So we're starting potty training because W is showing signs of readiness (dry after naps, notices when diaper is wet, knows when he's peeing and pooping, interested in toilet.) We've had him sit on a kids toilet and he's both peed and pooped. He seems excited but I have no idea what I'm doing.
Right now we just do the potty as part of his night time routine and if he asks to go. How do I proceed?
What's a book or strategy that helped you? Should we buy underwear? Halp please.
We aren't there yet but I was wondering if we should get a potty for him. I have read conflicting things about the kid potty though. Some have said it is best for you to get the insert for the real toilet so that being out and about the kid will be more likely to use a read toilet.
We aren't there yet but I was wondering if we should get a potty for him. I have read conflicting things about the kid potty though. Some have said it is best for you to get the insert for the real toilet so that being out and about the kid will be more likely to use a read toilet.
ETA: What say A15?
My daughter never liked the little toilet, bonus though is that I never had to clean it!
A didn't use the little potty until after she was potty trained and found it in her closet. then she pooped in it, in her closet. and she poops like an adult. so gross.
I think it's too early to PT., but that's my opinion based off DD who was no where near ready at this time.
The naked method works. 3 days of no bottoms, secluded to 1 area of the house that can easily be cleaned and lots of wine for you. Take your kid to the bathroom every 20 or 30 mins and sit on potty. By day 2 they should be able to tell you they need to go.
Non naked way. Take kid to potty every 20 - 30 mins but keep diapers on in between.
Both ways, make BIG BIG deal about pee pee and pooping on potty. Reward as you see fit, lollipops, skittles, kisses, dances, whatever works for your kid. Remember once you think they are potty trained, it is normal to regress. Always always keep extra clothes including socks and shoes on you at all times.
Yeah we have both a little potty and the insert for the toilet but he does not like the big toilet. He goes to sit on his potty a lot. I really just bought it to get him used to the idea but he started really doing it and I was like "dang what have I done?!" But now I'm like well if he's ready then we need to figure out what we're going to do.
Post by skinandbones on Feb 13, 2017 11:45:47 GMT -5
I took the lazy way. DC largely did the bulk of it. But I didn't push it. I let him lead and kind of train himself. There was 1 weekend where I was making a big deal and doing more "training".
While I hate buying diapers, it's nice not having find a bathroom immediately.
Post by redandblue on Feb 13, 2017 14:24:57 GMT -5
Good for you packmomma! I think the best time to PT is when you see the signs of readiness! DS1 was PT just before his second birthday, but in hindsight, I could have started earlier, as he had many of the readiness signs, but I was definitely in denial. If he is able to communicate when he needs to go, then go for it. I can't wait for the day of no diapers. My suggestion would be not diaper or pull ups, but rather something that will allow him to know when he is soiled (so cloth diapers, cloth training pants or underwear with plastic covers). Try to stay consistent for a good chunk of time, and be ready to always know where the washrooms are. Maybe consider a travel potty or potty seat to use as needed. GL!
I suspect we have a LONG time before we will be approaching this at our house Everyone will be different and approach this stage at their own pace.
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Good for you packmomma ! I think the best time to PT is when you see the signs of readiness! DS1 was PT just before his second birthday, but in hindsight, I could have started earlier, as he had many of the readiness signs, but I was definitely in denial. If he is able to communicate when he needs to go, then go for it. I can't wait for the day of no diapers. My suggestion would be not diaper or pull ups, but rather something that will allow him to know when he is soiled (so cloth diapers, cloth training pants or underwear with plastic covers). Try to stay consistent for a good chunk of time, and be ready to always know where the washrooms are. Maybe consider a travel potty or potty seat to use as needed. GL!
I suspect we have a LONG time before we will be approaching this at our house Everyone will be different and approach this stage at their own pace.
First, I feel like i need to clarify my comment of "not being ready". I was not speaking to you packmomma. I whole heartedly agree that if the signs are there and you are ready and you think W is ready, then go for it.
Second - I will be referencing the bolded part of the above comment. Yes, this. We did training pants next to skin then pull ups over those because this momma did not want to clean up pee from the entire house all day long. But you do want them to feel the wet and for them to be uncomfortable. (this ended up back firing for us though at some point, she just didn't care and kept on playing.)
Post by skinandbones on Feb 13, 2017 15:01:35 GMT -5
@janetheconquerer, Because we have twins, DS1 never cared if he was soiled. So since he didn't care, we went with pull ups. My tolerance for laundry and carpet cleaning is only so much.
And don't get me started about naps and nighttime. For naps, DS1 is pretty consistent about being dry. We've given up on nighttime. He really doesn't want to wear pull ups so we grabbed the cloth diapers we never used and renamed them his nighttime underwear.
Daycare did the majority of it. :-) Not going to lie, I was okay with it. They preferred to NOT have pull-ups and wanted underwear because then they would know when they had an accident where the pull ups are similar to diapers in pulling the wetness away from them. They had him trained in about a week. I would use pull ups for trips or when we were out running around because I didn't want to carry multiple outfit changes and he would still forget when he would get excited. Basically, though, it would be setting a timer for every 30 minutes and put them on the potty for a few minutes. Good luck! I'd love to stop carrying the diaper bag around, haha.
we are still in pull ups at night time. I keep telling her if she keeps waking up with dry diapers we can get rid of them. Some days she's dry some days not. But she also refuses to go straight to the bathroom when she gets up and pee's in her diaper than.
and i just realized i forgot to buy pull ups on my lunch break when i was at target. ugh.
