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I know someone who also wanted their 16 month old out of diapers before the new baby arrived. They put a potty in the living room and made her sit on it while they were all in there. They followed her around continuously asking if she had to go. It seemed really enjoyable for everyone involved. If you don't want 2 children in diapers then space them accordingly.
I only had to push one of my dd's. Dd#1 had to be potty trained to go to preschool at 3 and she, barely, made it under the wire. Fortunately, she didn't have any accidents at preschool. She was 10 before she could make it through the night though.
Dd#2 potty trained herself at 24 months. I got a chuckle about the part of the article talking about being able to sit safely on the seat. She was so little, I thought she was going to fall in. We hadn't planned on potty training her yet so we didn't have a potty seat out. She just toddled to the bathroom one day, climbed up on the toilet and that was that. After that there was no putting a potty seat on the toilet. She wanted to be able to climb up by herself. "Me do it! Me do it!" She never did fall in but she got her butt wet a few times.
I plan on starting as soon as DD understands what potty means. I swear now a days you cant win for lose they are always changing their minds. Im so sick of following the books. I think im done with that I got her (almost) through the first year following the book from here on out im doing what I (and sometimes you guys when I ask advice ) think is right !!
One time I was in a group of women discussing potty training when one mother was trying to comfort a distraught mother of a 4 year old still in diapers. she said "Honestly Sue, I've never seen a first grader go to school with a diaper in his back pack." I think we put so much pressure on kids to reach certain milestones and it just makes for stressful Moms and kids.
One time I was in a group of women discussing potty training when one mother was trying to comfort a distraught mother of a 4 year old still in diapers. she said "Honestly Sue, I've never seen a first grader go to school with a diaper in his back pack." I think we put so much pressure on kids to reach certain milestones and it just makes for stressful Moms and kids.
I've seen kids go to school with pulls-up in their backpack! That mom needs to get busy!
I only had to push one of my dd's. Dd#1 had to be potty trained to go to preschool at 3 and she, barely, made it under the wire. Fortunately, she didn't have any accidents at preschool. She was 10 before she could make it through the night though.
Dd#2 potty trained herself at 24 months. I got a chuckle about the part of the article talking about being able to sit safely on the seat. She was so little, I thought she was going to fall in. We hadn't planned on potty training her yet so we didn't have a potty seat out. She just toddled to the bathroom one day, climbed up on the toilet and that was that. After that there was no putting a potty seat on the toilet. She wanted to be able to climb up by herself. "Me do it! Me do it!" She never did fall in but she got her butt wet a few times.
That was exactly how it went with my kids, my oldest was 3 and a half before she was trained, and kept having some issues until she was 4. She will still wet her pants if a teacher doesn't let her go when she's been asking for an hour though (at age 10).
My younger daughter is extremely petite for her age. At 24 months she was wearing 9-12 month clothes. She did fall into the toilet a couple of times, got stuck once with her butt in the water and her legs, arms and head sticking straight out of the seat...she was really upset and that was in the apartment where the bathroom had no insulation, so her butt was blue from the icy water even though I rescued her as soon as I heard her cry.
One time I was in a group of women discussing potty training when one mother was trying to comfort a distraught mother of a 4 year old still in diapers. she said "Honestly Sue, I've never seen a first grader go to school with a diaper in his back pack." I think we put so much pressure on kids to reach certain milestones and it just makes for stressful Moms and kids.
I agree with this. Call me weird, but I just don't understand the competitive rush to train (unless there's something like preschool or daycare that requires it). IMO, there is a large range of normal for when kids are ready, and on a case by case basis, they are ready when they are ready and not a minute before. My son was over 3 and 1/2 before he decided he was ready to use the potty consistently (showed all of the signs of readiness before then, just didn't want to sit on the potty or wear undies). When he decided it was time, it took under a week, and he's been accident-free both day and night ever since. It's not like being potty trained early is correlated with winning Nobel prizes later in life.
I've seen kids go to school with pulls-up in their backpack! That mom needs to get busy!
Potty training is the child's accomplishment, not the parent's.
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