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Potty training pep talk Tl;dr

BluepointToastedBluepointToasted member
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I need one. I am finding this process emotionally draining, and I don't know why. I think he is doing well, and I am trying to tell myself to keep my expectations appropriate. But I am finding it exhausting.

Last week we just introduced the potty, and out him on maybe twice a day. He had about 5-6 successes, and seemed into it, so we went ahead starting Saturday.

Saturday: about 5 successes, 4 accidents

Sunday: 3 accidents in the morning. Wore a pull up to dinner at my cousins, peed in it once awake (I think) and while napping. 6 total successes that day.

Monday: only one accident all day long at daycare! And right at 3 before I picked him up. Came home and he pooped in the potty! Then the rest of the night was a wash, 4 accidents, one success.

I just need someone else telling me this is going well? Okay? Keep going?

Tl;dr potty training is kind of hard and I need reassurance
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  • BluepointToastedBluepointToasted member
    No, he seems happy with it. I am just rapidly alternating between feeling like super mom that made a good decision to start early and a shit mom who jumped the gun.

    Ugh. I hate lacking confidence
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  • LadyXaverianLadyXaverian member
    It sounds like it is going well! Accidents happen and will happen for a while. It's just a part of it. It sounds like he's really getting it. Yay for him and for you! :)
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  • bensmommy518bensmommy518 member
    Keep going and yes, you are doing great.  I had stroke or something that made me decide to start training DS a few weeks after I had DD but now, almost three months later I see it was worth it.  It is normal for them to have good days and bad days but as long as he seems to be getting it at times, I would keep going. 

    I thought DS had it and then we went through three weeks of hell where he was pooping in his underwear about five times per day, every day.  Turns out he was constipated and once that was sorted he got better.  He still has accidents now and then but it is so much better than changing diapers every day.  I went right from diapers to underwear because I find pullups to be just like diapers. 




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  • Read247Read247 member
    Can someone advise me?? My DS is 3 and won't poop in the potty. He's pooped in it twice. Each time I made a huge deal out of it, bought him a special toy and even baked him a cake. He refuses to do it again and poops in his pants 2-3 times a day! He never has pee accidents, it's only poop.
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  • Read247Read247 member
    @MabelShesABiotch‌ - thanks. He picked up peeing in the potty so fast I didn't realize that pooping might take longer. I've heard about people potty training "in a week" and wondered why it was taking so long.

    Would you suggest sticking to regular underwear? Or should I switch him back to pull ups?
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  • ASmallWonderASmallWonder member
    It took about 6 months before DS1 was potty trained.  You just keep at it and keep encouraging it.  Potty training sucks.  All the sorries.
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  • ByeBabyBuntingByeBabyBunting member
    We started in September, it was awful. It made me so stressed. My DH didn't want to quit so we compromised and basically I let DCP do all the work.  I took the diaper off when we got to school and put one back on when we got home. I get so little time in the day with DS and I didn't want every minute to be about PT'ing.  Fast forward to today - he is now dry when I take off his morning diaper and is asking to use the potty occasionally, although I do have to remind him most of the time. He also just this week started pooping in the potty. I have built potty times into our day which has helped too. You have to potty before you leave the house, before you get to watch TV, before you get you bedtime story. This weekend was the first time I've taken him on a full day outing with no diaper, and it went great. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Don't pressure yourself or him. Don't feel like you have to start early. ANd use your DCP, you're paying them enough and they're experts :)

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  • Pips09Pips09 member
    We are just about to start this, too and I'm not looking forward to it. She will pee on the potty on occasion, but usually only when prompted. I'm trying to be relaxed about it and if it doesn't go well, we'll back off and try again in a couple of months.
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  • Snapdragon750Snapdragon750 member
    You're good.  An equal number of accidents and successes are not a wash!  The fact that he's successfully going at all is enough to keep going; I tried for 4 days with DD and she didn't go in the potty willingly a single time (I don't count the times I caught her exactly when she had to go, like right after a dry nap, so she had no choice), so I gave up.  If he's tryin and cooperating at ALL then he'll get it!  My DD was not, so we gave up and are going to try again later when she's 15.
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  • BluepointToastedBluepointToasted member

    Okay, I am feeling good now.  This is going well, he seems to get the jist, and has only had 2 accidents yesterday, one poop (which I am not even expecting at this point), and one at school (which they said was there fault becasue they waited too long).

    He has even pooped in the potty 3 times this week!  Trying not to get my hopes up because I know he could regress, but I am dreaming of diaperless days ahead.

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