@janetheconquerer I am not ready. But I do think W might be. We're probably going to do it slowly and just keep doing what we're doing with the addition of training pants so he can feel the wetness. And diapers at night and naps because we all need sleep. Wish me luck? (In my head I'm thinking
Abigail has started consistently telling me every time she poops. That being said, I don't think we're going to try to potty train before she turns 2 because I don't think she has enough awareness yet to control the flow of urine. I also want to wait until she's communicating really well and can pull her own pants down before we attempt this. I think if we pulled out the potty now she'd probably go sit on it obsessively, given how fixated she is on climbing on the step stool in the bathroom to wash her hands. I constantly have to pull her out of the bathroom, lol.
I think that waiting until she's a little older will make potty training a much faster process. Having potty trained the twins in 4 days shortly before they turned 3, I'm definitely someone who'd prefer to keep the kids in diapers for a little longer and get the potty training done fast rather than draw it out.
Also, diapers are hella convenient.
packmomma, If you want to go for it, google the 3 day potty training method for pointers. I'm not sure it's meant for kids this young though. Use lots of rewards that provide immediate reinforcement (m&ms, mini marshmallows, stickers, dollar store toys). Good luck!
@aydee see this is where I think we're at. He's aware and can control it to an extent (dry after naps and doesn't poop motn) so I know his muscles are developing but he definitely can't pull his own pants down and he's not consistently letting me know he needs to go. We bought the book "oh crap" and I did some research on the 3 day method last night. I think he's too young to get a lot of this but we're going to just keep talking about it, doing the night time routine, and have it where he can see it to show me when he needs to go. I'm going to talk to his pediatrician on the 28th about her recs. Diapers are sooo convenient!! I'm really torn on what to do right now so I think we're going to just prep the house and in march maybe do the 3 day method.
packmomma, don't be afraid to give it a shot. it's a lot of work but it's worth it if he gets it. the worst that can happen is you work really hard and he doesn't get it. then you wait and try again at a later date.
I am worried it's going to be hard with DD. With DS we didn't really try much and then when he was just over 2 he got a yeast infection and associated it in his mind with his diaper and wouldn't put one on again. It was perfect, was trained by the end of the day and has only ever had 1-2 night accidents.
*I am aware that this is not how any of this works and am anticipating my punishment. LOL see fear statement about DD.
Post by runningmommy519 on Feb 14, 2017 14:26:43 GMT -5
S1 was my magical unicorn, at least during the day. Daycare had been putting him on the potty whenever they went to change his diaper. We didn't really do anything at home. One weekend I decided to put him in underwear (threw a pull up on top of that) and he had one accident that day because he didn't make it in time. Otherwise that was it. An accident here and there but otherwise that's it. He was 3. I'm expecting it to be worse E.
S1 still wears a pull up at night. He sleeps so heavy. He occasionally wakes up to get a drink and we have him try to go potty
yea no interest here either. ever since this has come up here though i sit at home and think, should i bring the potty out and let him start sitting on it. then i laugh and tell myself to not be crazy and to keep buying diapers. lol.....but that's me.
Post by sweetsyrup on Feb 14, 2017 15:15:40 GMT -5
DS1 was easy. He just decided he wanted to pee like his "big" daycare buddy. It was a week after his second birthday. He was already consistently dry at naps and nighttime though. We just set a timer and took him every 20-30 minutes. The only time he's had accidents is when he's on steriods.
Ben tells us when he poops, and stands on the stool by the toilet. He takes his finger and points it at the toilet and pretends to pee (like a fire hose). But I don't anticipate potty training until 2.5ish since he still pees wherever (aka L's bed).
Post by runningmommy519 on Feb 14, 2017 18:36:01 GMT -5
Well this is weird. I changed Ethan's diaper about 20 minutes ago and he walked to the other side of the room and I said, "you are pooping now aren't you" he then proceeds to run to the gate and start making noise. I ignored him and now he has a poopy diaper. Still not interested in potty training. haha
I am worried it's going to be hard with DD. With DS we didn't really try much and then when he was just over 2 he got a yeast infection and associated it in his mind with his diaper and wouldn't put one on again. It was perfect, was trained by the end of the day and has only ever had 1-2 night accidents.
*I am aware that this is not how any of this works and am anticipating my punishment. LOL see fear statement about DD.
Sounds like my DD. One day just over 2 yrs she said diapers were for babies and never wore one again. We went all in day and night and haven't looked back. So worth it.
So w started resisting before we even started (although I did get the "oh crap potty training book" to read still) so we stopped. But now (last week) diaper changes are awful. He's screaming and I literally have to strap him down and he still just screams and wriggles the entire time. So now I'm not sure if we just go ahead with potty training. Any tips for diaper changes?
packmomma I'm just now seeing this. I think I'm in the same boat as you. I'm pretty sure A is ready, she I showing a lot of signs, but I don't even know where to begin and it does very overwhelming.
The moral that I got from this thread is "put your kid in daycare" haha.
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