NBR: Potty Training my DD

MendozaAJ · July 2014

So it's not Octo baby related but it's 11:30 on our first day of the three day cold turkey potty training and I am exhausted! Who knew it was so tiring monitoring someone else's bodily functions. Question for those who have already been through potty training did you ask "Do you have to use the potty? " or. " Tell mommy when you have to use the potty?"

tucker1384 · July 2014

I took DD to the potty every hour/2hrs, I dedicated an entire week and half to 2 weeks to sitting on the potty going with this routine. It was tiring and annoying (less annoying than diapers) but it worked. I kind of interchanged the 2 phrases. We had very few accidents after she was trained.

Eelyak2 · July 2014

We did this last week.
I would mostly say "remind mommy if you need to go potty" Every time I said it though, DS would say, "I need to potty" and we would go. Probably 2/3 of the times we went after this converstaion, he would go actually go. Now he is to the point where he just tells me, or goes by himself!

Good luck!!

AppleGrapeMSTK · July 2014

I just picked DS up and put him on the toilet with, "Let's go pee." If I ASK if he has to pee, he always tells me No, even if it's first thing in the morning and I KNOW he has to pee. When he had accidents, we would say, "Tell mommy if you have to pee" and put him on the toilet.

He's been potty trained for a month now. He will tell us he has to pee/poop (even in stores), or he will go by himself- he even dumps the potty into the toilet and flushes! It did take us 2-3 months of inconsistent training for it to kick in, though.

HappyCianci · July 2014

I was so tired out by constantly asking my son if he needed to go. He always said no when I asked (and still does!) but in the beginning he would say no right up until he had an accident. Now he will recognize and agree on the need to go sit, but he still waits until the last possible moment. I think a lot of kids do this.

We got into a pretty good routine that involved "enforcing" potty-sits before leaving the house, before meals (pee and wash up... easy enough), and before bed. We still use these routines, even though he no longer has accidents. I try not to ask him if he needs to use the potty, now, but when I see him do the dance, it's hard to keep my mouth shut.

Keep up the good work, mama... it'll get better!

Emerald27 · July 2014

Today was day one for us too! But we're not doing a 3-day program. I'm just winging it to see how he takes to potty training. I expect it'll be a longer process for us, and that doesn't bother me.

I like the idea of naked potty training so at a diaper change I asked DS if he wanted a new diaper or if he wanted to be naked. He said "nakie," so I told him that I would get his potty and if he needed to pee, he should sit on it to pee. He said "ok."

It worked for us! I let him hang out pantsless for a couple hours and every so often he would stop playing and go sit on the potty to pee. Then I would take it to the bathroom to clean it out and bring it back to him.

The only battle we had was that he didn't want to put on his diaper for naptime. He said he needed to go to the potty and then sat there...avoiding naptime...for ten minutes. So I made him put on his diaper to go to sleep, and he was very upset. Not sure how to handle that issue!!

I hope it gets easier and easier, OP!

ETA: we have this potty and a ring that sits directly on the toilet. He really likes the frog:

MrMrsandBaby · July 2014

DD has been talking about "train potty" for two weeks. We need to start but I don't think DH is ready (he is home with her most of the day - 2nd shift). We will discuss this weekend and likely go buy her some big girl undies and start next week.

She is ready, we are not! But I think it will be nice to have no diapers for a little bit, depending on how fast she trains...

Now, how to get rid of the damn pacifier?

pnwlover12 · July 2014

Potty training is not going well for us, at all.

DD doesn't like to be naked. I've tried going that route. Also, the one time she was running around naked she just squatted and peed right where she was standing. I literally had no warning.

Also, when we try to get her to go potty on the toilet (we have both an actual potty chair like the one @Emerald27 has, and a step stool/padded toilet seat thing. She hates both) she screams like we are abusing her and flails to get off of it.

We also have a sticker reward chart hanging up right next to the toilet. She doesn't give a rats ass.

