Potty Training (non-clicky)

Nicole0012 · January 2013

Where are you in terms of potty-training LO? Is he/she fully trained and out of diapers? Just in diapers at night? Working on it but no where near ready for toddler undies?

M showed a little bit of interest last month, and he has officially peed and pooped exactly two times on the potty. However, suddenly he wants nothing to do with it. If we stick him on the potty, he immediately struggles to get down, even if we try talking, singing, reading, etc. while he is there. I think he's just not ready yet. I'm not really in any hurry, but curious to see where he is in comparison to others his age.

lrn327 · January 2013

I'll go with working on it. However, we've been at this stage for probably six months! It's mostly b/c of DC though b/c they train his whole class at the same time (though they're not rushing him, just offering). For several months though, C would fight to get off about five seconds after we put him on. We didn't want to force him so would just let him get down. Now though, he's much more receptive to staying there. We offer videos on the iphone, pretty much his only iphone use so it's novel. Our struggle now is just getting him enthusiastic to get on in the first place. Sometimes he's really in to it, most times he's meh. He was pretty pumped about his new Thomas undies though.

GrayGhost13 · January 2013

No where near right now, I think.

We bought a potty and some books about the potty, and we read the books and sometimes sit on the potty but he's never gone.

He still only sometimes tells us if he needs a diaper. Although, this morning, he took off his wet diaper, put his shorts back on and handed the wet diaper to DH...so I guess maybe he's closer to PT than we thought! Surprise

jillybean800 · January 2013

We are in a totally not ready camp right now. It's probably going to be my summer project haha! The only step we've taken is letting A see us go to the bathroom all the time and we go "Mommy is peeing in the potty. Now she wipes and flushes. Now she washes his hands." So at least he will know the steps.

My father came over and our bathroom is right off the kitchen. He went in there and Alexander shouted "GRANDPA PEEING IN THE POTTY! NOW HE WASH DA HANDS!" It was so funny.

desertlady86 · January 2013

DD is in big girl undies full time at home except for a diaper at night. Most nights she doesn't have a accident but it still happens. If we are going to be in town for a long time she wears a pull up but most of the time we still make it to the potty.

missmuffin87 · January 2013

desertlady86:
DD is in big girl undies full time at home except for a diaper at night. Most nights she doesn't have a accident but it still happens. If we are going to be in town for a long time she wears a pull up but most of the time we still make it to the potty.

this exactly, but add in a pull-up at nap time. Hazel naps for 3+hours and is in a crib, so she has no way of making it to the potty even if she did wake up.

Five Months to Plan · January 2013

DD will tell me about 75% of the time she needs to be changed. She will not tell anyone else though. She really has no interest in the potty. We have books we read etc. my mom tried doing some training with her when they had her for 5 days in November and she was not ready. We sometimes sit on the potty once a day.

sdpookie13 · January 2013

C only wants to use the potty after she's already pooped. And it's only after poop, not pee! weirdo kid! She'll claim that she needs to use the potty but it's def too late at that point. I just don't think she knows a head of time when she needs to go. We sometimes put her in undies (because it's exciting for her) but she always just pees in them and then looks down like "where did that come from!?" and then says "Uh oh! Caeley peed! " lol

I'm hoping that this will also be a summer project!

lulu8109 · January 2013

Nowhere near ready. We bought potty seats that go over the toilet. He likes to sit on them and pretend wipe with toilet paper. He does not tell us when he needs to go and he's never gone in the toilet. We probably won't start for awhile.

onlymeggan · January 2013

At the rate we're going he'll be 4 before he's trained LOL No where near ready! He won't tell you that he went potty and if you ask he will tell you "no" even when you clearly know he has. He doesn't care much when we go to the restroom other than to talk to us while we're in there. With new baby being here in 6 weeks I'm not going to force the issue when he isn't ready anyways.

