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December 2012 Moms
jsoubel
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Rec a Potty
jsoubel
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Do I get the $10 potty? Or the $40 potty? Help! LO is into going to the bathroom with me and "helping". I thought this might be a good time to introduce her own potty. Any one have some insight on what kind of potty is best? LO likes to play with the lid on the toilet so I thought getting one with a lid might be a good idea, but really, I have no clue here.
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Re: Rec a Potty
I would go with the cheapie one, do you really need a potty to sing to you when you pee in it
We don't have one for Morgan yet but plan on getting one soon and I'm just getting an inexpensive one that will fit in our bathroom, it's small.
We Made A Wish....
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I wish I would have CD and I wish I would remember a potty when I go to the store!
Sorry for the delay- I completely forgot about this post and just happened to catch it!! Haha- my friends do call me the Potty Training Queen. From time to time they come to me and some have even sent their friends to me-first I thought it was very strange now it’s pretty comical! Now beware, here is my NOVEL!!
Honestly I've just always treated it as a regular milestone and felt they were ready by default of age. I figured 35+ years ago children did it at this age with no problem. Babies don't like being wet that's why as newborns they cry when wet then they just learn to deal with dirty diapers. It’s much easier unlearning a bad habit you've been doing for 16-18 months vs 2-3 years. We only used CDs and we just used prefolds with a fleece liner inside and a cotton fitted diaper for naps/bedtime (not all CD are alike most AIO have a built in suede liner which would wick moisture away so you miss out of the benefit of using just cotton diapers). From when our kids could crawl we would have them in the bathroom with us and they also helped flush their poop so they understand where pee/poop was suppose to go. We also would tell them when we changed them- you pooped/peed. Anyways at 1 year old we took the fleece liners out so they could feel the wetness. That's when things really clicked and they would become fussy when wet and were staying dry longer periods of time. My oldest we waited until he was 17 months old because I was pregnant and we just thought it would be easier to do it on maternity leave. I did nothing to prepare him for the change- we just did cold turkey into underwear (it took maybe 3-4 days for us to feel confident but he grasped it after day 2- for my younger 2 it took less days than that). With my 2 younger ones, when they woke up from naps (usually dry) I would sit them on the potty and they would pee. I did that for @ 1 month then just went cold turkey out of diapers. Because of their young ages I felt it was too confusing for them to be in diapers for naps & bedtimes (I just feel like you're saying its okay to stay dry during the day but other times you can wet your pants) so we fully trained them for daytime, naps and bedtime.
For my first 2 we did things different: I did the "timer method" where the first day I took them every 30 minutes when the timer went off (kept the potty in the bathroom and no games on the potty- the potty was for business only not play time). Congratulated them for being dry in underwear and if they had an accident just took them to the potty and explained they weren't dry anymore (we were not harsh about accidents). The 2nd day we did 45 mins, 3rd 1 hr- and kept extended it until 2 hours. Because neither was very verbal at that age (said maybe 5 words), I just wanted them to hold it for 2 hours until we took them. However, I was very surprised that within 2 weeks they got tired of me taking them and would say "potty" when they had to go. I liked this method because they would have been frustrated by accidents and wouldn’t want to continue so it was very stress free. For my 3rd, she grasped it better at an earlier age and really disliked being wet/dirty. At 13 months old- I would take her to the potty every 1 1/2 hr-2 hrs and her diaper was either damp or dry and she would go potty. So at 14 months old I just decided to stop diapers and did naked time for a few days (she honestly had only 1 pee on the floor accident) then did underwear. She is more independent and wouldn’t have liked the timer method at all so that’s why I did naked time (I recommend getting 2 large vinyl tablecloths to put down over your carpet just in case). She rarely says "potty" however when she has to go she either just gets up and goes to the bathroom (and we follow her to help) or she comes to us whiny and we ask if she has to go and she calms and runs to the bathroom- so she is telling us. It literally took just a few days and I can count on 2 hands how many pee on the floor accidents we had with all 3 kids combined (now we did have spots in the underwear- which I see as positive because it means they started and stopped and it was never big enough to have to change pants only underwear). I also never followed the advice that said to give them juice & more water- I just had them drink what they normally did because I felt if they drank more they'd obviously go more & would get sick of always being in the bathroom. I also wrote down when they went & if it was pee or poop. That way I could figure out their schedule easily & rate their success. I bought regular underwear (since we CD, I felt that the training pants would be too similar to their diapers). My kids are on the small size (my DDs when PT were no more than 18 lbs; DS was maybe 20 lbs) and we used 2T underwear. I washed them on hot to try to shrink and it helped some but I had to roll them. Character underwear fits more snug then colored underwear. Hanes brand fit the snuggest (Walmart's brand was baggy). Both my girls wore the boy underwear it fits more snug. For naps I used the Dappi diaper cover (it's a pull up kind). For naps & bedtime I used the Dappi diaper cover (it's a pull up kind) for the first few weeks just in case. I do want to clarify at the age I potty trained my children, they were not potty independent- meaning someone had to help pull down their pants, put them on the potty, wipe and pull their pants up. They were much older when they could do all that but for us, we didn’t mind because we feel it’s much easier to help then for them to be in diapers.
Even if my child was showing no signs, I would potty train between 17-19 months old. Reason being is it’s before the “no phase” hits and then after that it can be a power struggle. Prior to that its a fun game and it just turns into the new way of life- its so much easier/faster to go on the potty vs. having to have your diaper changed. At 17 months old they really have no control over anything and this allows them to have control over something and it makes them feel like a big person. I've helped friends PT and some of them PT their older kids when they were 2-3 years old and then came to me with their 1 1/2 year olds and they always said the younger ones were much easier. I know people always say that when you train young they will regress- I've never experienced any regression, not with age, not with the birth of another sibling, preschool, etc. When I compare my experiences with my friends who potty trained their 2 -3 year old I’m always amazed that it takes them so long to grasp it compared to my children. And I must be honest, my children are not geniuses. As their mother, of course, I like to believe they are, but they are just regular kids and if they can do it, others can do it!!
I wanted to add, if you wanted to start out slowly- why not do naked time for 2 hours a day for a week or 2 prior to starting? Get some vinyl tablecloths and put a portable potty in the room and when they start to piddle very calmly say you're going pee and move them on the potty. They'll start grasping it and then when you do PT it should go more smoothly!