We also bought the "Princess Potty" book which comes with a princess tiara (dress-up is her favorite thing to do). She likes the book and the tiara but doesn't want to sit on the toilet.

MendozaAJ · July 2014

MrMrsandBaby said:

DD has been talking about "train potty" for two weeks. We need to start but I don't think DH is ready (he is home with her most of the day - 2nd shift). We will discuss this weekend and likely go buy her some big girl undies and start next week.

She is ready, we are not! But I think it will be nice to have no diapers for a little bit, depending on how fast she trains...

Now, how to get rid of the damn pacifier?

We couldn't find any of the pacifiers one night and that night was hell. But after that night we decided it was time and she was surprisingly okay with it. I was so shocked because she was so attached to it. Every time she asked after that we told her our dog ate them all. : )

MendozaAJ · July 2014

We made it to nap time without any wetting just one #2 accident. I can't wait for her to take the lead and tell me she has to go. I guess it will just take time. Gotta get her potty trained before her little brother comes in 11 weeks!

Sockgnome78 · July 2014

MendozaAJ said:

MrMrsandBaby said:

DD has been talking about "train potty" for two weeks. We need to start but I don't think DH is ready (he is home with her most of the day - 2nd shift). We will discuss this weekend and likely go buy her some big girl undies and start next week.

She is ready, we are not! But I think it will be nice to have no diapers for a little bit, depending on how fast she trains...

Now, how to get rid of the damn pacifier?

We couldn't find any of the pacifiers one night and that night was hell. But after that night we decided it was time and she was surprisingly okay with it. I was so shocked because she was so attached to it. Every time she asked after that we told her our dog ate them all. : )

@MendozaAJ‌ Pets are always great blaming tools. They don't even know they are being blamed either.

;;)

MendozaAJ · July 2014

Sockgnome78 said:

MrMrsandBaby said:

DD has been talking about "train potty" for two weeks. We need to start but I don't think DH is ready (he is home with her most of the day - 2nd shift). We will discuss this weekend and likely go buy her some big girl undies and start next week.

She is ready, we are not! But I think it will be nice to have no diapers for a little bit, depending on how fast she trains...

Now, how to get rid of the damn pacifier?

We couldn't find any of the pacifiers one night and that night was hell. But after that night we decided it was time and she was surprisingly okay with it. I was so shocked because she was so attached to it. Every time she asked after that we told her our dog ate them all. : )
@MendozaAJ‌ Pets are always great blaming tools. They don't even know they are being blamed either. ;;)

Can't wait for " I don't know where all the snickers bars went from your Halloween bucket. The dog must have ate them all." Muahaha. Poor doggie he's 5 years old now and much better at not destroying and chewing everything. Yet still gets the blame.

melszum · July 2014

We used the same method and she says to say tell me but it worked better for us just asking him. He is still not night potty trained and poops in his underwear a lot but he never pees his pants anymore. We started in April and it took about two weeks for him to not have pee accidents. It's great not having to buy a ton of diapers, we just use pull ups at night

Emerald27 · July 2014

pnwlover12 said:
Potty training is not going well for us, at all.

DD doesn't like to be naked. I've tried going that route. Also, the one time she was running around naked she just squatted and peed right where she was standing. I literally had no warning.

Also, when we try to get her to go potty on the toilet (we have both an actual potty chair like the one @Emerald27 has, and a step stool/padded toilet seat thing. She hates both) she screams like we are abusing her and flails to get off of it.

We also have a sticker reward chart hanging up right next to the toilet. She doesn't give a rats ass.

We also bought the "Princess Potty" book which comes with a princess tiara (dress-up is her favorite thing to do). She likes the book and the tiara but doesn't want to sit on the toilet.

This was DS last month. He wasn't interested at all, and cried at the suggestion of sitting on the potty. I started offering to let him be naked after some diaper changes, and he finally said yes today!

