S/O potty training

Jessie333 · June 2014

I was just curious who is actively trying to potty train their LO. Have you had success?

For those who haven't, when do you plan to start potty training?

We haven't started yet, but I was thinking about starting to try later this summer.

Eta what method do you plan on using?

Little Dawson · June 2014

I've been attempting potty training with both my kids, DS is almost 3 and I figured I would try with DD at the same time. I waited for quite a while to start DS, only because he has a speech delay and is now starting to use words and has shown understanding of going potty. I normally try and use the no diaper method with DS when they're home with me, and I'm trying to get his teacher more on board with taking him to the potty consistently at daycare/school. No luck yet with getting DS to do anything on the potty, but has gotten very upset at the fact that he pees on the floor instead. For whatever reason he always seems to pee in between the times I take him to the potty, and I'm pretty consistent taking him about every 45 mins. DD on the other hand has peed a few times on the potty! Not every time I take her, but most of the times she's on the potty! I'm just trying the no diaper method with DS until he learns, and if DD still isn't trained, I will do the same with her ( I can only take cleaning up pee on the floor from one child at a time

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Hollylb3 · June 2014

We won't start trying until after 2. I feel like it'll go smoother once he's really ready.

Kara13360 · June 2014

Haven't started yet but I do have a potty getting delivered soon- every evening after bath time I have DS play naked so I'm gonna put the potty in the playroom and if I see him start to pee I'll put him on the potty and say, "go potty". I don't think he will get it until he really starts talking though.

Kyleedawn08 · June 2014

We aren't close to potty training. Ben has a potty and likes to sit on it when I am "going" & we have books and an Elmo movie he asks for. But I still don't see him as really ready quite yet. I don't want to push it, especially since we have LO#2 coming in january. So much is changing for him, I'm afraid of too much change in one little time period. If he does miraculously show all the signs tomorrow, we will really get on board with training, but for now he doesn't even care if he poops his pants... He will sit in it and play until I smell him.

spainy17 · June 2014

We aren't even close. i don't want to push it until I think she is ready bc I have heard of it going well for a while and regressing and that sounds like a bummer so not yet.

My "plan?" I got her a potty months ago and I now talk about mommy going potty and we talk about if she is poopy, etc. She is verbal and has started to say poopy and get the concept a little but is nowhere near upset about pooping or recognizing that she has to go. I also have been trying to get an idea of when she usually goes so we can plan ahead.

My thought is talk about it and buy a couple books for her for this year. Once she is two I think we will start trying to get the concept of "having to go" and once I think she is ready progress to actually taking her to go.

For all of the things I am psycho about when it comes to parenting, this is actually not one of them. I figure her switching Dc in the fall to a bigger group will help too since she will see a lot of the older kids going. Eventually i assume she will be out of diapers??

Wild_flower25 · June 2014

she is nowhere near ready. they have to be able to tell you when they have to go and make the effort to get to the bathroom on their own. Bringing them to the toliet a few times a day and getting them to go by coincidence isn't potty training. Starting early like that does nothing if they aren't ready.

this decaf life · June 2014

We got a potty and we're getting her used to it but haven't actively tried training her yet. I'm going to take it really casually, wait until she starts letting us know she goes potty.

She comes in the bathroom with me almost every time I use the potty just because I don't know what else to do with her! Now she says"Mommy pee" every time we're near the toilet so at least I think she's understanding that the toilet + pee go together.

bennikki · June 2014

DS's been telling me "I go poop" for a couple months now, and he goes to the changing pad at DC or home when he does. I've just noticed that he gets really quiet and goes to a place in the living room where I can't see him when he goes poop as well. I just picked up a potty chair and put it in the bathroom. He asks to sit on it when DH or I am going (we've implemented an open door policy in our house), so he's interested, but I really don't think he's ready (he'll only be 17 months tomorrow). He's cloth diapered, so I think he can feel when he's wet a little better than disposable diapers. At least a couple mornings a week, he wakes up dry, so he might be ready before 2. His BFF at daycare will be 3 in about a month, and I think they're going to start potty training him, so maybe he'll pick up on that.

My youngest sister was potty trained at DC when she was 18 months. My mom says she didn't do a thing, but my sister was really interested in one of the other kids getting potty trained, so I guess peer pressure worked. I don't have super high hopes because I believe the new baby in Oct/Nov will probably put a stop to potty training or potty training progress in general.

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