jarebearsmom · January 2013

We are working on it. He pretty much stayed naked all of christmas break and did really well. MIL is keeping him now so she's keeping him in pull ups. He was doing so well but then we sent him to dc and they ruined it. We are trying to get him back on track

Ltlsktl30 · January 2013

N has had periods of dry and goes pee on the potty all the time. yesterday she went poo for the first time..but i did have ask her if she needed to go.

i am braving it for 3 days starting today with no diaper and running around naked to see if she is ready. i am so done having two in cloth..but we will see if she is ready...fx

JRP00 · January 2013

I really feel no need to try right now and push it. Brooklyn has a potty at home but it collects dust at the moment. If and when we're going to start potty training this summer we will go the whole nine yards. I'm a strong believer that pull-ups are just like diapers and i don't see the point.

JoJoMama730 · January 2013

lulu8109:
Nowhere near ready. We bought potty seats that go over the toilet. He likes to sit on them and pretend wipe with toilet paper. He does not tell us when he needs to go and he's never gone in the toilet. We probably won't start for awhile.

This is pretty much where we are at too. My plan is to really reinforce using the potty when G moves up a class at daycare, which will happen this summer, if not before. She is already sitting on the potty most days at care, but not everyone in the class does, just her since she showed an interest awhile ago in it. And I haven't been reinforcing it at home. In the next class up, everybody sits on the potty at diaper change time, and I'm going to use that as a launching pad for pushing the potty training. Ultimately, though, I'm on G's schedule.

enjoylife · January 2013

Has bladder control...yes up to 45 hours and a few overnights
Has peed and pooped in potty .... Yes for weeks/months but not consistently
Can say before or as he is going he needs to potty... Yes
Knows he gets one and signs for "treat" if he goes in potty.... Yes

Our 3 day potty training attempt was a big fat fail. And now his strong willed personality, coupled with "I am 2 and I can exercise my choice and it is No! " he is still in diapers full time and I don't see any end in sight....maybe this summer but it will have to be on his terms.

tiffanyp · January 2013

Avery shows signs of being ready, and she sometimes shows an interest in the potty, but all attempts we've made at potty training have been complete failures. With the new baby coming I'm putting the idea on hold for a while.

ChicagoBroad26 · January 2013

Not close at all. We have the Baby Bjorn potty chairs that she likes to sit on (and pull out the insert and wear it as a hat, but that's another story). She's peed exactly two times in the potty and we've given her huge praise. She tells me when she poops but has zero interest in sitting anywhere to do it. I'm going to just let it ride. I can't imagine, at this point, running around cleaning up pee off the floor and then being a slave to a potty schedule while adjusting to a newborn. We'll get there.

kat81again2 · January 2013

We basically have not started at all. I can tell he is not ready. We talk to him about the potty and ask him if he wants to sit on it and he tries it out and whatnot, but he has never actually gone while on it. Also DS only very recently got more in to talking so I felt like we couldn't even get going with it before his communication was better. Maybe we can start soon but I could also see this not happening for quite some time.

heyitsme · January 2013

We have a lot of transitions going on right now: he just started a new daycare, my MIL just left after staying with us for 6 weeks, and on the 1st of Feb. we are moving. Because of all these things, I don't think we're PTing yet BUT in the last week or two he has been showing more interest. He has pooped on the potty 2-3 times in the past week, but hasn't peed at all.

His daycare uses the Montessori method of PLing where the child is entirely involved in the cleanup process when it comes to accidents. I'm not sure I have the energy to do that just yet.

I do think we'll be starting in the next month or two, though.

jessrenee11 · January 2013

Now that she sees B getting his diaper changed K has to have her diaper changed lol. She has peed on the potty once and she occasionally wants to sit on it but we aren't pushing it at all. If she wants to use it we put her on there but other then that nothing yet

[Deleted User] · January 2013

P goes on the potty most of the time. She asks at home & at daycare. We send her in pull-ups, and last week she only used 2 per day at most.