Maybe she's not quite ready?

pnwlover12 · July 2014

Emerald27 said:

pnwlover12 said:
Potty training is not going well for us, at all.

DD doesn't like to be naked. I've tried going that route. Also, the one time she was running around naked she just squatted and peed right where she was standing. I literally had no warning.

Also, when we try to get her to go potty on the toilet (we have both an actual potty chair like the one @Emerald27 has, and a step stool/padded toilet seat thing. She hates both) she screams like we are abusing her and flails to get off of it.

We also have a sticker reward chart hanging up right next to the toilet. She doesn't give a rats ass.

We also bought the "Princess Potty" book which comes with a princess tiara (dress-up is her favorite thing to do). She likes the book and the tiara but doesn't want to sit on the toilet.

This was DS last month. He wasn't interested at all, and cried at the suggestion of sitting on the potty. I started offering to let him be naked after some diaper changes, and he finally said yes today!

Maybe she's not quite ready?

I'm hoping that's all it is. But I am really feeling the pressure...she will be three the end of October.

Emerald27 · July 2014

pnwlover12 said:

Emerald27 said:

pnwlover12 said:
Potty training is not going well for us, at all.

DD doesn't like to be naked. I've tried going that route. Also, the one time she was running around naked she just squatted and peed right where she was standing. I literally had no warning.

Also, when we try to get her to go potty on the toilet (we have both an actual potty chair like the one @Emerald27 has, and a step stool/padded toilet seat thing. She hates both) she screams like we are abusing her and flails to get off of it.

We also have a sticker reward chart hanging up right next to the toilet. She doesn't give a rats ass.

We also bought the "Princess Potty" book which comes with a princess tiara (dress-up is her favorite thing to do). She likes the book and the tiara but doesn't want to sit on the toilet.

This was DS last month. He wasn't interested at all, and cried at the suggestion of sitting on the potty. I started offering to let him be naked after some diaper changes, and he finally said yes today!

Maybe she's not quite ready?

I'm hoping that's all it is. But I am really feeling the pressure...she will be three the end of October.

DS will be 3 on October 25! :x

pnwlover12 · July 2014

Emerald27 said:

pnwlover12 said:

Emerald27 said:

pnwlover12 said:
Potty training is not going well for us, at all.

DD doesn't like to be naked. I've tried going that route. Also, the one time she was running around naked she just squatted and peed right where she was standing. I literally had no warning.

Also, when we try to get her to go potty on the toilet (we have both an actual potty chair like the one @Emerald27 has, and a step stool/padded toilet seat thing. She hates both) she screams like we are abusing her and flails to get off of it.

We also have a sticker reward chart hanging up right next to the toilet. She doesn't give a rats ass.

We also bought the "Princess Potty" book which comes with a princess tiara (dress-up is her favorite thing to do). She likes the book and the tiara but doesn't want to sit on the toilet.

This was DS last month. He wasn't interested at all, and cried at the suggestion of sitting on the potty. I started offering to let him be naked after some diaper changes, and he finally said yes today!

Maybe she's not quite ready?

I'm hoping that's all it is. But I am really feeling the pressure...she will be three the end of October.
DS will be 3 on October 25! :x

Ooh their birthdays are close! She is 10/29

lct2008 · July 2014

At the beginning I would take him every x amount of time. Then I started doing the more- remember tell mommy when you have to go potty. I just felt like that was better to get him to pay attention to his body signs. Also if I asked if he needed to go he was just getting frustrated that I kept asking and he wouldn't go. So when I did the remember thing it was more his ball game if that made sense. It was his responsibility to feel what was going on with his body and make the decision to go potty. That being said he's been potty trained since September and every once in a while we will have an issue with him just not paying attention so I'll give him a little reminder. Like hey you haven't gone potty in a while, etc. I also have mandatory potty time before nap and bed time.

