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BTDT Moms: weird question
Marnie has been dry overnight for weeks now. We have been putting a diaper on her 'just in case', but she even woke up a few nights ago at 2am to go to the bathroom, so I think we're done with diapers for good.
So, weird question, do you put underwear on your kids, or let them go commando? I remember we used to wear nighties pretty much exclusively as kids and went commando (TMI, I know, sorry), but what do you do when your kid is wearing footie PJs or a pants/t-shirt set?
So, weird question, do you put underwear on your kids, or let them go commando? I remember we used to wear nighties pretty much exclusively as kids and went commando (TMI, I know, sorry), but what do you do when your kid is wearing footie PJs or a pants/t-shirt set?
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Re: BTDT Moms: weird question
I still like changing into clean underwear before bed. I go through a lot of underwear.
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Karen - 36 DH - 39
@ebille we got Angry Birds underwear that Marnie loves.
Monster Truck (It's a GIRL!) is due 19/02/2015!
@Silv3rlining and @KateJuly2013 OMgosh...spiders. I hate them, hate them, hate them, hate them!
I think no underwear may have confused her too because she knows she needs to keep undies dry, but without I'm not so sure what would've happened.
D 2.20.2011 & Z 7.16.2013
I digress...
I'd do clean undies unless you don't want extra wash. I went commando later (like 8 years old). You could always trial & error it to see if she has a preference?
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@Primrosemama we potty trained over Christmas when DH was home, so she was 2.5. She will be 3 in June, but has been dry overnight for probably the past two months. It is DEFINITELY nice to not have two in diapers anymore!
PT was surprisingly easy - we use stickers as a reward. She goes in the potty, she gets to put a sticker on the potty (in hindsight, I would probably put up a posterboard above the potty to put the stickers on). One for a pee, and two for a poop. We took one solid day when we were staying in the house and did it. But she was definitely ready for it at the time.
She had a couple of panic moments when she had to poop and was freaking out about having to sit on the potty to do it, so I distracted her with the sticker sheet and had her sit on the potty to decide and admire which sticker she wanted for her potty after. She was so distracted by the stickers that she calmed right down.
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We've had issues with public toilets being scary for her. She's fine until we get to the dropping of pants/undies. Then she flips out even if we bring the adapter potty thing in the bag. She just freaks on the potty.
We are working on currency/reward for her. Stickers don't seem to work or she melts down because she wants ALL the stickers. So far a little chocolate has been effective. It's hard to make rewards that stay appealing. :-?
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@PrimRoseMama maybe she's just not ready yet? I had on-and-off success with Marnie before we hit it hard just after she turned 2.5, so Abby is still young.
Marnie wasn't really recognizing #2 until she was going, either. But she always gave a few good toots beforehand, and would get that 'concentrating' look before it happened, so we usually had time to whisk her away to the potty.
We really had no success with public toilets until she was potty trained really well and going in a seat adapter at home (not on a little potty). If you tried she freaked right the heck out and outright refused to pee. She still doesn't really like being on public toilets. She will tell me she's done before she's done just so she can get off. We took diapers with us when we had to go somewhere (just in case), but made the trips short so she could hold it all the way through.
Or you could bring a wet bag and a few changes of clothes.
I would definitely recommend putting her right into underwear. Marnie kept forgetting to potty, but she *really* recognized when she had an accident in her underwear, and she hated it, so it made her more willing to let us know when she had to go. Or, more accurately, to actually say "yes" if we asked her if she needed to.
After the first couple of days she would even cry if she peed in her diaper... I don't think this is entirely normal, though, and we may just have gotten off easy.
Even now, sometimes she'll say she doesn't have to go, then be at red alert ten minutes later. We had an accident on the floor at playgroup the other day because she was too busy having fun to recognize that she needed to go until the last minute. It's a good thing they have a clothing exchange there. We came home with a nice pair of flannel pajama pants....
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@thegoodpotato sorry no advice because I'm stuck imagining spiders will be crawling up my whoo ha if I forget to wear undies to bed tonight and for the rest of my life...
I can't remember if I wore underwear to bed as a kid, but I don't as an adult. It's not really comfortable and definitely not good for the GU system.
@PrimRoseMama We did naked potty training over a long weekend and it worked amazing! Day 1 was a little stressful, but he's been trained since day 2 with only a handful of accidents in the past year. We also did cheering and cool whistle candies when he went. Potty training is stressful!