This is half to ask for advice and half to proudly beam about my little tot. She's about 1 week shy of 16 months and is basically fully potty trained. 3 weeks ago I was putting her on just so she could get used to it like the doctor advised me but instead she just started going. About a week ago she started having dry diapers overnight and so now the occasional accident is my fault because I don't take her every time she says she has to go.
So since my doctor only gave me a sheet on "pre-potty training" I have no idea what comes next. Do I get pull-ups or training pants? What are training pants? When does underwear come in? How do I get her to learn that she doesn't need to go to the toilet to fart? I've tried teaching her whenever she makes one that it's a "poot" or a "fart", but she lifts up her foot. I've tried the word "poopoo" but she runs off and brings back Winnie the Pooh.
She made weaning painless too. So now I'm starting to worry that this little boy in my stomach is going to be a serious handful. O_O
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Yes, it is better to fart in a toilet than to shart. I would encourage the behavior until she is fully potty trained. Well, what I mean is that I wouldnt discourage going to the bathroom at this point.
She may feel she doesnt have full control of her ****/air seperator. I'd let her learn tht on her own, besides its good manners to not fart around others. By her the the pullup diapers first. She will still have accidents now and then and those will help with clean up. When she no longer has accidents you can go to just the overnites and have her wear "big girl" panties during the day. Or scince you say she doesnt have accidents at nite you could just wean her from the pull ups to "big girl" panties. My experience with my mothers daycare she used to run is that they can have good weeks and bad weeks during training. I'd keep the pull up diapers around for a couple of weeks until you are certain she wont have accidents.
Well like I said the accidents are my fault cause I don't always take her when she says she has to go because sometimes I've just taken her 5 minutes ago.
I guess I'll go get pull ups. Would make getting the diaper back on a ton easier. Right now she takes off running once I take her off and since I'm pretty big and sitting on the floor I have no chance of catching her.
I guess I'll go get pull ups. Would make getting the diaper back on a ton easier. Right now she takes off running once I take her off and since I'm pretty big and sitting on the floor I have no chance of catching her.
I know when I was training my son, the Dr said do not use the pull ups unless he was sleeping. He had me put him straight into underwear, so that my son could feel if he had an accident immediatly, instead of the pull ups taking the wetness away when he was awake. It seemed to work well. My son was trained by 2 and the only time we have accidents is at night if we dont get to him in time. We tend to take him to go potty before we go to bed at night to help reduce accidents.
They have those handy dandy pull ups now that the kid can feel the wetness. I just think pull-ups are alot easier so your not washing ********* panties. Ick!
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My first thought was some toddler got pregnant! Pikko I bet you meant Parents of Toddlers...
I will IRC ya later with some helpful information.
So after I mentioned that the doctor only gave me a sheet on pre-potty training I realized uh duh, maybe I should call them up and ask them what they think. Usually the head nurse will call me back and talk to me but I guess she was busy because some other lady calls me back. I explain to her that even though the doc didn't recommend potty training until age 2, my daughter's been consistently going on the toilet anyway, she has dry diapers overnight, etc. and I ask what I'm supposed to do next. So what does this genius nurse tell me?
"Put her diaper back on."
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After more and more explaining she finally tells me to go get pull ups and teach her how to put them on herself, but after that first comment I don't know if following her advice is the best thing. :P
"Put her diaper back on."
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After more and more explaining she finally tells me to go get pull ups and teach her how to put them on herself, but after that first comment I don't know if following her advice is the best thing. :P
I had the same questions that you did Pikko. My daughter was potty trained really early (once she started walking, she wanted to use the potty--woot!). One thing she really liked was if the potty was warm, so I'd warm up the bowl with a hair dryer.
Anyway, I agree with DSD, use panties, not the pull-ups. I used the pull-ups at night a few times, but my daughter really liked using panties when she slept. After a couple of nighttime accidents, she got the hang of it, especially after we got her in the habit of going potty before bedtime.
Whenever she wants to go to the potty, take her, even if it's to just sit on it and pretend to go. She's get the total hang of it soon.
And for dirty panties, I threw most of 'em away. A 10-pack of panties costs the same as a package of diapers anyways.
Now what can I do to get my daughter to remember to flush?
Anyway, I agree with DSD, use panties, not the pull-ups. I used the pull-ups at night a few times, but my daughter really liked using panties when she slept. After a couple of nighttime accidents, she got the hang of it, especially after we got her in the habit of going potty before bedtime.
Whenever she wants to go to the potty, take her, even if it's to just sit on it and pretend to go. She's get the total hang of it soon.
And for dirty panties, I threw most of 'em away. A 10-pack of panties costs the same as a package of diapers anyways.
Now what can I do to get my daughter to remember to flush?
I never had a problem with my sone flushing. He loves to make the water swirl. We've got those cleaners that make the water blue, and he had a ball watching the blue water turn into a whirlpool.
