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As for how to do it, there are a lot of possibilities.
I think that going without bottoms at home first helps the child to understand when s/he needs to go. That may be a problem in terms of cleaning up, but usually that only lasts a little while.
I also like this video (a bit expensive, but intended to help parents of older special needs children and really good for kids who are visual). It has a parent part as well as the child's part.
When they tell you they pooped and really did. When they freak for their diaper to go in. In underwear they feel that gross fealing of going in their pants.
From my experience its to evualate the maturity of the child. Girls have been trained young as 1 1/2. Boys old as 3.
It seems that everyone is in such a rush to do this. It should be natural---when they are ready. Don't push it and get stressed out. My daughter was ready just before she turned 3. One day she just decided to do it and never had an accident. It was great.
My third child trained when he was 18 months. I didn't rush him. He was ready. He had older brothers and so had built-in role models, but I think parents have to be ready as well to recognize certain behaviors and stop relying on the convenience of diapers for the younger kids when you have older kids who have places to go.
In the case of my youngest, he did have a regular eating/sleeping schedule, which really helps.
I noticed that when he was playing after breakfast, he would suddenly get up, hide behind a certain chair, and poop his diaper. So one day I asked him if he wanted to poop in the potty and he said yes.
After that, we did the "Potty train your kid in a day" method where you use a baby doll that wets and have them use the potty, then let your child run around the house all day without pants as described above, etc.
We didn't really use the potty chair. We just propped him up on the toilet.
Hmm going by that readiness check list my daughter is definitely not ready. She's nearly two and a half and I was hoping to get it done this summer when its warm enough to go without bottoms on but she still won't go anywhere near the potty. Not sure if she knows when she is going to go poop but she does tell me afterwards and asks me to change the nappy (unless she's really distracted, then she doesn't seem to notice)
Just put her on the potty for a bit with a schedule of times during the day. She doesn't have to go. She can throw paper in and flush. Let her just get used to it. One day she will shock you. Good luck.
When you are training them, you give them a LOT of water so they HAVE to go and feel the urgency. That helps speed the process.
When they are newly trained and you have to go out, you have to go cold turkey or they won't take responsibility for wetting their pants. I mean, if you BOTH know they are wearing a diaper, then you're both more relaxed about peeing in the diaper, which only delays the process.
You just teach them that potty stops are a natural part of being out in the world. Carefully monitor what they drink. This is why letting them walk around with free access to a sippy cup works against you.
When we would go out, I carried disinfectant wipes to clean public toilets, and I wouldn't let them drink too close to the time we left. I made them try to pee before we left, and asked them very regularly if they needed to go potty. You get to know where all the clean public toilets are, that's for sure!
When they tell you they pooped and really did. When they freak for their diaper to go in. In underwear they feel that gross fealing of going in their pants.
From my experience its to evualate the maturity of the child. Girls have been trained young as 1 1/2. Boys old as 3.
So if they hate getting their diaper changed, they are ready to be potty trained? My DD hates it now. I have to chase her around the house and sometimes hold her legs down to change her. But, this is with a poop filled diaper. It seems like she doesn't mind sitting in crap now, just hates a diaper being put on or taken off
I potty trained my son when I was ready--not when he was ready. I was ready to be done with changing and washing diapers. We started when he was 20 months old, and just nighttime trained last month (roughly 10 months later).
To start training, I would put him on the potty first thing in the morning, right after meals/nap, and pretty much every hour or so during the day. We stayed home for the first few days. When I was brave enough to venture out I would have him try to use the bathroom once we got to where we were going, and then again before we left. He had a few accidents while out, but he had on Gerber training undies and we just cleaned up and kept going about our day.
As far as him having any "signs" that he was ready to go...nope. Now, he will dance a "little jhig", or sometimes hold his privates and it's obvious he needs to go. He will also tell me when he needs to go. I suppose I could have waited for his signs and kept him in diapers all this time, but I'm really glad I didn't.
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