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Toddlers: 24 Months+
Stressed: potty training sucks. Advice
I decided to put dd in panties & plastic panties today. I liked the idea in toddler wise about giving lots of juice. Well she's had 7 accidents. But she does seem to be getting quicker at realizing what's happening. Just not used to peeing all the time. It's so hard with the baby. Please tell me it will get better soon. Should we do pullups? The pee everywhere is what's mostly killing me. But I want her to feel it better. Advice?
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Re: Stressed: potty training sucks. Advice
When we PT DS we did not give extra liquids- I think what happens is it comes to them so fast this way they don't have time to process it. When we PT DS we had him go bare the first day and wrote down all the accidents (they were all accidents) and took him to the potty when he started. The second day we put on underwear and set the timer. I like the timer because for us it prevented control issues since it was the timer telling him when it was time to go (and we never forced him to sit on the potty or sit for a long period of time, it was do business and get off). Another thing I liked about the timer is it ensured success and with DS when he was successful it made him happy and therefore more excited to try it on his own. Within a few days (and everyday extending the timer) he was telling us and we got rid of the timer.
Maybe she isnt ready. Every kid is different. DD had only 4 accidents and then got the idea that she didnt like wet undies and started using the potty. I would wait another couple of weeks and maybe try again.
It is entirely possible that she isn't ready. If it's stressing you out - maybe just wait six weeks and try again?
If you stick with it I'd suggest using undies that are a size bigger than necessary -- somehow this helped DD (I think the tight ones felt too much like a diaper or something on her bum). I would also nix the extra juice. PTing is hard enough with the normal amount of pee -- who needs to encourage more! I also started by leaving DD bare-bottomed as often as possible. GL!
From my experience i think the extra liquids advice is just bad advice. The morning of our 1st day of PTing I started with no extra liquids and she peed roughly every 90 minutes. After she woke up from her nap, I offered juice cup after juice cup and she started peeing every 20-30 minutes. It was leaking out of her uncontrollably since she still hadn't learned to really hold it in yet.
I wouldn't reccomend the pullups for learning purposes until she's learned to tell you before she pees/poops. Knowing that she peed/pooped after the fact isn't going to get you anywhere and she might as well be in a diaper.
It takes a while, yes it does really suck, but they'll get it..hang in there!!
I would think she isn't ready yet.
With DS we have been taking PTing really slow. A morning or two a week DS runs around in underpants. We started at 1/2 an hour, praising for dry underpants, we are now up to an hour or two. DS also used to refuse to sit on the potty, now he gets lots of praise when he sits on the potty. I am trying to go potty myself 1 time during our underpant sessions, today DS wanted to sit on the potty when I sat on the potty. He didn't pee, but he got lots of praise. I know this is a really slow method of training, but it is very relaxed and very low stress for me, one accident at most per session (typically none these days) and DS seems to be getting the idea that pee goes in the potty and that underpants should stay dry.
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I dont like the idea of giving extra liquids. My DS has pooped only on the potty for MONTHS, but peeing is another story. We will put underware on him and put him on the potty every 15 minutes and he still has accidents. It's all about learning the sensation of having to go, and learning how to hold it. It's hard and they all do it when they are ready. We stopped after a week b/c I dont think that my son yet understands when he has to go. We will try again next month.
Dont push it.
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