TTMA Potty Training

[maddisonrose]

I am slightly shuddering just THINKING about potty training, but I figure maybe thinking about it is a good start?

What are y'all's strategies or thoughts on how you are going to tackle it?

When/what age do you think you will start?

Any ideas on methods you might use or have heard work well from others?

Does daycare help out with this or should I expect to have him potty trained at home first so there isn't necessarily "training" happening at daycare?

Any other tips/tricks/anecdotes?

[ladymike]

I might get a kid potty around Christmas. I'll consider it after she's 2, depending on her relationship with the kid potty and if it seems like she "gets it."

Everyone tells me to just take a long weekend, stay home, and let the kid run around naked. Get it done. That sounds ridiculous but apparently it works?

I would think your daycare has to help. But, be aware they may not until a certain age or room? Not sure how your place works! Definitely ask before you get started.

[malvo]

We are waiting until DC is ready. They don't PT in her current class, so there's no rush until she's 2 years old (and she's not showing signs of being ready). I'll work with DC and hope to take their lead, as they've done this countless times! I want to work with DC and be on the same page. We need to do a system that works for us both and we have to be consistent at home and at DC.

I will not be allowing my child to run around naked. I can't. Newp. I do not care if it has been proven effective. It's not happening.

[ladymike]

Sept 15, 2016 13:03:18 GMT -5 malvo said:

We are waiting until DC is ready. They don't PT in her current class, so there's no rush until she's 2 years old (and she's not showing signs of being ready). I'll work with DC and hope to take their lead, as they've done this countless times! I want to work with DC and be on the same page. We need to do a system that works for us both and we have to be consistent at home and at DC.

I will not be allowing my child to run around naked. I can't. Newp. I do not care if it has been proven effective. It's not happening.

When N had really really really REALLY awful diaper rash, I let her go diaper free for a bit. One poop on her rocking chair and NOOO THX, diaper back on. Haha.

[jnow]

We have a potty in the bathroom so a will sit on it while waiting for the bath. I'm going to wait until she seems ready. I'm off between Christmas and new years so that would be cool. But might still be early.

Oh. She has gone both in the potty. But she doesn't ask to go. I think it was a coincidence.

[malvo]

ladymike I just picture my dog licking toddler pee or a cat walking through and tracking pee through my house. HARD PASS on diaper-free toddler.

[bekbek]

We are starting now with potty training. My pedi recommend between 18 and 24 mo. DC won't help until they move to the 2yo room but will take her in the room she's in now if I can potty train at home. I take A to the potty first thing in the morning and before bath and bed. She's starting to put it all together. I'm hoping to be potty trained by Christmas but I won't push it too hard. LG was fully potty trained by 26 months and wearing panties to school. I finally had to tell DC I wasn't putting her in diapers anymore and they got on board pretty quick.

[jcar]

Honestly, wait until they're ready.

D didn't show any interest in the potty until he was around closer to 3 years old (around 33 months or so). We let him casually get used to the idea by allowing him to sit on the potty when he wanted. We bought both a little potty and a potty seat for the toilet. He didn't care for the little potty. He was about 37 months when we just went straight into potty training. We counted down until the day we told him he would be diaper free. Then we refused to put a diaper on him. (aka 3 day method although H was home on spring break so it was like a week long training period). He had accidents and such on the first two days and by day 3 he was down to maybe 2-3 accidents and by the next weekend he very rarely had accidents. It was pretty easy overall. Or maybe we were really lucky with him. Oh and we didn't have him naked. He wore underwear during this time so accidents were caught there. No thanks on the poo everywhere (if he were naked).

C hasn't show any interest yet. Our pedi stated that those who are ahead verbally may potty train earlier (she's ahead verbally per the pedi). We'll see if that's true. I'm a bit skeptical. Anyways, I'm not pushing it. Our babysitter said she'll work with C and put her on the potty every so often. We may do the same at home if she's interested.

[graciest719]

I've stayed out of this thread until now but...malvo what good is a dog if not to clean up baby messes? We do naked baby time after bath and Jo inevitably pees on the floor. Piggy licks that up in a second. Gross, yes, but the highlight of her day is going outside to eat cat shit so I figure a little pee can't hurt her.

So, I'm thinking a little potty and then a seat for the big potty? Is this what you guys are doing?

[graciest719]

jcar Verbally advanced train earlier? Great. My kid is probably going to kindergarten in a diaper.

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graciest719 i just have a little potty for e right now. I put her on it the other morning and she freaked out.

[malvo]

You're killing me, graciest719.

[graciest719]

Dogs are gross.

[jcar]

graciest719 haha, I don't believe him for a second. She has zero interest and D did train until he was 3.