She's pooped in the potty sometimes, but that's a little harder for her. She's getting there. We are at the point where I need to just do it. Put her in undies & bring changes of pants. I just haven't done that. I'm scared to. lol

utlawgirl · January 2013

Diapers only at night -- woot!

xxbabycakesxx · January 2013

Haven't even started!

EVM1216 · January 2013

We've been making some progress. We've average one or two pees in the potty a day now and just today she told me right after she pooped, which she's never done before. She's also been telling us that she wants to pee in the potty- but sometimes she's too late. We've experimented with panties, and we've had some good days, and we've had some bad days too.

MrsDe2008 · January 2013

Literally 2 mins ago I just posted how Sam did pee pee on the potty for the 1st time yesterday, but I don't know if it was a fluke or not. My neice suggested we put her on, so my sis took her diaper on and sat her on the potty. I was in the kitchen doing the dishes and of course I missed the whole thing. My sis starts screaming that Sam did pee pee on the potty, so I guess it's time to train her?

Well, Sam mentioned poop earlier today, so I took her diaper off and sat her on her potty...she didn't want to sit there. She's standing next to the potty and pees on the floor. LOL This is going to be fun.

Sonadora · January 2013

She's dry almost all day and usually after naps and probably gets 9 out of 10 poops done in the toilet.

However, the instant we put her in undies, she stops telling us she needs to go and pees and poops in them like it's her business. I'm frustrated, because fastening and unfastening a diaper 20 times a day is driving me insane. Not to mention, at home she has no interest in having H take her to the potty, just me, every.single.time.

keags5496 · January 2013

He's starting to show some signs, but is nowhere near ready he tells us he's going when he isn't and he doesn't tell me when he does. I think he's going to be my summer project too. Boo.

janneann1127 · January 2013

sdpookie13:
C only wants to use the potty after she's already pooped. And it's only after poop, not pee! weirdo kid! She'll claim that she needs to use the potty but it's def too late at that point. I just don't think she knows a head of time when she needs to go. We sometimes put her in undies (because it's exciting for her) but she always just pees in them and then looks down like "where did that come from!?" and then says "Uh oh! Caeley peed! " lol
I'm hoping that this will also be a summer project!

All of this. He is really not ready at all at this point, I don't think. We are probably a little bit lazy about it too. He has interest in the potty, and interest in what we do on it, but he has never actually gone potty in the potty..

ETA: Planning to try in May or June so he will be trained by the the time new baby comes. Right now he is still completely wet after nap and in the mornings.

TMNTgirl · January 2013

I don't think he is ready.

Right before Thanksgiving we tried no diapers and taking him to the potty every 30 mins, etc and we gave up by the end of day 1. He never went in the potty and it was hard just to even get him to sit still and try. By the end of the day he was crying/tantrum-ing and freaking out every time we even asked about the potty. It's like he was totally scared and freaked out about it. So we stopped.

I'm thinking we will try again over the summer and see how it goes.

pitterpatter129 · January 2013

We haven't started. I bought a potty chair he likes to sit on fully clothed. With newbie on the way and a move and new daycare, I figured any attempt would be futile at this point...

lswivel · January 2013

onlymeggan:
At the rate we're going he'll be 4 before he's trained LOL No where near ready! He won't tell you that he went potty and if you ask he will tell you "no" even when you clearly know he has. He doesn't care much when we go to the restroom other than to talk to us while we're in there. With new baby being here in 6 weeks I'm not going to force the issue when he isn't ready anyways.

This. He has no interest at all.

bosha711 · January 2013

We aren't formally training, but DS has peed on the potty several times, but won't poop on the potty. He complained the Bjorn potty hurt his butt (prob b/c he is so skinny, lol), so we bought one that goes on the big potty & he likes it a lot better.