He also gets a kick out of the blue water turning green when he pees, but thats another story
He also gets a kick out of the blue water turning green when he pees, but thats another story
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He also gets a kick out of the blue water turning green when he pees, but thats another story
I still get a kick out of it too! Seriously what guy doesn't?
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He also gets a kick out of the blue water turning green when he pees, but thats another story
Thats like 1/3 of art class!
Pikko, I'm going to go with DSD. Only use pull ups when she's sleeping. Underwear will help her understand that this is the way it is now, she goes in the potty. At 3 1/2 my son still needs pull ups at night, and if I don't change him into underwear as soon as he wakes up, he'll go in the pull ups. He equates pull ups with peeing in a diaper, and underwear with being a big boy and going to the potty.
Once she's actually tall enough to flush I'm sure she'll like it. She likes to wave bye-bye as it is now. My mom said it was the total opposite with my brother, who would start screaming bloody murder because he thought the toilet was going to suck him up and eat him.
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Once she's actually tall enough to flush I'm sure she'll like it. She likes to wave bye-bye as it is now.
Hee hee. My daughter used to think her pee and poo were the potty's food and the potty needed her to go so it could eat.
The things you'll say to get your kid to go to the bathroom.
BTW, was it just me or was every parent like excited as hell when their kid finally got the hang of potty time?
phhht I'm still happy when he wakes up with a dry night and hes been potty trained for almost 2 years.
BTW Pikko heads up here. Keep in mind your daughter will have phases where she "forgets" how to go potty and you will have a week or two of wet pants. My Dr mentioned that it happens for a few reasons:
1. WHen kids learn something new, its not uncommon for them to slip on other things you think they have mastered, i.e. potty training, sleepless nights and monsters, etc. Some kids, and my own can do this often, take one major step forward and two tiny steps back in something else. Just sigh, shake your head, and keep in mind she will go back to what you thought you had ingrained in her.
2. If something big or new occurs in the childs life. You're going to have a baby. Keep in mind that is a HUGE change for your daughter. Dont gett oo upset if she reverts back and needs diapers when your little one is born. Sometimes kids handle stress by reverting back to old ways; if they start preschool, a new ouse, divorce, a new sibling. Keep your stride, realize again its only a phase, and after a few weeks to a month your child will be right back on track.
BTW Pikko heads up here. Keep in mind your daughter will have phases where she "forgets" how to go potty and you will have a week or two of wet pants. My Dr mentioned that it happens for a few reasons:
1. WHen kids learn something new, its not uncommon for them to slip on other things you think they have mastered, i.e. potty training, sleepless nights and monsters, etc. Some kids, and my own can do this often, take one major step forward and two tiny steps back in something else. Just sigh, shake your head, and keep in mind she will go back to what you thought you had ingrained in her.
2. If something big or new occurs in the childs life. You're going to have a baby. Keep in mind that is a HUGE change for your daughter. Dont gett oo upset if she reverts back and needs diapers when your little one is born. Sometimes kids handle stress by reverting back to old ways; if they start preschool, a new ouse, divorce, a new sibling. Keep your stride, realize again its only a phase, and after a few weeks to a month your child will be right back on track.
I still have accidents. Spin Art ftw!
What!!?
What!!?
No worries I'm fully expecting to be in Regression City come January. *sob*
chin up Pikko. It's what being a parent is all about. Well, that and the ability to go trick or treating as an adult with no glares from the "adults" 
***** that regression ****.. I just tried to toss the ****** out. I tried to flush the little brother down the toilet while mom was sleeping.. I loaded him up in the push buggy and wheeled him over to the trashcan in the kitchen and dumped him in it head first. When that failed I started dressing him up as a girl or on a really mean day would play hide n go seek with him.. I'd hide him and tell mom he was gone, in later years I'd tell him to go hide and then bask in the full attention of my mama. Funny that we are extremly close now.
I wasn't quite as harsh with my little bro, but I defintely gave him a run for his money when we were kids. He always wanted to play and so Id make him always be the bad guy, where Id beat him up, or dress him up as a girl. I remember one time my brother, trying to be nice, gave me his happy meal toy as a gesture of friendship and I threw it across the restraunt. Yeah I was a bi[b][/b]tch then too.
It's funny, because we're very close now. I'm sure he remembers how awful I was to him when we were both little, but he could easily kick my *** with one hand tied behind his back, so I behave and he's been kind enough not to bring it up.... most of the time
It's funny, because we're very close now. I'm sure he remembers how awful I was to him when we were both little, but he could easily kick my *** with one hand tied behind his back, so I behave and he's been kind enough not to bring it up.... most of the time
LOL I never did anything like that, but I did ask my mom after two days when they were going to take my little bro back to the hospital.
Katie, you aren't qualified to give toilet training advice.
I need not tell you why.
I need not tell you why.
Your insight boggles my mind, Mikkle.
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