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October 2011 Moms
Potty training warning boring question
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Re: Potty training warning boring question
I don't get structured potty training. There are plenty of things that I am bothered to actively teach my kids, and this just ain't one of them.
We have a potty. My kids know how it works. They have seen me use it every single time I go for the last couple years. At some point, they will use it. I encourage it, given the opportunity, but other than that I could give a flying f*ck.
To me, it's like walking, or rolling over or something. You can ask them to do it every day, or not, and still get the same end result.
No kid ever went to kindergarten in diapers for lack of potty training.
Smit, LOL at YH. I got the gist of your original post and was in agreement but I guess it could have been taken the wrong way. It's the same as introducing table foods. There's a general age when you start to introduce them but it doesn't mean we pry their jaws open if they only want to eat pures. About 50 percent of my day care kids were potty trained but still wearing diapers by age 2.5, and I'd say 90 percent were in undies by age 3. Did they still have accidents? Sure! Even elementary school kids will need a clothes change on occasion. That doesn't mean we're emotionally damage them if we're encouraging but consistent on toilet training. I was planning to include a potty with the Xmas presents just to introduce the concept. I've got L prairie dogging it a couple times the past few days and plopped her on the toilet, and she seemed to enjoy flushing and waving goodbye to her poop, LOL.
I would hold off on the training pants for a while though smit, especially if your house is carpeted!
Wow. You guys!
It all depends on your kid. If your kids does not want to be potty trained they won't potty train. End of story! All you are doing is asking for a struggle. Oliver was 3.5-almost 4 years before he was out of diapers, and it doesn't make a speck of difference now does it. Audrey was day trained at 2, night time she had to wear pull ups until she was 5, and still has occasional accidents. I really don't understand why people get so bent out of shape by this.
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one!
Jazzy, don't be scared of potty training. It does sound like E might be in the beginning stages of readiness. That doesn't mean you have to train her RIGHT NOW, just that you could start introducing the potty. If she's already taking off her diaper to pee in the corner, wouldn't you rather she take off her diaper and pee in the potty? We're a long way behind you, since Lily has only just started sometimes telling us when her diaper is wet. Most of the time she doesn't mind sitting in her own poop or pee.
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LOL at this thread.
I got a potty seat for our toilet when my son was 18 months. He was interested, and we would put him on it before his bath. Then we introduced the morning, etc. We didn't actually potty train him until 2.5. He did great with peeing, but lawd that child did not want to poop in the toilet. At least since he was 2.5 we could talk about it (this sounds so ridiculous). I could tell Amelia now to squeeze hard like she's tooting and she would probably drool and wave, but having Hunter be 2.5- he understood.
Random people always ask mothers of babies
Are they sleeping through the night?
Random people ask mothers of toddlers
Are they potty trained?
It is not like it is a measure of parental success.
Ditto. He does it maybe once a week. Because of this, he still wears a pull up to bed. Sam's now has a giant box of the good nites bed liners, so we'll be moving to that once the pull ups run out.
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