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Potty training
I'm looking for a book to educate myself on tips and techniques for potty training.
Re: Potty training
I'm just here to poach ideas.
As am I. Except, I need a book that discusses how to get a headstrong teenager potty trained.
We have even tried bribing him with a Leapster game that he wanted...and now he doesn't want that game.
cosigned, Buddha.
He does still like Elmo. I've seen the preview for that video on other Elmo DVDs and have been meaning to buy it.
So far the biggest incentives are (1) Sitting on the Lightning McQueen toilet seat and (2) flushing the toilet.
I have no doubt that he regularly pees in the tub, but I can't tell when. The one time he pooped in the potty was because he started making poop face in the tub, and I just scooped him up to avoid a bath poop. I've never made such a big deal about poop in my life.
Lila had a book that she was only allowed to look at while on the potty. Also, smarties as rewards worked well then when those got old she found a bag of skittles that Santa gave to Andy then I wouldn't let her have them because they were his so they became even more coveted. Then we started using them as rewards. She had a dozen or so accidents at home, 2 out in public but we seem to have crossed the finish line now.
I will say, i wish i'd never, ever put a pullup on that kid. They give a false sense of being a big kid and they're really no easier to use than a regular diaper and way more expensive.
This is good to know. What's the nighttime situation?
We have a little girl that is very interested in us going to the bathroom, flushing the toilet, flushing the poops from her diaper down the toilet, and getting naked and hanging out on her potty seat. But not really interested in doing anything on that potty. Trying to be patient and not push, but hopeful that moving up to a more preschool like room at daycare will give her a little nudge in that direction.
Mucho likes purple nails and purple cupcakes
this morning daycare said they put alison on the toilet and she peed. so far peer pressure (seeing daycare kids do big kid things) is her biggest motivator i think.
aside from that, we try to make her aware that sitting on the john=potty (or 'making bubbles'
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i think whoever's idea about starting off after bathtime is a good one. that's when she's 1)most likely to want to stay naked for a while and 2) most likely to pee on the carpet before i can rediaper.
Which is fine, if that's your bag. I just want to know if observation is an absolutely essential part of the process. I'm many months away from the toilet training phase, but if I'm going to have to let someone else watch me evacuate waste, it will take me that long to psychologically prepare.
I wanted that one. However, we moved into a house with a bathroom door that doesn't lock (and I am far too lazy to replace). Plus, even if it did lock, Andy would just stand out and try to break it down the whole time. He is not a fan of closed doors in his house.
But, as I am a prime example, having him watch you does not necessarily mean he will be encouraged to go on his own.
Did you do this? Is E potty trained now?
I've heard it's better if the dad is the volunteer potty exhibitionist for boys (and vice versa for girls). Sounds like a perfect excuse to delegate this task to your husband.
Mucho likes purple nails and purple cupcakes
Sometimes it is like we have the same child.
For less then ten cents a day, you can feed a hungry child.
Wahoo! Then here's hoping Hypothetical Child #2 is a boy, also. Private Pees and Poos 4Me 4EVA.
I have not done this yet but I will when I have three days in a row to do it. It seems to have worked with all my friends kids. But he's also not ready and I'm not pushing. Truth be told, I don't mind diapers. Having to drop everything to find a public toilet isn't high on my list of priorities. I can tell he's finally at the point where he knows he's doing it, goes in a corner & then says "change my diaper" but if I'm not around right away to hear that (like when he's watching tv and I'm getting ready for work) and I smell he went and ask him he'll still say no he didn't go. Doesn't want to take time away from playing.
So like I've said before I'm not interested in doing this for 5 months. I'll wait. One day I'm told it will click. We tell him stuff now and he gets it. I told him last week that if he keeps eating hair he's going to get sick and the doc will have to cut him open. He stopped eating hair (and told B on me as to what I said). But mission accomplished- no more hair eating which was a real problem. Same with potty- we tell him big boys go on the potty but I don't waste time making him sit there. He's sees us both go- I'm not shy with him because he's just always been my sidekick 24/7. He helps flush his down, etc. so he knows what to do. But he's def going to need a 3 day bootcamp thing.
He doesn't do that every bath? I'm pretty sure that's the first thing Ethan checks at bath time. Is it still there? AWESOME. Now, I can play with my elmo book and rubber duck.
TSD, you and I see eye to eye on the situation. All of it. Andy is now at the point where he hides when he goes. That is a big step. It seems that kids much younger than him do this, but he just never acknowledged it.
We talk about it all of the time. We tell him that all of his friends go. He just doesn't care. We'll tell him, "big boys go to the potty." He responds with, "I don't want to be a big boy. I'm a baby." Okay, kid. Cool.
I think my H is getting more anxious about it than I am. I want to just ride it out. We worried so much about him walking and talking. Those were both things that he just did one day. I am hoping it clicks before he turns 4/goes to preschool (end of August). But, if not, I'm sure the peer pressure will do the trick.