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maybe it will FINALLY click
Don't know if anyone recalls the debacle that was potty training for us a few months ago. Since then we have completely backed off & decided that E's personality is one that she is not going to potty train until SHE is ready. Waiting, waiting waiting...
But she just started back at her old day care center (had been staying with a SAHM for the last year) and she is seeing kids her age and younger using the potty all day long. So yesterday on her sheet the teachers asked for panties and lots of extra clothes, so I guess she is showing an interest already.
But now the big question is: does this mean that we need to go to panties full time except for naps/bed at home too? I guess that is the least confusing thing, but after last time I had decided that I wasn't going to let her start wearing panties again until she had consistently asked to use the potty and actually GONE on it before she was rewarded with panties.
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Re: maybe it will FINALLY click
Considering that we're only a month in, I might not be the best person to dish out advice on the topic, but we've been surprisingly successful so far, so I will let you know what worked for us.
Holly has been in undies all day for almost 4 weeks, and we went cold turkey with them. We had her help us throw all of her diapers in a trash bag (which we put into the trash can in front of her, then pulled out and put back in our closet. LOL). She's currently in a pull-up at night because she was consistently wetting her bed and not waking up. However, she is starting to have a dry pull-up more often now, so we will look into stopping those soon...maybe. :-) She is in undies during naps.
We followed the 3 day "boot camp" method (I have the e-book, if you'd like it), but the jist is that you put them in undies, and throw away all diapers, even pull ups (which obv, we're not following to a "t," but we call them undies as well, and "expect" her to treat them like undies by keeping them dry.) You train them to tell you when they need to go, instead of asking them if they need to go, of putting them on the potty at timed intervals. You repeatedly say "let me know when you need to go potty. Remember, we have to keep our undies dry!" All..day...long. You're still reminding them to go, but it seems (to them) that the ball is in their court.
The first day, there was accidents all day long. The second day, there was one accident. The third, there were none. She's had 3 accidents (two at daycare, and one in the car) since then, but all were her first week. We reward her with a sticker on a potty chart, and a mini m&m for either pee or poop (though she hasn't gotten upset when she doesn't get one, like when we're out, or when she's at school). I have been so pleased with this, and she is so proud of herself. (She recently entertained all of CiCi's Pizza by exclaiming "I DID IT!" to DH when she came out of the bathroom..LOL. the novelty of "doing it!" hasn't worn off yet, which is cute!)
I personally wouldn't treat undies as a reward, but as a privilege--"you can wear these, but you MUST keep them dry" If she doesn't, don't punish her, or make her go back to diapers, just keep reiterating how she HAS to keep them dry. The book suggests making the cleanup process for accidents be really drawn out, and make them help, so they have a more negative association with accidents.
Anyway, like I said, who knows if we're in the clear at this point, but I've been surprised at how it...well, WORKED! It sounded almost gimmicky to me at first, but after seeing how well it worked for racey's Natalie, I wanted to give it a try. I'm glad I did!
GL!
YGM :-)
I need it to please. I'm having my own woes.
Definitely this. It was really confusing for Chloe to go back and forth between the two at her two separate houses and it took SO long for her to get trained. It's scary but just do it! Sounds like she is ready!
I agree. My nephew had a hardtime with this going back and forth between my sister's and his dad's house -- his dad wasn't proactive with potty training and it took him a lot longer (and he got frustrated).
We did the 3-day method also -- straight to underwear (including naps and nightime) and no set time for putting her on the potty. Just reiterating she needed to tell us when she had to go etc. It worked really well for us. Natalie hates to have her routine changed so waiting for her to want to make the change was just not going well, etc. She'll stay with something forever it seems like, as long as her routine doesn't change so this was the best method for her.