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Toddlers: 24 Months+
supermom83
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A little mommy vent
supermom83
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So I have a little monkey who's turning 2 in 8 days, and since baby #2 is due next summer, I thought, hmm, I should probably get somewhat started on this whole potty-training thing sometime soon unless I want to be changing 1000 diapers/day come June..... or worse, having to potty train a toddler with a newborn in tote.
So I started potty training today.....yeah....it's been an interesting day. Needless to say I've cleaned up more pee puddles and poopy underwear than I think my daily quota can withstand and it's day 1! Ha!
I really don't expect my son to understand the whole potty thing right away, and I assume it's going to be a long process (maybe even longer than the 7 months till the baby gets here), that's why I'm starting it this early and it's VERY low pressure, I've been very happy-go-lucky around him and giving him lots of praise and hugs and kisses and he's been very happy all day (even DH commented on how happy he seemed today). But alas, DS didn't even have one successful poop or pee in the potty, I caught him in the act each time and rushed him over but he was always done by the time he sat on the potty. I put him down for his nap in underwear and he woke up super cranky, crying because he wet his bed and was upset his clothes were soaked and he didn't nap well at all. So I put him down for bed in a diaper because I don't think he could make it through the night without some serious issues.
Here's to hoping tomorrow is better! I can't imagine doing this while in my third trimester lugging around that big old belly, I mean I have to be lightning quick and it's hard enough as it is right now!
Any pregnant mommies out there with a toddler and trying to potty train? I'm using the 3 day potty training method.
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Re: A little mommy vent
not to be rude- but PTing because you don't want 2 in diapers is a really bad reason to be rushing PT'ing.
They train when they are ready- if you even try before that time- you are just going to have a lot days like today. And it is going to take FOREVER! Honestly- you are wasting your time.
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I completely agree. It's really not a good way to go about it. They have to be ready or it's going to be a looooong process. Wait until he gives the signs and then it will go quickly. Some kids aren't ready until 3.
And it's no big deal changing 2 kids diapers (and I wash mine), so don't worry about that.
Yeah, I'm very aware that when it comes to PTing, people have very very different views on when and how to do it. I realize that a lot of people think that 24 months is too young, and some people feel like a 4 or even 3 year old in a diaper or pull-ups is way too old....and I respect everybody's own opinions and choices when it comes to parenting. It's funny, before I ever became a mom I used to think "I would NEVER do such and such, and why don't they just do this or that..." hehe, until I had my own and realized that being a parent is not as simple as it seems because there's never really a RIGHT way or a WRONG way to do anything, every kid is different, and every kid needs different things so my judging went out the door pretty quickly. I read a hysterically funny mommy-blog, and one of the entries summed it up pretty well. Read it, it's pretty funny! All about the "Ah I get it now.." moments us mommies go through after we have our own. https://www.rantsfrommommyland.com/2010/07/sgw-my-top-10-oh-now-i-get-it-moments.html
In regards to my little guy, he did show a lot of signs of interest in PTing, that's why I started it to begin with. He sits on the potty but with his clothes on, and we sing a song and he gets very excited. When I bought underwear (he saw his cousin had some and he wanted some too) he put them on (over his diaper) and refused to put pants on because he thought the underwear were too cool and he walked around the house for a whole day in his underwear showing it off to anybody who would look! It was super cute, and he had speech therapy that day (he's currently diagnosed with an expressive speech delay with suspected Apraxia of speech), so the speech therapist came over to our house for his session and he did it all in his underwear! Cute
) He also usually wakes up from naps with a dry diaper, and even wakes up in the morning with a dry diaper but would go right when he woke up, so I thought wow he's holding it all night and during nap so maybe if I showed him what he had to do he would eventually pick it up.
Again, I want to clarify that I in no way, shape or form expect him to get it any time soon, and I'm bracing myself for a long PTing process, hence starting it this early. I assume his speech delay is going to effect the PTing process since he can't communicate orally when he needs to go and we're trying with sign-language. I want him to enjoy the process and I don't want to be rushing it and stressing out about it, I want to take my sweet old time teaching him, so that's why I thought starting this early would help the idea eventually sink in. I mean right now I'm a stay at home mom and ALL my attention is on him and we had a really good day yesterday (fun wise for him, just stressful for me). I know that when I have the baby in June, I might not be this patient and just might not have the actual time to give DS ALL my attention for him to enjoy the process. Maybe I'm wrong, but that was my thought process.
I don't think that you should have to justify your reasonings (which sound valid to me). You're absolutely right that you are the parent and are allowed to have your own view and decisions. All you wanted to do was vent and get some support. Hang in there!! I'm proud of you for being patient and trying to make this fun for your DS. Good luck with the process!