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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 12:31:07 GMT -6
Making a thread to discuss tips, frustrations, etc.!!!
We started potty training this weekend. DD seemed ready. We have had a mini potty and potty rings to put on toilet for a long time and she goes pee pretty regularly. Last week, she went in there and pooped without being asked so I thought it was time. We got her big girl undies and she wore those with no pants. She had a few accidents sat and sunday and then four or five Monday. I try to remember to ask her to go or to take her about every 30-45. Sometimes, I lose track of time and she has an accident. Sometimes, I put her on potty (multiple times) and she won't go then has accident. We sent her to daycare in pull-ups and asked her to take her. She is dry overnight and naps. We did a potty chart where she gets a sticker and then a prize . We are giving m&ms for any poops (one).
It's going ok. Is it going to be long process? I foresee me cleaning up pee and poop for a while... I feel bad being kind of back and forth between undies and pull-ups because I don't want to confuse her. we put on diaper at night.
Any tips/ pointers?!
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Post by tinydancer on Apr 25, 2018 20:57:07 GMT -6
We're just taking a pause over here. LO often wakes up dry after night or naps, and clearly has good control over his bladder. But still refuses to go on the potty. So he sits on it, both at home and at preschool, but he's only actually peed on it once since he turned two (before that he would go with some regularity and I'm really wishing we would've pushed the issue more then).
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Post by lollipop on Apr 26, 2018 11:49:47 GMT -6
I don't think M is quite ready. She'll sit on the potty, and if you time it just right she'll pee, but I don't think she has the bladder control. When she is ready, I plan to phase out diapers and start on pull ups, once she can keep the pull ups dry consistently we'll switch to underwear. We did the same with S and it worked for us. It takes a little longer, but whatever works, right?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 11:53:09 GMT -6
I don't think M is quite ready. She'll sit on the potty, and if you time it just right she'll pee, but I don't think she has the bladder control. When she is ready, I plan to phase out diapers and start on pull ups, once she can keep the pull ups dry consistently we'll switch to underwear. We did the same with S and it worked for us. It takes a little longer, but whatever works, right? [br I like that plan!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 11:54:55 GMT -6
Things are going really well. I’m really happy with how it’s gling. She had one accident today and it was because I let too much time go between potty times. I’m sitting an alarm on phone now to remind me. She stayed dry with pull-up at school yesterday. She has been pooping on potty the last two days. This is happening! . She looks so much older in big girl undies. The kids are growing up!
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Post by nellieoleson on Apr 28, 2018 9:13:24 GMT -6
Dd2 has absolutely no interest in going potty on the potty chair or toilet. It’s kind of strange, actually, since typically she wants to do EVERYTHING her big sister does. (Example: We took dd1 for a blood draw and dd2 was like “ME TOO! ME TOOOOOOOI!”)
Interesting fact: Our pediatrician told me that keeping diapers dry during sleep isn’t so much a function of bladder control, as it is a release of vasopressin which basically tells your kidneys to sleep instead of working 24/7. Vasopressin starts being released anytime from 1 to 5 years old, so until kids are naturally staying dry most nights, it’s pretty much futile to attempt overnight potty training.
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Post by loony on Apr 28, 2018 12:59:54 GMT -6
DS will pee on the potty if he’s nude. 100% chance of accident in undies and will not pee in very many public bathrooms, so pull ups when out.
He has been 100% poop trained for three months now. 🙌
Really, I’m just following his lead and doing lots of naked time at home. I’m hoping that with the weather warming up, he’ll be able to stop and go outside (we did this with DD too) and practice the control without caring about accidents.
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Post by crimsonandclover on Apr 28, 2018 13:46:01 GMT -6
PTing is not even on my radar at the moment. We pushed it a bit with DD1 and it was a nightmare. We tried again when she was 3 and it went very smoothly. With DD2 she just decided it was time when she turned 3 and it worked well. So for us, 3 has sort of been the magic age and we've still got a long way to go until then. I figure we'll get out the potty chair soon and maybe sit her down on it when she comes in the bathroom with me. nellieoleson, it's the same with us and wanting to do everything the big DDs do. Except sit on the potty - not interested in that.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2018 8:44:13 GMT -6
Update: We are potty trained. I wasn't really ready to do it but she seemed ready so we went for it. It really went smoothly and i'm glad we decided to go for it. SHe had several accidents on the Monday of the weekend we potty trained and I questioned it but she has had no accidents sense and that's been over a week ago. So weird to not have diapers, etc.!
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Post by scorpioscuba on May 6, 2018 16:33:53 GMT -6
Ugh I’m so jealous of those of you who have potty trained. DS was potty trained by this age and DD is having none of it. Like out right refusal. So I just have put it out of my head so i don’t make it worse. I’ll approach the idea again after our vacation and see how she reacts.
