages amaze me!

[pinkie]

Dec 14, 2016 12:34:12 GMT -5 kleigh926 said:

My DS turned 2 in September and I feel like potty training isn't even on the horizon for us. I still think he is behind developmentally though and I am not going to start considering it until he's 3 unless he takes an interest in it before then. DD wouldn't even poop in the potty until 3 months ago and she has never yet woken up dry in the morning so maybe I have late potty kids! Kids who initiate it on their own at early ages amaze me!

This is us totally. I have hopes he will want to copy big brother but so far that hasn't happened. They only copy the bad things lol.

Z was almost 3.5 before being ready so I have low expectations. And actually having one in diapers isn't a hassle. I was getting tired of two in diapers!

[brachysira]

I always tell people that boys won't do it until they're almost 4 and to not push it. I have a friend who has a son who couldn't go to pre-K at 4.5 because he wasn't pted at all and another mom who had a son who wasn't 100% when it was time for him to start K and so she almost held him back. So it's all the more shocking to me but he does everything his sister does, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.