I learned an interesting tid bit from our pedi that might be helpful for others, too-

I had told her that he doesn't get the concept of telling us he has to go before he actually goes. She said that's actually one of the last skills that they will develop, so if we are waiting for him to tell us he has to go, then we'll be waiting forever. What she said is most effective is to make potty time part of your daily routine so it's done at the same times every day: first thing after waking up, before & after meals & snacks, etc. That way their body gets "trained" to go at specific times of day. They also start associating going potty with the specific activities.

This is pretty much what daycare does in the 2.5 yr old room. So, we're going to try to start at home before that so he gets the hang of it by then.

Strunella · January 2013

DS has peed in the potty a number of times, but we're not really focusing on training yet. I'll admit that there are even some times that he asks to pee on the potty, but I can't be bothered because I'm in a rush to get him diapered and dressed. Bad mommy! Tonight after his bath and he asked, so I put him on and sure enough, he did pee. We'll see about this summer.

lrn327 · January 2013

bosha711:
We aren't formally training, but DS has peed on the potty several times, but won't poop on the potty. He complained the Bjorn potty hurt his butt (prob b/c he is so skinny, lol), so we bought one that goes on the big potty & he likes it a lot better.
I learned an interesting tid bit from our pedi that might be helpful for others, too-
I had told her that he doesn't get the concept of telling us he has to go before he actually goes. She said that's actually one of the last skills that they will develop, so if we are waiting for him to tell us he has to go, then we'll be waiting forever. What she said is most effective is to make potty time part of your daily routine so it's done at the same times every day: first thing after waking up, before & after meals & snacks, etc. That way their body gets "trained" to go at specific times of day. They also start associating going potty with the specific activities.
This is pretty much what daycare does in the 2.5 yr old room. So, we're going to try to start at home before that so he gets the hang of it by then.

Thanks! That's good info.

theuntaggablek · January 2013

Sebastian started trying the toilet a few months ago like gangbusters - I think because some kids in his daycare were potty training, he was really interested in going poop and potty in the toilet. For a week or two, he got stickers almost everyday at daycare because he pottied after his nap. He wasn't even two at the time, so we just let him go when he asked, and praised him a great deal when he did. I didn't even try regular undies, because I didn't think he was ready.

Now the novelty seems to have worn off, and he rarely asks. I do ask him if he wants to go regularly before his bath and during the bedtime routine, and he usually will go potty when he tries it. We wanted to establish a routine, and he was all over finding a new way to delay bedtime - mama, I want to go potty!

But I don't anticipate full-on potty training for a while.

msualum96 · January 2013

Not even on the radar. Not even close. He will occasionally say "Poopy diaper" and about 50% of the time actually HAVE one, so I know he's just not ready yet. He got a potty chair for Christmas from Grandma, and when I asked him if he wanted to sit on it I got a resounding "NO". I ask him all the time if he wants to sit on the potty, like after dinner, before baths, after baths..."NO" "NO" "NO" LOL (yes, it's a favorite word over here!) I'm in no rush either, heck I have one in diapers, what's one more? haha

TripMomma · January 2013

We haven't started at all yet.

The trio were not trained until 3 (Hayden) and 4 (Xander and Lily.) We waited until they were really ready, and when they finally were they had like maybe 3 accidents over the first 2 days, and then they were good to go.

I think we will try Jericho in a couple months just to see...he has done everything else much earlier than the triplets did so I wouldn't be surprised if he PTs earlier too.

jnicolen1 · January 2013

Oliver pees in the potty but as not pooped yet. He does tell us if needs to go but freezes up when he gets there. We also sit him on the potty before and after sleep times no matter what.

amberleeb · January 2013

We re in undies and she tell us when she needs to pee, has not had an accident since the second day of ditching the diapers 3 weeks ago. She still wears a pull up at night and nap but I think I am going to ditch the nap pull up next week since it is usually dry. We even were out and about for 3 hours today and she did fine and told me when she need to go!

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