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tips about potty training?

CaitlinJ22CaitlinJ22 member
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Ds had a few weeks where he was all about the potty, then it stopped. Id ask and he wouldnt want to go. Then I got pg, sick and really was too tired to deal. He will go before bath, nap and bed, but wont generally ask more than that. 

DD keeps taking her diaper off and saying POTTY! which she has gone once but that was a fluke....anyone get two kids to PT at once? THat would be great!

DS also has major constipation issues that we have under control but I know going #2 will be hard to get him to do. 

anyway, Im worried about having 3 in diapers come june!!! i need some advice please! 

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Re: tips about potty training?

  • howleyshellhowleyshell member

    I didn't exactly train 2 of them at once but it was darned close.

    I trained my oldest at 20 months and since we were always in the bathroom anyway I did elimination communication with my then 3 month old.

    The way I looked at it we were in there on a schedule anyway - why not take the extra minute to put the 2nd one on as well.

    My advice would be to set aside 3 days where you can stay home and work on it.  Tell them they're done with diapers, put them in underwear with plastic pants and sweat pants/leggings on over (to minimize mess on the floor) and go for it.

    Our first catches were putting the portable potty IN the tub and sitting them on it as it filled with water.  Think about when you KNOW they pee/poop and start there.   With those first catches we did huge celebrations.

    From there it was 20 minutes after eating/drinking and every hour or so until they got the hang of it.

    I recommend making it a "potty party" complete with potty books, DVD's, rewards, etc.

    Can't hurt to try, right?

    As for your oldest?  I never gave them the option.  They're kids and they're kinad programmed to do what they're told.  It was scheduled just like nap and eating times.  For us the self-initiation of going to the potty didn't happen until they'd been out of diapers for a while.  Start first by helping them learn to release it on their command and over time the awareness of the need to go will develop and they will self-initiate.

    GL! 

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  • marielovestimothy03marielovestimothy03 member
    I tried the 3 day thing with DD1 around 27 months after she'd been showing signs of readiness for awhile and it was a HUGE fail. I kept up the training because she did show interest but it was a long road. We're just over 2 months past when I started and she's mostly pee trained now but she did most of it on her own. We took a break for awhile and she started taking the lead on it when SHE was ready to. I definitely recommend waiting until they are truly ready. It makes a WORLD of difference between a long, drawn out, headache inducing process and one that could be a lot easier, faster and less stress. She's still in diapers for naps, night and going out in public and I'm HOPING she's fully trained over the next 6 months before #3 shows up though.
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  • Arielle27Arielle27 member

    I can't say how it happened for sure, but apparently when DH's sister was potty trained (at 3 years old), he decided he wanted to stop wearing diapers as well and decided to potty train himself at the same time.

    Good luck!

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  • kfrisciakfriscia member
    No advice with 2 at once. But with ds#1 I had tried the relaxed approach... Pull ups.. Etc... Well he could have cared less. Then I decided it was time to get serious. We went cold turkey and used only underwear during the day. The first day he had 3 accidents in the morning and it definitely bothered him. After nap that day he had only one accident. And gradually by the end of the week he was accident free. He was around 2.5. Ds#2 is pretty close to being ready... But I'm pregnant and exhausted and I am not mentally ready to go down that road just yet!
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  • lkf041lkf041 member

    I just went cold turkey and got rid of the diapers for my son when he turned 2.5. He caught on within a few days.  Poop training is way harder than pee training.  That took about two full months to get him to go and we used the bribery method for poop. (he would wait until nap time when he wore pull ups to poop).  To help with poop training I bought loads of matchbox cars and he got one every time he pooped on the potty.  I put them in the bathroom on the counter top so he could see them but he couldn't have one until he pooped.  

    My DD is the same as yours right now, she wants to use the potty but doesn't actually go when I put her on it.  It would be awesome to have trained but I'm kind of busy right now with a newborn;)

    Good luck!  I hope they both train before June:) 

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