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CesEve99
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another ? on potty training
CesEve99
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yesterday we stayed home and mady was in panties all day (minus nap time and over night). every 20 min i would sit her on the potty in case she had to go and nothing. we had 3 accidents, which is no big deal to me, i figure that's how they learn and i need to keep on encouraging her.
i just need tips on what you guys did. what about when you guys went out did u put your kids in pull ups and take the potty chair with you or went directly to the restroom first?
i need to run some errands today so that kind of defeats the purpose of putting her in a diaper again.
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Re: another ? on potty training
Hi Evelyn! Can I ask what gave you the indication that she was ready for potty training now? Make sure she is ready and wants it so that she does not regress. That was a big problem with me and Sophie. I was ready for her to be potty trained back in December - simply because she was two. LOL. She was not ready at all.
- If you think she is ready, you need to keep her in panties but go out armed with changes of clothes, socks, and shoes.
- I limited her liquids in the beginning so that I could control how much she went and so that she could get a better gauge, slowly, of when she had to go.
- Taking a potty seat with you and having her go in the car before you go in the store is a good idea. Make her go before you leave the house, too.
- Putting her on the potty every 20 minutes is too much. 45 minutes to an hour is better - dpending on the last time she drank something. She needs to associate the potty with going....not with just trying so you can avoid an accident.
Eventually she will tell you when she has to go. The past is just training her to recognize the signs. Try not to ask her if she has to go. What you want to do is tell her that its time to go pee-pee. Also, keep an eye out for signs that she needs to use the potty.
I did this all gradually. It was a few months process for us putting Sophie in panties part of the time to "train" her until we realized that she was simply relying on the diaper from pure laziness....that way she could pee where she was and not have to stop playing. The only advice I can give you is to not force it. Never put her on the potty crying and struggling. Follow her cues. If you start getting stressed or she starts getting stressed - put her back in diapers for another month before you try again.
hi!!! thx for the advice its all REALLY good cues! mady was having very dry diapers for long periods of time which kind of gave me the green light to actually put her in panties now that im home with her. ill keep trying for a few more days in panties alone, if that doesn't work we'll go back to diapers. i'm in no rush at all nor i'm i desperate to get out of diapers. i know some children are faster at this than others and some may regress at some point
I also think 20 minutes is too often. The first day I had Zoe in underwear i would try to get her to pee every hour and 45 minutes. Then after that first day I just let her tell me when she has to go. We usually have 1 or 2 "dribble" accidents a day where she just waited a bit too long and her panties got a little damp and then she held it in and told me she had to go potty. It's really much easier if you wait until they are ready to tell you when they have to go instead of you asking them if they have to go.
As for leaving the house, I try to make her go pee right before we leave so I know we should be good for at least 2 hours, but sometimes she just refuses. I put a waterproof pad under her in the carseat and just bring extra panties and shorts in my bag just in case she has an accident. Luckily so far she hasn't, and she's even pretty good about asking to go potty in public!
Ditto the other girls. Every 20 min is definitely too often. I also take Mikey about an hour or so after he has had something to drink. I used to ask him if he had to go and he started putting up a fight so now I just tell him that we have to potty and I entice him with stickers. We have a potty chart on the door of the bathroom and if he goes he gets a sticker for his hand and then I give him a sticker to put on the chart. This is what daycare does with him so I'm just continuing their work at home.
As for going out I make sure he goes right before we leave. If we are out I make sure he goes right before we go back in the car. So far we haven't had any accidents while we are out. *knock on wood*