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the first of many, potty training question

brideonjuly8brideonjuly8 member
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So, when you start introducing the potty and sit them on it, how long do you make them sit?  Until they say "All DONE!!" even if they haven't done anything?  What's an appropriate amount of time to keep it relaxed and stress-free for all involved?

I'm in NO hurry, and we're trying to make this fun and rewarding.  At this point we're just sitting him on the potty seat (on the big toilet) just before bath time and that's it.  He (we) reads his Elmo potty book and it's just adorable.  :)

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Re: the first of many, potty training question

  • NessiaNessia
    I would let him get up whenever he wanted to. I was totally relaxed about it but I did start with him sitting on it right before bath. 
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  • kellenicklekellenickle

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    I would let him get up whenever he wanted to. I was totally relaxed about it but I did start with him sitting on it right before bath. 

     

    I agree.  You don't want to make it anything that has negative associations.  DD had some nights when she just didn't want to sit on the potty at all, and we didn't force it. 

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    I just let them sit until they want to get up.  With DS, that is every .2 seconds.  I think he just likes to stick his cute little hiney out and sit down.  Then he's up.  Then he's down.  But he's not really into using the potty, just having fun, so that's not really the point.

    I would ask if he's all finished and if he says yes, help him down (or let him do it).  It's useful to ask DD if she is finished now, so I would go ahead and start that habit if I were you. 

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  • Temp13436125005166Temp13436125005166

    We just left it totally up to Megan.  A couple times I tried reading her a potty book on the potty but we realized pretty quick that she only sat on it when she wanted to.  She would sit on it occassionally, she loved to try/pretend she went and go through the steps (dump it, flush the big potty, wash hands).  I never felt comfortable with trying to keep her sitting on the potty.

    After months of casual potty learning we did the 3 day potty training.  In 3-day potty training one of the principles is not sit them on the potty and wait, or even ask them if they need to go.  Instead you say things like "tell mommy when you need to go potty" and then rush them to the potty the moment you see an accident so they can finish on the potty, that way they get the association and what it feels like to have to go.  I mention this because the 3day method discourages sitting them on the potty when they don't have to go because even if they do eventually go, it might take them longer to associate the having to go feeling with going to the potty.  Resulting in you being potty trained on when to take them to the potty vs them being potty trained on when they need to go to the potty, KWIM?

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