MendozaAJ · July 2014

theresat858 said:
What I'm afraid of is that once we let DD be naked for two days of potty training, she won't ever want to put clothes on again. As it is, she loves naked time just a little too much.

We are wearing panties and a t- shirt for the same reason. It's hard enough to chase her naked butt around after bathtime to get her dressed. She would never want to wear clothes again if I made it okay to be naked. But this is the same girl who took off her dress while sitting in the basket at Target last week : /

Emerald27 · July 2014

theresat858 said:
What I'm afraid of is that once we let DD be naked for two days of potty training, she won't ever want to put clothes on again. As it is, she loves naked time just a little too much.

Oh, this is a totally legit fear. One of my dearest friends potty trained her two boys using the naked potty training method. The older one did just fine, but her younger boy now refuses to wear pants when they're at home. She doesn't mind too much, but she does enforce rules like "if you're going to play in the back yard, you have to wear pants" and "we wear pants whenever we leave the house." Some kids are just nudists at heart!

Arctic_Seal · July 2014

My daughter is potty trained (almost 2.5) except bedtime, which isn't even close. It took us quite a while which I was OK with because I figured cleaning up an accident was pretty much like cleaning up a cloth diaper! She got it eventually.

Roseypants · July 2014

They eventually just get it one day. I had to bribe mine with bubbles and stickers

MsMacual · July 2014

We are working on potty training, too. He'll be 3 at the end of October and was showing interest so we started. It's been very hit or miss for us- some days he wants to be in undies and we've successfully been outside of our house in them. Other days he insists on wearing a diaper, but will go on the potty when we ask or will tell us he needs to go. I'm guessing that we'll be pee trained soon. He has not pooped on the potty and that seems to be a much slower process for us. My hope is that he'll be day trained by time #2 arrives so we just need diapers/pull ups at night. I have two sets of prizes- pee prizes are candy that he gets to choose (suckers, hershey's kisses, etc) and his poop prizes are little toys (matchbox cars, bubbles, puzzles, etc). The prizes definitely have helped and we also cheer loudly when he goes on the potty to help reinforce that he's making progress.

To answer your question, I think it really depends on the kid. My son will say no if I ask if he has to go and he hasn't been great about telling me that he needs to go. I make him sit on the potty after 2 hours if he hasn't gone b/c that seems to be his time limit.

Good luck! I'm also potty training a puppy, although the puppy is catching on a little faster.

lct2008 · July 2014

Emerald27 said:

theresat858 said:
What I'm afraid of is that once we let DD be naked for two days of potty training, she won't ever want to put clothes on again. As it is, she loves naked time just a little too much.
Oh, this is a totally legit fear. One of my dearest friends potty trained her two boys using the naked potty training method. The older one did just fine, but her younger boy now refuses to wear pants when they're at home. She doesn't mind too much, but she does enforce rules like "if you're going to play in the back yard, you have to wear pants" and "we wear pants whenever we leave the house." Some kids are just nudists at heart!

This is exactly my son. I don't know how many times I've had to tell him that naked boys can not go outside. Lol or that he must wear pants when we have company. But like you said he has always been a nude fan even from infancy.

slsl509 · July 2014

Ugh. I just don't have it in me to care enough about this right now. DD goes when we put her on the potty but if you ask her she says no and she goes at daycare but they put every single kid on the potty 5-6 times a day starting at probably 18 months. She doesn't seem to know she has to go before she goes. Never had her poop on the potty.

I would rather change diapers than worry about accidents right now, especially out in public. I'd like to get her trained by the end of the summer but I'm not sure she is ready. She is always SUPER wet in the morning and never seems to be dry or close to dry at any change.

I also don't know when we'll get rid of the paci. She doesn't have it at daycare but she wants it as soon as she gets home and she takes a drag off it like a smoker with a serious craving. They need to make a patch for pacis like a nicotine patch. She had her pacis the other day and clutched them to her chest and said "I missed my pacis." Her speech is really good and her teeth seem to be ok thus far.

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