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PT Question
How do you know when they are really ready for PTing? You do not know how badly I want Keria to be out of diapers when this baby gets here, or even soon after! I started by asking her if she wanted to sit on the potty before bath time. At first she was all about it and now she says 'no'. I don't push her and just say 'ok' and put her right in the tub.
I have noticed she has been holding her pee a lot lately--we have fewer diapers to change these days for sure. I would prefer to do the 3 day method but I have a feeling she still is not ready for that. I foresee a lot pee on my floor...and nothing changing her mind! I could be wrong though.
When did you PT or decide it was time? Especially for those around 2 years old!
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Re: PT Question
When I went for DS 2 yr appt, the Dr. told me a few things.
1. He has to be ready. If I force it on him, I will lose the battle. That is one thing he can and will control.
2. It's a lot easier to potty train in the summer time. (not sure why but that's what she suggested)
3. He needs to be holding his urine. Meaning, he should have a dry diaper most of the day and then a really wet diaper.
4. He needs to understand the concept of where urine comes out and that he can control it.
We are not close to being ready. The only thing he loves to do is flush the potty when anyone uses it. Hey, at least we have that one knocked out right?
Very good tips. Jocelyn likes to sit on her potty w/out a diaper but doesn't go in it. She jumps up and yells "I did it" but there is nothing in the potty. Sometimes she'll pretend to push. Then she always wants her diaper to be put back on. She sat on it for about 10 minutes today. We are not ready yet but I'm just taking little steps like sitting on it, talking about it, etc. She has woken up from naps dry before, so I figure by summer we'll be on the right track.
I do agree that if they're not ready, it's not going to happen. But I only agree with "following their lead" or "waiting until they're interested" mentality to a certain degree. The only things Holly is consistently interested in are Yo Gabba Gabba and ice cream. So I wasn't about to base my decision to take PTing seriously solely on her interest in it. LOL. Toddlers are fickle. I feel like at some point, you have to take that control back from them, or else you're just doing a back and forth dance, and prolong the process.
We introduced the potty around 17-18 months. I read the 3 day PT book for the first time around this time too. We talked about the potty a lot, and encouraged her to sit on it before or after her bath. We also let her start wearing underwear for short periods most evenings, which she thought was SO cool (especially the ones with YGG characters or Elmo on them). We always hang out in her room for awhile before bath time, so we'd let her wear them while we were playing. We'd also let her help us put them on her stuffed animals sometimes. hehe. She peed in them a couple of times during this time, and we'd say "oh no, when we wear undies, we have to keep them dry." And we'd either put her back in a diaper, or go ahead and do her bath.
She sat on the potty a couple of times a day for several weeks. She peed on it a few times, and pooped once. Then all of the sudden, she just wasn't having it. We'd suggest that she sit on it, and she'd adamantly refuse. So then we quit talking about it for a while.
Honestly, I just picked a time when I had a Monday off (since we'd need 3 days), and just put it on my schedule as something we were going to do. DH planned to take off that day too, so we could kind of share the process some. Iit was stressful being glued to her side for 3 days straight--it was nice to give each other breaks. I knew she had the ability to understand, and I knew she had the ability to do it. Whether or not she would actually do it was the question. I went into it with little expectations, but figured it was worth a shot.
I talked about it with her for the week before hand, talking about how we were going to throw away all of our diapers in a few days, what a big girl she was, how she'd get to wear undies all day, and that she had to keep them dry. I'd quiz her about it during that week, and she'd be really excited talking about it.
As I mentioned in the other post, the first day was still pretty miserable, but it really clicked the second day. I feel like the reason we were successful was because we committed to underwear. It was tempting on that first day to fall back on a diaper, but we didn't. We've tried to convince her that the Pull-ups she wears overnight are undies as well. She seems to fall for it. hehe. I feel like going back and forth between underwear and diapers (or Pull-ups too) has got to confuse them.
We introduced the potty way early, like 13 months. She sits on it every now and then. And she pees on it sometimes. No poop yet.
Over Christmas I tried to start the 3 day method, but honestly I just didn't have the patience, and I really don't think she was ready. She went through 6 pairs of panties in the first 2 hours. Craziness. I gave up. I tried again the next day and she went through 5 pairs in 3.5 hours. So it was a little better, but she was just not interested and I gave up again. I figure we'll try again a little later...
This is pretty much how our situation and my view on it, especially the first paragraph.
We tried the laid back approach for awhile and I felt she was showing definite signs of being ready -- talked about having to go potty, understood where it came from, was holding her pee longer before going in her diaper, would sit or ask to sit on the potty occassionally and I think once peed on it during these instances but in general, she isn't going to change her routine if she knows she can stand up, put her diaper back on and pee in it and know I'll then clean her up etc. I am fully confident that had we not done 3-day, we'd still be going back and forth with her, waiting for her to commit to it more than here and there but we didn't and she's now been potty trained for 6 months or so. But with 3-day, you can't give up after the first day -- if you go that route, expect to change underwear/clean the floor 10 times that day.
Also, I think dr. say it's easier to potty train in the summer because they don't have big bulky clothes on that you need to quickly pull down or you can just have them run around naked or in underwear while potty training.
Good luck!