how do you get lo to sit

Re: how do you get lo to sit

• ashiscute member

  December 2014

  We started with both by putting them on the potty right before bath while the water was warming up. They were usually okay to sit there for 30 seconds or so. Once we started getting more serious we use books or songs. However, if my kids didn't want to sit up there we never made them (before they were trained).
  
  How old is your LO? DS is 27 mos and we are thinking of giving it a real go this weekend but he is still young enough not to stress if he's not ready. If your LO is younger I wouldn't try to force it. A lot of LOs don't train till 3.

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• christinasullie37 member

  January 2015

  I dont expect her to sit still but she won't try to sit at all. She told me today so doesn't want to wear diapers anymore. She does tug at her diaper when she's wet and now tells me when she has peed and pooped. But when I try to take her to the potty she refuses to go near it. I am going to hold out for a while longer but treats and prizes haven't worked and she doesn't understand the whole sticker chart thing.

  

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• ashiscute member

  January 2015

  What kind of potty are you using?  Are you using the big potty with an insert or a potty chair?  Or have you tried both?  Has she seen you using the potty enough to understand what to do and that it's not scary?

  
  

  I'm not sure she's really old enough to understand no diapers means potty.  I think that's more for a 3 yo.  I also don't really think treats and rewards work unless they are really ready.  I wish I could give more advice but neither of mine showed any fear or apprehension towards the potty so that's not something I dealt with.  I would just try to work at showing her the potty is a good thing.  

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• michelle615 member

  January 2015

  I haven't posted on this board before, but we're in the midst of potty training DS (30 months old).  From my brief experiences with potty-training, they have to be ready or it just doesn't work.  He wasn't really interested in the potty at all, except for about a second where he would sit on it and then jump off.  In fact, the more I suggested he sit on the potty, the more he didn't want to do it, so I ended up reeling it back quite a bit. 

  It was almost as if a switch went off one night about a week ago, he is now very interested and also seems to get the whole reward system.  With DS we have found that when we follow his cues on developmental milestones, we all usually have the best success.

  On the flip side, a friend enticed her LO with toys and books to sit on the potty and that seemed to work for her. 

  GL! 

  

   

   

   

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