Potty Poll

dashofreality

I know a lot of you haven't potty trained yet, but I am asking here anyways. With DD she showed interest around 2, started going on the potty, we did pullups for a bit then naked/underwear except for naps/night and after about 3-4 hellish weeks she was 100% except naps/night. DS currently is in pullups. He can keep his pullup dry for hours (sometimes), he will occasionally ask to use the potty, but still has a bunch of 'accidents' in his pullups. Occasionally he has asked for underwear and he doesn't care if it is wet. I think I should commit do underwear and he will get in a week or so. My mom thinks I am crazy, that he is no where near ready.

There seems to be two schools - 3 or 5 day type method (all in/buy a lot of carpet cleaner) or the wait until they are ready. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be waiting for though. Until he is dry in pullups? Because I don't think that will ever happen. So what have you done? Also feel free to tell me what to do with my kid or what worked for you!

jlaOK

I also voted "put in underwear trained in a few weeks" and it also took longer for DS to be 100% trained.  We let daycare take the lead and they put all the 2-yr-old on the potty every hour.  When he stayed dry at school we put him in underwear all the time but night and took him potty every hour.  We eventually stretched it to 2 hours, a few hours, and then only when he said he needed to go.

CarrieB.

There's no option for "we actually had to buy a new couch because our child kept peeing on it."

Mustardseed2007

I put, put in underwear, trained in a few weeks, but that's not true exactly.

We do pullups at nap time and at night. He does not poop in the potty at all. At. all. We are about 6 weeks in and he still won't do this.

This just means we change his underwear 1-2 times per day when he has to poop (sometimes 3). But it's no longer a need to change shoes, socks, pants, underwear (and sometimes shirt?!?)

We used gerber training pants (bought them on amazon though they sell them at target, I just had a hard time finding them). They are thicker and so it wasn't usually a thing where it was all over the carpet though occasionally we had a few wet spots on the floor.

Leap08

I put my girls in undies and both were about 98% day trained after a week. They each would have occasional accidents (especially when really absorbed in something), but in general really caught on quickly.  I think it helped a ton that DC was really supportive and would do whatever we wanted them to do. ,

emberlee3

DS was close to 3 before he showed interest.  I had to sweeten the deal with some M&Ms and a sticker chart, but in less than 2 weeks he was completely in underwear with very rare accidents.  DD is 2 yo, and I am using the Montessori method with her, which by definition is a slow process.  I'm not in a rush.

kristennd

We started a couple months shy of 3 years old. He didn't seem particularly interested, but it was 9 months from the start of preschool and they absolutely would not admit him if he wasn't fully potty-trained. It took probably five months. One thing that worked against us was that he's not at all motivated by rewards/bribery.

We did get protection  for our fabric couch. One of those waterproof canvas backseat covers to protect your vehicle from muddy dogs.

shannm

I waited till he was way over ready, went straight to underpants and he was day trained in 4 days. At night, I just waited till he was consistently dry and clearly able to get up when he had to go and switched him. He was 2.5 day trained and night trained a few months later. I never used pull ups.
Daycare keeps trying to push me into actively training DD. I just nod and smile. I will try to go the same route with her. I have zero desire to have a six month battle over urine and feces, diapers and toilets, we've got better things to do with our time.

minirella

We waited until she was ready, let her basically lead it and haven't had any issues - day or night. We didn't really have time to consistently implement a plan, so that was the best option for us.

rubber_chicken

I put I like to click things.

DD is 2.4.  We got a potty and one of those padded toilet rings at about 18 months when she first showed interest.  Her interest has been VERY sporadic.  Every once in awhile, she'll ask to sit on the potty.  She's actually peed in it twice.  Most times, she asks to sit on it right AFTER she's peed, so I think she's still making that connection.

We haven't pushed it, because our daycare doesn't take the toddlers to the potty.  The potties are in the preschool room, and the preschoolers all go every two hours.  However, DD will start to transition in 2 months, and I think we can broach potty training again then.