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Post by nellieoleson on May 6, 2018 18:20:59 GMT -6
Ugh I’m so jealous of those of you who have potty trained. DS was potty trained by this age and DD is having none of it. Like out right refusal. So I just have put it out of my head so i don’t make it worse. I’ll approach the idea again after our vacation and see how she reacts. Same. I even let her pick out undies the other day when dd1 was getting new ones at Target. She doesn’t care. Like at all.
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Post by loony on May 6, 2018 18:26:45 GMT -6
DS is still in a holding pattern. 100% with poop!! But still pees in anything (undies or pullup) if not naked.
DD was fully trained by now, but she was a unicorn child.
If he hasn’t figured it out by this summer, I’ll do something more proactive than letting him be nude at home.
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Post by dizzycooks on May 7, 2018 20:02:01 GMT -6
I’ve got serious regression happening. She was totally trained until a few weeks ago and now she owes her pants anytime we are at home. Just can’t be bothered with the potty. She was fine out and about all morning, fine at Sunday school and the gym. At home? Nope, pees her pants and denies it. So frustrating!! Can I bribe her or will that create a monster?
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2018 22:23:16 GMT -6
I’ve got serious regression happening. She was totally trained until a few weeks ago and now she owes her pants anytime we are at home. Just can’t be bothered with the potty. She was fine out and about all morning, fine at Sunday school and the gym. At home? Nope, pees her pants and denies it. So frustrating!! Can I bribe her or will that create a monster? We did a sticker chart with rewards after 5 or 6 potties and gave m&ms for poops in the beginning. I was afraid she would always expect that but she really just forgot about it or hasn’t asked for any of it once we stopped.
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Post by dizzycooks on May 10, 2018 14:13:10 GMT -6
@kelltothekell, I decided to go with m&ms. She doesn't seem particularly interested. She also hasn't peed her pants, but we haven't had any outdoor playtime due to rain. I'm hoping this works bc mama does not need another set of diapers to wash or change.
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Post by tinydancer on May 10, 2018 19:55:18 GMT -6
I've offered m&ms to the toddler and he still refuses to go in the potty. Not worth it apparently.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 20:58:27 GMT -6
I've offered m&ms to the toddler and he still refuses to go in the potty. Not worth it apparently. He must not like chocolate as much as I do 😂
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Post by lollipop on May 15, 2018 19:28:57 GMT -6
M was super interested in going to the potty today. Every time I went she wanted to find it on her little potty too. And then later in the day she started asking to go pee. She actually did it once, but I figure just sitting there naked isn't going to hurt anything either.
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Post by scorpioscuba on May 26, 2018 19:10:03 GMT -6
We are on day 1 of a very loose interpretation of the 3 day method. I put all of her diapers away except for some for nighttime. Pulled out all the undies and we kicked it off with bribes just to sit on the potty. We had a few accidents but 3 pees on the potty and a poop! She kept wanting to try again. Though when she did have accidents she didn’t tell me so that worries me a bit.
We all seem to be developing summer colds so probably not the most ideal conditions to do this but I didn’t want to waste what is basically going to be a long weekend stuck in the house.
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Post by nellieoleson on May 27, 2018 22:00:34 GMT -6
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Post by dizzycooks on May 28, 2018 5:12:35 GMT -6
scorpioscuba sounds like decent timing to me. Good luck! Dd3 has been doing better, but mostly I think between not being able to run and just being toddler busy she can’t be bothered with the potty at times and is cool with wet pants. We keep talking about it, but she isn’t moved by M&ms either.
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Post by nellieoleson on Jun 6, 2018 23:04:53 GMT -6
A new development on the potty front is that dd2 decides she wants to go potty many times a day. Unfortunately this just means she goes in the bathroom, strips off her clothes, sits on the toilet, and pulls toilet paper off the roll. She has still never peed on the toilet or potty chair, but at least this feels like some kind of progress??
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2018 8:11:27 GMT -6
A new development on the potty front is that dd2 decides she wants to go potty many times a day. Unfortunately this just means she goes in the bathroom, strips off her clothes, sits on the toilet, and pulls toilet paper off the roll. She has still never peed on the toilet or potty chair, but at least this feels like some kind of progress?? we had the little potty chair a long time before dd was interested. she did a lot of sitting/ playing in there. she's getting comfy
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Post by scorpioscuba on Jun 12, 2018 9:17:10 GMT -6
We are still in diapers. Dd is more aware of things it seems but not ready for sure. I’m just going to leave it up to her at this point. Me pushing her will only make things worse. But it’s so hard for me to do that. I’m so over diapers!!!!
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