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anyone potty train their LO yet?
We just got our daughter a potty today and a few books...any advice? I think my biggest question is during potty training, did you put LO in underwear, or pull ups? DD is 18 months and refuses to keep her diaper on after pooping, and stays dry for 2-3 hours at a time even though her fluid intake is really good. She is so interested in the adult toilet and is very interested when I use it (if I don't let her in the bathroom she bangs on the door, and if I do let her in she stands in front of me and tries to look in the toilet). Her doctor said he thinks we should give it a try and let her decide if she really is ready, so...here goes!
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Re: anyone potty train their LO yet?
My DS treated pull ups like diapers, so we just used underwear when we started training. I also bought some cotton training pants for when we needed to leave the house so we wouldn't have any crazy accidents: https://www.amazon.com/Carters-Training-Pants-Dinos-Multi/dp/B004MMFWHI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1336177114&sr=8-3
Those worked well because he would feel wet, as opposed to the pull ups that just felt like a diaper to him.
Good luck!
We just started potty training and also didn't like pull ups. She peed and poo in them as if they were a diaper.
I got Gerber cloth training pants and she feels wet when she pees but it doesn't make a huge puddle on the floor. I also got a potty that only sings AFTER she goes (has a sensor) so she knows she only gets her treat when the music plays.
Before last month I knew she wasn't ready and really didn't push it. I ask her when/if she want to wear diapers or underwear and let it be up to her.
Good luck
I think DD has been ready to at least start potty training. But I don't want to get into serious training before the baby comes. I figure any progress we make she would probably regress on when there's a new LO here.
But once we take out our wall to wall carpeting (this summer) we will see how she does w/ potty training.
Both my boys were out of diapers by 20 months. My advice?
1. There's a really good book called "Early Start Potty Training" that I liked a lot.
2. Pull ups are glorified diapers so if you want to get serious about it go to underwear so they can learn to feel wet and want to avoid it. They make plastic pants to cover regular or trainer underwear that will minimize the mess. We also put sweat pants on over the underwear and plastic pants to further help absorb accidents.
3. There is a potty training board that's a sub board of the 24+ months board. You'll find comradery and advice there.
4. I personally waited until the baby was born AND STTN to do this. My oldest came to me a few months before the baby was born and told me "poop" right before pooping in his pants. I knew it was time to work on it but honestly I wasn't in the right frame of mind. It takes a lot of patience and that's something I'm short on with a new born and sleep deprivation so I waited until the baby was here and we were all settled in and STTN before I started with him.
5. Be prepared for judgement. The US has the latest average age of potty training in the world. Your daughter is right at the average age that the majority of the world potty trains but people in the US will be quick to tell you she's too young, not ready, etc. I was stunned at how many people thought it was down right cruel to be potty training my kids before the age of 2.
6. Potty training is like every thing else in parenting - it's not black and white. Give it a go. If it works and you're both handling it well then continue. If it becomes overwhelming for either of you then back off and try again at another time. You will not psychologically damage your child for trying it at this age. There will be tough times and plenty of laundry but I promise you that children are totally capable of learning how to use the toilet at this age. We potty train cats and dogs much younger. Kids are capable. It's just more work and requires more patience to train them young.
7. Try to keep it fun. We had a big potty party with plenty of rewards and celebrating.
8. Our first catches were with putting the portable potty inside the bath tub at bath time. It's a great way to start some success. The warm water encourages them to release their urine. It gives them a chance to get the feel of things and learn to voluntarily release on their own.
9. Potty training at this age is more about learning to release it on command than it is about learning how to tell you when their bladders are full and they NEED to go. Plan on having her sit on a schedule. Chance are she won't be able to articulate a need to go until she's older.
GL!!!
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
DD1 has been PTed for a few months now, and we never really used PullUps. I bought one pack, opened it, and ended up donating all but 2 or 3 of them. We had been very casual about potty training for a few months prior. The potty was out, and we'd let her sit on it before bath time, that sort of thing. Before getting serious about PTing, I waited for a time when I knew I'd be ok with being stuck home for a few days and then I just let her run around with a bare bottom. At first we stuck with regular diapers for longer car rides as well as night time, but we got rid of diapers entirely within 2 months or so.
At first, I'd put her on the potty something like every 20 minutes. Then we she started getting the hang of it, I spaced it to every one hour. I'd say it took about a month to a month and a half before she was REALLY potty trained. And by that, I mean no more accidents (less than one a week) and no need to be reminded to go potty.
Having a baby to care for while potty training my oldest wasn't really that hard (though I wouldn't have done it with a newborn on my hands). DD2 was 5 - 6 months then, so she wasn't mobile, which made it easier to drop everything when DD1 needed me (in the early days of potty training, she would call out "pee pee" and I literally had less than 5 seconds to get her on the potty).
Hope that helps and Good luck!