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PT'ing question

kat.in.the.hatkat.in.the.hat
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Did you find that your child was better at PTing with you than with dad?

We've gone 3.75 days with no accidents, then I left Josh & Mar at 6:00 p.m. while I went to yoga and by the time he put her to bed at 7:15, she had two accidents.  I'm not sure if it was just an off night or if it's normal for a child to do better with one parent than the other.

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  • KKMMexKKMMex

    I can't speak for potty training a child who is Marion's age, but IMO so much of potty training our 3yo involved training US, her parents. 

    Does Josh know to prompt her to go?  (I'm assuming she needs prompting and doesn't tell you every time or walk over, remove her underwear, climb on and then tee tee every time she needs to go, completely unprompted and unassisted.) 

    This was the only difference between Dave and me.  I was much more in tune with knowing when Sarah needed to be prompted simply because I spend waaaaaaay more time with the girls than he does.  Dave just isn't accustomed to worrying about stuff like that.  He's gotten a lot better though, but it's taken him a long time.

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  • savannah11savannah11
    imageKKMMex:

    I can't speak for potty training a child who is Marion's age, but IMO so much of potty training our 3yo involved training US, her parents. 

    Does Josh know to prompt her to go?  (I'm assuming she needs prompting and doesn't tell you every time or walk over, remove her underwear, climb on and then tee tee every time she needs to go, completely unprompted and unassisted.) 

    This was the only difference between Dave and me.  I was much more in tune with knowing when Sarah needed to be prompted simply because I spend waaaaaaay more time with the girls than he does.  Dave just isn't accustomed to worrying about stuff like that.  He's gotten a lot better though, but it's taken him a long time.

    Same for us.  DH will forget to prompt O and he has a lot more accidents with him.  He just doesn't think about it.  

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  • Erika&BrianErika&Brian
    No advice, just wanted to say wow that you are already pt'ing. We're no where near and I know Grant is quite a bit older! :-)
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  • Erika&BrianErika&Brian
    No advice, just wanted to say wow that you are already pt'ing. We're no where near and I know Grant is quite a bit older! :-) 
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  • Erika&BrianErika&Brian
    No advice, just wanted to say wow that you are already pt'ing. We're no where near and I know Grant is quite a bit older! :-)  Maybe
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  • Erika&BrianErika&Brian
    No advice, just wanted to say wow that you are already pt'ing. We're no where near and I know Grant is quite a bit older! :-)  Maybe we
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  • Erika&BrianErika&Brian
    No advice, just wanted to say wow that you are already pt'ing. We're no where near and I know Grant is quite a bit older! :-)  Maybe we can
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  • Erika&BrianErika&Brian
    No advice, just wanted to say wow that you are already pt'ing. We're no where near and I know Grant is quite a bit older! :-)  Maybe we can learn
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  • Erika&BrianErika&Brian
    No advice, just wanted to say wow that you are already pt'ing. We're no where near and I know Grant is quite a bit older! :-)  Maybe we can learn from you
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  • Erika&BrianErika&Brian
    No advice, just wanted to say wow that you are already pt'ing. We're no where near and I know Grant is quite a bit older! :-)  Maybe we can learn from y
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  • Erika&BrianErika&Brian
    No advice, just wanted to say wow that you are already pt'ing. We're no where near and I know Grant is quite a bit older! :-)  Maybe we can learn from you haha.
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  • kat.in.the.hatkat.in.the.hat
    well we've been practicing elimination communication at least part time since she was 10 months old, so any success we've had has been because of that!
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  • lilycatlilycat

    We pt'ed at around 2.5 years. He did have some increase in accidents when things were not as he preferred at one point that seemed like a protest.

    It might just be a reaction to change rather than anything to do with your husband specifically? 

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  • SwayntxSwayntx
    What is elimination communication? i have never heard of it. We just started PTing and I feel like I am at a loss at to where to start except sitting him on the potty and asking all the time...
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  • AggieDeeAggieDee

    imageErika&Brian:
    No advice, just wanted to say wow that you are already pt'ing. We're no where near and I know Grant is quite a bit older! :-)  Maybe we can learn from you haha.

    eh, don't worry about it. We just now have given some actual thought to pting DS and he is 28 months.  He showed a lot of interest awhile back but then decided he didn't want any part of the potty.  Boys usually take longer to train anyway and I have heard of way too many horror stories of people pting young only to have major setbacks around 2.5-3 years old.

    Take your time and just follow your child's need.  If they are interested pursue it; if not, hang back and just wait it out. 

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