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Potty Learning...have you started?
Married2MrWright
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Libby is 18 month old as of yesterday and we're wondering when we should start actively working on her potty learning. We did EC part-time but she gave that up completely around 10 months! She wouldn't even sit on her potty chair...now she does...but just not diaperless.
We got her a potty book which she loves and reads many times each day. She puts her dolls and stuffed animals on it and makes a "psssss" sound or says "poo poo" while doing it. She wakes up dry from naps and poops regularly every afternoon around the same time. She tells us when she does and "hides" to do it. So, she's definitely showing signs of being ready to learn to use the potty.
But is 18 months too young? What are you ladies doing? I've read about the 3-day potty training where you essentially take three days at home to actively work on it...but I wonder if we should wait. The timing right now, however, would be good...it's warm here so going naked for three days would be fine AND the closer we get to 2 years old the closer we get to her sibling being born which is a HUGE change that probably won't be a good time to start working on using the potty, KWIM?
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Re: Potty Learning...have you started?
We're starting on both #1 and #2. It's been a bit inconsistent though, esp since we can't really "catch" every time he goes #1 because I can't spot when he needs to go but if we make sure he drinks A LOT during dinner, then he'll for sure go #1 during his bath, so we have his little potty ready for that, but so far we've only gotten him to go three times at most in the course of 2 weeks (b/c we forget to let him drink a lot), so it's sort of random at this point. For #2, I got him twice but it's been getting REALLY hard b/c he knows that when he grunts (or makes pushing noises), he gets my attention so he's been doing that randomly throughout the day and we end up spending so much wasted time on the potty because he didn't actually need to go. So I've started calling his bluff...until he actually pooped, and then I missed it =P So it's hard! He says "poo poo" sometimes, but it's only AFTER he poops, so that doesn't help either =/
I think he might be a bit young right now, but I just want to teach him to let us know WHEN he has to go by associating it with the words we tell him every time we're able to catch it, so we're behind where you guys are at this point...
I've been thinking about this lately too.
Elyse has a little seat that goes on top of the toilet and she's been sitting on it while the bath is running each night.
She's showing signs of being ready like wanting fher diaper off as soon as she poops and is very interested in what I'm doing in the bathroom. She also likes to wipe herself with toilet paper.
I've heard of the three month potty training as well, my friend did it with her 3 year old and it worked really well (that could have been that he was really ready though??)
I'm worried that with the move in September and the baby in November it might be too much for her? We're working on learning the words pee and poo and going to continue sitting on the toilet at night. But for actual potty training I'm going to wait until the new year when things are settled.
But to answer your question I don't know if 18 months is too early? I think if Libby is showing signs of being ready and adapts easily to the training go for it. She seems like she's advanced for her age in most things
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It seems like yesterday we were talking about the three week growth spurt, now we're discussing potty training!
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We started around that age and then B totally lost interest so we stopped. Now we're kind of starting again. Not too hard but attempting more frequently. I've had several friends do the 3 day and it worked but they all warned against going completely naked. They say that if you do that then they want to be naked to pee/poop EVERY time, which is a PITA. They also say it's hard for them to understand the whole underwear/panty thing if they are naked and then all of a sudden you toss them in clothes.
Bella is showing tons of signs of readiness. She puts animals and dolls on the potty and claps for them. She understands the concept. She's started taking her own diaper off when she's wet and a few times with poop. She "holds it" when she's diaperless at home (we still let her air out a few times a day even in sposies) and she crosses her knees and says "potty" then sometimes she freaks and says "no potty", meaning she doesn't want to go on the potty. She says "diaper on"... I'm not sure why she does that but I don't fight it. We're hoping the next time I'm off on the weekend that we can do the 3 day thing... but we'll see. Timing has to be just right. Also B LOVES stickers and she knows when she goes on the potty she gets one so she really enjoys that.
If you think she's ready, go for it! You'll know if she's not and then you can back off. Your a great mom and you'll know if the timings not right if you start it and it doesn't seem to feel right to you.
I'm glad to know that Kaya isn't the only one who gave up on EC. She did well until about 9 months when we went to Hawaii and her routine got thrown off. Now when I try to put her on the potty she just wants to play with the TP or her bath toys. I would love for her to be out of diapers by 2, though. Actually, I'd be happy if she would just poop on the potty!
