Wish me luck...

wifeofadam · December 2013

I've started potty training DD1 this morning. Potty training is my least favorite parenting chore of them all. I would rather change a million poopy diapers than deal with the stress of following a two year old around all day and cleaning up urine from the carpet.

Diapers are just so easy, especially cloth, because it's essentially free. I'm praying this will be painless and fast.

kleigh926 · December 2013

Good luck! I'm sure I won't enjoy that either.

kelly321 · December 2013

Good luck! We were there with DD1 and then we took our trip to the States and she totally regressed. So now we're going to have to start over. :-(

penguingrrl · December 2013

Good luck! I put that off as long as humanly possible unless they show signs they're really ready. Diapers are a million times easier than a newly half-potty trained toddler!

ericalee27 · December 2013

Training DS1 has been without a doubt my least favorite thing about parenting! Good luck!!!!

PhieryBFly · December 2013

A guy from work swears that he potty trained 3 of his 4 kids in about a day each. He didn't use the same method on the first and that why it took so long (again, this is what he claims). He said he used the method outlined in the book, "Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day" by Teri Crane. It involves having your child potty train a stuffed animal (which kinda mays sense actually since we all retain info better after teaching it). I've already told my husband he's totally in charge of this! Of course, my daughter is only 9 months so we'll see how it goes when we get there.

SidraJedi · December 2013

Good luck!

CamMyMan · December 2013

lilsebastian said:
Good luck! Hopefully any messes you have to clean up are nothing compared to her poop painting adventure!

lol!

wifeofadam · December 2013

lilsebastian said:

Good luck! Hopefully any messes you have to clean up are nothing compared to her poop painting adventure!

NOTHING will ever compare to that disaster. It lives on in my nightmares...

tamarar5 · December 2013

Good luck!

wifeofadam · December 2013

So, I mentioned it in the other potty post, but yesterday was a big fat fail. By the end of the day when I counted up the number of accidents and realized that DD just wasn't getting it, I decided to put diapers back on.

If I wait long enough she'll just figure it out on her own, right?

penguingrrl · December 2013

Emma was 3y 9m before she was ready to train, but when she did it was immediate witth pretty much no accidents!

wifeofadam · December 2013

penguingrrl said:

Emma was 3y 9m before she was ready to train, but when she did it was immediate witth pretty much no accidents!

This is good to know. DS1 was three and a half before he trained and it was a really long drawn out process. DS2 was about DD1's age, 2 1/2, when he asked to train and was done in 3-4 days. Everyone told me girls would be easier and this is the third time I've tried with DD1 and she just isn't getting it. I know that if I really followed her around and got her to poop on the potty once, I could probably get her trained within a few weeks and then have a few months of random accidents, but it just doesn't sound like fun right now. It seems like I'd be adding a bunch of unnecessary stress to our lives. She seems content in the diapers, so I'll just wait for her cue, I guess.

musicalmama5 · December 2013

I'd stick with diapers til she's really ready. You've got enough on your plate!

tamarar5 · December 2013

I moved into an apartment when dd was 20 months old and we suddenly had coin laundry. I couldn't afford paper diapers or the $6.50 daily for laundry so I started pt with her. She SOOO wasn't ready. It took 8 months and it was miserable. In the end I think I spent as much on laundry as if I had stuck with cloth the whole time. Even at 2.5 when she was "potty trained" she still had tons of accidents. That didn't stop until she was almost 3.5. I wish I had waited.

Wish me luck...

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