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Friday, March 26, 2010
Potty Training
Ever since I started watching a little boy who is potty trained Hallie has become extremely interested. I went and bought her a little toilet seat which sits on the top of the toilet and she loves it. She constantly says "POTTY" and asks to go sit on the potty and have her diaper changed. The problem is that she never pees!! She sits on the toilet for a minute, asks for toilet paper, flushes the toilet and then washes her hands...BUT never actually pees. I thought maybe if she sat there for a few minutes that might help, but nope. I also thought that maybe if she heard running water (always helps me) it might trigger something. But again nothing. She is only 19 months old and so it seems early to be potty training but I don't want to discourage her, especially with baby #2 on the way.
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I actually just started Alexis (she just turned 2). I let her be naked and i put her little potty in the living room(thatway its close) and she has been peeing in it great. Don't know if it is going to last, wea re only on day 2 after all. But so far so good. the benefit of leaving them naked is so they can tell when they are peeing, with a diaper on they dont know they peed until they feel wet, or so i am told. we'll see if this actually works though, who knows? i'm not going to push it, i'll just let her decide if she wants to continue or go back to diapers.
ReplyDeletedont push her, she will do it when she is ready. Dahlia did that same thing, I tried the same things even read books to her on the potty. I think it is a vital step. she is no longer scared of it and shows interest. just wait it will come. keep encouraging it!
ReplyDeleteDon't do it for #2. Encourage, allow, whatever, but don't push. 19 months is young, even for a girl, and typically I've seen mothers struggle for months when if they waited, they could just put up with diapers a little while and then make a quick process of potty-training. My son wanted to a week before two, but we didn't officially start until about 26 months. No matter when you officially "START", there are bound to be some frustrations, so make sure you are ready to FINISH, not stop and start, return to diapers etc. That's just confusing. GOod luck!
ReplyDeleteif she's drinking a lot, she'll pee a lot..........
ReplyDeleteRead potty training in a day (or something like that)...if I can find it, you can borrow it.
Interest is a great first step. But she also needs to show other signs (waking up dry from a nap, or even through the night, actually being able to go when sitting on a potty, etc.) before you go jumping head first into it. Sometimes it's hard to tell exactly when they are "ready" but if they are, it should be simple. If not, don't beat yourself up- eventually they get it (I don't know many big kids who still wear diapers! :)) Good luck.
ReplyDeleteMy only advice to this is don't use pull-ups, I did this for a while and my daughter seemed to think it was a diaper. She was about 18 months when I began potty training her and 2 when she got the jist of it. I tried books, pull-ups, a child-size toilet, etc. and nothing worked. Finally, I listened to my mom's advice and just allowed her to wear underwear. Yep, we went through packs of clean undies, but she soon realized that it wasn't fun to pee in an undie like it was in a diaper. So, she started running to the toilet.
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