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If you've been through the potty training process...

Mama AngelinaMama Angelina member
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Please share your thoughts/advice! 

DS turned 2 a few weeks ago and he has been showing readiness for a while now and we CD so I think that helped him to be aware of when he's wet.  We didn't really use a specific method or do much research, but we are trying to get a kickstart over this long weekend.  If it doesn't work now, we are totally fine waiting but we figured we'd give it a try and see what happens.

Here was day 1: DS woke up dry after 12 hours, and went to the potty this morning and went after a few minutes.  Really surprised us.  He had three potty accidents over the course of the day (while distracted and playing), and each time went running over to the potty immediately after and squeezed out another drop or two.  He went #1 about six times in the potty, and #2 twice also.  We didn't change a single diaper all day!  Which is nice, since that's one less load of laundry to do.  The rewards we used today were giving a chocolate chip for #1 and a yogurt raisin for #2. Oh, and letting him wear big boy underwear. He loves them and wanted to wear them all day.  Otherwise the day was pretty normal aside from not leaving the house much: twice to play in the yard, and one short car trip to get take-out.  He stayed dry during those.  He just drank water & milk and ate at his normal snack and mealtimes.  I was surprised he was so willing to sit on the potty and didn't need to be coaxed with special treats/activities.       

Any suggestions for things we can do tomorrow to keep up the motivation?  He seems to be getting the hang of it and tonight after dinner he ran over to sit and two seconds later he announced that he made a 'BIG poop!"  I don't know how many accidents are typical on day 1, 2, or 3 but I was prepared to clean up a lot of messes today and it didn't seem like a big deal.  I did feel like we asked him often if he had to go. Sometimes he told us no, and sometimes he didn't say anything but went to sit on his potty.  I just want to keep things positive for him and try to keep the ball rolling.  Thank you for any advice/suggestions!  I just hope today wasn't a streak of luck and the real FUN starts tomorrow, lol!
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Re: If you've been through the potty training process...

  • vtkgirl77vtkgirl77

    I would say that you are off to a really good start and I think you are doing everything right. DD wet about 10 pairs of underwear the first day if that's any indication but she started to catch on the second day.

    A few things we did is that I don't always "ask" DD if she needs to go potty. Sometimes I just say, "it's time to go potty" and take her. I would give her animal crackers and/or read to her to get her to stay on the potty (otherwise she wanted to jump off). I also keep an eye out for "signs" she needs to pee. For DD, she starts walking on her tippy toes but for boys, it may be different. Some people also do a sticker chart in the bathroom but we didn't do that because DD likes to put the stickers on her hands and then on the furniture.

    I would just say to keep up the good work.

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  • Mama AngelinaMama Angelina member
    Thanks!  Things seemed to go well and he just had 5 accidents total over 3 days.  Now he's just in a cloth diaper at night.  I need to figure out how to go about him starting preschool this week though and being newly potty trained.. :)
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