We just had our 2 year well baby check up. Our Dr. said that until he is dry 3-4 hours then to wait and to not rush and make it a bad experience. For sure the Dr. said not to pressure Ashton. If he goes, great and reward him with lots of praise (and I give stickers). He seems to show more interest when we take his diaper off and if I ask him. Ashton also hides when he has to poo and doesn't want anyone looking at him:) Good luck. I would say just let her go when he feels like it. I've heard they pee way before they will ever poo on the potty. My gf's daughter was peeing for a long time before she would poo.
it sounds to me like Libby is very ready. i don't think 18 months is too young at all....back "in the day" kids were potty trained much earlier and it's only been as time as passed that the average age at which kids are out of diapers has gotten older and older. it's very common for kids in other cultures to be fully trained very early on. i think esp if Libby seems to understand the concept and is waking up from naps dry, she is ready b/c that shows that she is able to hold it for a longer period of time. and if she poops at the same time every day, why not just put her on the potty?
you know we started EC when Miss A was 8 months old, shortly after I learned about it from you
for a while it was great but then she would fight/cry/scream when i put her on the potty but a book or toy quickly fixed that. she was easily distracted. as she has gotten older i have found that i don't want her to be fighting it as i am putting her on the toilet so instead i say to her "do you want to read a book? which book do you want to read?" then she picks out a book and then i say "ok, let's go read ____ on the potty." and then she happily goes to sit on the potty 
we do that w/toys too if she says she doesn't want a book. i find this much better b/c i don't want her to have a negative association w/the toilet. however, 99% of the time if tell her "ok, it's time to potty now" she says "no!" and walks in the opposite direction. but just b/c she does that, doesn't mean she's not ready to be learning, IMO.
we are 100% poo poo trained....the only times she'll poop in her pants now is in the morning... b/c i'll let her play quietly in her crib in the morning while i snooze a bit and she doesn't always say "poo poo" out loud when no one is around and she'll just go in her pants
but, i'd say that since Feb, that has only happened maybe 3x - so not bad, really. i'm more frustrated with the peeing b/c she doesn't care if she is wet. she knows what pee is b/c sometimes when she pees she says "pee!" the other thing is if she really wants something, i say "ok, if you want _____ then pee and you can have it" or "go pee and then we can go play with ____." and she instantly has this look of concentration on her face and pees! she just does not choose to communicate with me when she has the urge to pee, though. she also likes to run naked after her bath into one particular corner in the nursery and pee there. so i feel she truly understands the concept of pee and the sensation of it, but she just has no motivation to stay dry or tell me. that said, if we potty her about once/hour she will stay dry and have 0-2 wet trainers/day. (and there are days that we are out running errands and gone for 3 hrs and she comes home dry! which is why it's frustrating when she pees after just 1 hr sometimes LOL) i am really hoping she'll be out of the trainers by the age of 2 but we'll see.
i think you should try with Libby and see what happens. you definitely want it to be a positive experience and if she isn't into it, then stop and try again later. also, here are some good blog posts about training
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Yes! I think travelling threw Libby off too...we were in Seattle when she ditched the ECing too. And like you, I'd love for her to at least poop in the potty. I tell her that daily...since she HATES to have poopy diapers. "If you tell us you have to poop we can do it in the potty and not in your diaper..." She consistently poops each afternoon around 4:30 p.m. but when I try to get her to sit on the potty she'll only do it for 15 seconds and not sit long enough to actually go. But, when it's her idea, she'll sit there for a long time, reading a book, etc. So we're staying flexible. We have taken poop from her diaper and plopped it in her Bjorn potty and then let her help us take it to the toilet to flush so she can get the concept of how it all works.
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We also started at 18 months, and she did really well but only for about a week or two. It was difficult for us to be consistent with her at the time because we couldn't dedicate back to back days of training. So to answer your question, I don't think it's too early to at least try, Libby sounds like such a smart girl anyway
I will say that Cassie did not become fully potty trained with #1 until she was 2 years old, and with #2 about 2 months later. She would beg and cry to do #2 in a pullup so I finally hid them and told her there were no more and that seemed to do the trick.
It's different for us since he has EC'd for so long. I would try to read her signs. This might seem strange, but does she see you guys use the toilet? J usually asks to use the potty anytime DH or I go. So between the 2 of us that is frequent enough for it to make a difference and keeps LO's training pants dry on a consistent basis. He's still wet after naps regardless.
J is 75% trained for #2. The 25% is at school. He use to be regular - 1 poo/day at wake up. He now poo's up to 3 times a day and when it's at school he doesn't let usually them know in advance. Once I told them he uses the potty at home they started to ask him after nap time and he does occasionally want to use it. But he's kind of tricky and knows that means he gets to visit the 24-36mo room which is some sort of fun treat in his mind. So they probably don't encourage it as much as they should b/c it's a fight to get him to willfully return to his own room.
Good luck!
Kaya rarely complains about her diaper, even poop. Although most of the time she will tell us right after she goes. She sometimes says it before she goes and then doesn't do anything when I try to put her on the toilet. And then a few minutes after I put her diaper back on she goes. Grr. We let her watch us go and she gets it but she still won't do it. I mean, she'll say "shi shi" (Japanese for pee) when she sees me peeing and she will even say "doo doo" when she sees the toilet. I think she doesn't want us seeing her go? Another thing, she only poops at home. She usually goes 2x a day, morning and night. But if we go out in the morning, she will hold it until we get home. So I know she has enough control. I just don't know what to do to get her to go on the potty.