BTDT Can we talk Potty Training..

Emily is 18 months, showing some signs of being ready for potty training. She knows when she goes, and tells us PeePee or PhewPhew, she is interested in the bathroom and goes with me in there and points to the TP and everything, saying Mommy PeePee. She also is able to go for longer stretches of time without going and also has very predictable BMs since she goes at arond the same time every day.

I just don't know how to start the potty training thing. I got her a potty and put her on it when she said peepee but since she tells me right after she goes, she doesn't have to go anymore. She does love sitting on it though and getting to be free with no diaper.

How old was your child when you potty trained them, and how did you do it?

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Jack was about 26 months when we started and we were doing great but we are having a few setbacks now....but when it was working I just planned on staying home for about a week and every hour I would put him on the potty. I put him in training pants, not pullups, but regular underwear trainers with the vinyl outside. I also used a reward sticker chart which really got him excited.

A good book to read that has a concise potty training guide is On becoming Toddlerwise. (Same folks as Babywise).

Message edited 4/15/2007 10:37:31 AM.

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FYI, not all kids will follow what the books say... We spent quite a few months potty training DS, spending a few weeks at a time on each "proven" method. DS just wasn't interested. We started when he was about 2.5. I think he was using it as a power thing. He has final say over when he goes on the potty, so we can't dictate when he has to go. It's the one thing he has complete control over. He's fully trained now (not quite 4), but I think he thinks it was *his* idea to start, not ours. (The ends justify the means, so I'm not going to argue with him.... )

Not saying this will happen with your DC, or anyone else's, just that it happened with our DC, and it could be a potential stumbling block, but they do eventually cooperate.

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Julia is Just learning how to go potty, and shes doing ok with it, she went pee-pee on it last night but very little, but she was so excited she did it!

I feel she understands it, but I think they have to learn to tell us before they have to go and thats the hard part right now.....

Hopefully it wont take to long.

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I'm not going to pressure her too much either. I just kind of want her to get used to sitting on the toilet and not being afraid first. Then, when I think she's ready, I'll try to get her to tell me when she has to go and make a run for it!!!! Easier said than done, right?

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I don't want to force Emily either, although the thought of no more diapers is tempting! But I know she's not completely ready yet, I just don't know how to do it when she is.

Yesterday she had just finished some milk about 20 minutes earlier, was playing with her dollhouse when she stood up and said "OOH NOOO!" really loud and looked down and grabbed her diaper! I was like what Emily and she kept saying Oh No Pee Pee over and over again, like she was upset that she peed.

And she is really telling me ALL the time when she goes. I reach down, pinch her diaper and lo and behold it is wet and still warm!

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I think what you're doing right now is great, because she's still so young. I wouldn't expect much more until she's two or older.

At that point, I would suggest doing a few days locked in the house and have her run around au naturale. After that go straight to underwear. We did not have success with Pull-ups, they were just a crutch.

DS didn't train until just shy of three years old, but when he did it, he did it all the way, right away!

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