Potty training
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It definitely gets easier. My 2 year old is almost fully potty trained. He even wipes and washes his hands after. All I did was set up a little potty, no diapers while at home, and a treat everytime he went in the potty. When he had accidents outside the potty I would just sit him on the potty while I cleaned up. It was a process but he got it pretty quickly and now tells me when he has to go potty at home and in public. I still do pull ups while out just in case we can't get to the potty fast enough. Other than that he does great 👍 It takes time but they eventually get it! Just be relaxed about it and it will be okay 🥰
@Karalyne yes we do 1 chocolate chip for pee on potty 2 for poop on potty. She hasn’t done poop yet but 🫠 lol I’m gonna do pull ups for naptime and bedtime. Then maybe in unfamiliar places
@Tayler Leftwich lmao don’t worry my daughter also just loves to flush the little potty hahaha
@Karalyne she literally like fights me to sit on the potty. What did you do with this??
@Karalyne this is….. I’m jealous 😔 the dedication has to be there and I just don’t have it yet
My 25 months daughter took me 1 day . But she always with me, even when I need to go, she had her little potty since 14 months. So what I did. After breakfast we putt all the diapers in a bag and left them outside, told a new baby needs them. She had 2 accidents whole day. A quick tip - two weeks before - I took her favorite toy ( bunny, doll) and put in the potty pretending they were popping, put tiny chocolate so she thought was a real poop . Don’t give up!! It’s take at least 10 day .
@Katia did she ever fight going on the potty? What did you do?
@Alyssa Honestly if he fought me on sitting on the potty (depending the situation) I would take a break for a week and come back to it. It takes the pressure off. And most times he would randomly choose to sit on it on his own if I didn't push it. If he was just fighting me because he had to potty but didn't want to do it on the potty ( did this alot with pooping) i would hold my ground and keep sitting him on the potty everytime he got back up and remind him that if he went potty he got a treat. It took time and a lot of consistency but it worked for him. (You might feel like a meanie sometimes but it's about teaching)
@Alyssa I also want to point out that ive been working with him since he was 1 year and a half. So don't feel like you have to get it down in a week or two. Or even a month.
@Karalyne yeah she definitely had to pee and I knew it (hence the accident) but I’m wondering once she understood not liking the peeing feeling then maybe she’ll stop fighting me?? Lol idk. She is a FIGHTER she’s stubborn and tough I was expecting the fight lol
@Tayler Leftwich Honestly it really does work if you're more relaxed about it. (I also understand this approach doesn't work for every child) just leave the potty out 24/7 and no diapers at home. My husband struggled with the accidents but it's the best and easiest technique I've seen so far. I'm a SAHM so that helped with consistency. No matter your situation I'm sure you're doing great! Some children just take time 🥰 My nephew wasn't potty trained till 4 so I definitely give a lot of grace and time for learning new skills
@Alyssa no fight but she tells me No, No , but I take her anyway. Also I try to go to her world, I play with her on way to the bathroom, pretend she is an air plane . Another way to prepare them is with books. There is a good one called, let’s go potty Elmo.
@Alyssa Alot of kids are! It's new and outside of their normal. To get him comfortable sitting on the potty, I had a little tray table with activities or toys in front of his little potty. So it was essentially like sitting on a chair for a while and just playing. I also keep his potty in the living room because everytime I had it in the bathroom it was like "out of sight out of mind" and he wouldn't use it. Now that he's been using it consistently it doesn't really matter where I put the potty. He will also use the big potty now (whichever he can get to faster)
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It took about a month for my son to really stop having daily accidents. It was 5+ for a day or two, then 3, then 2, and now we have about one a week, typically at daycare. It's a process, they are learning! We used Big Little Feelings potty training course, cause I need rules and direction 🫠 But from day one, it's no more diapers, just "night time undies (pull ups)" since it's really too early for most toddlers to potty train overnight. It does get easier. They pick up on your cues, so the more you want it, the more pressure they can feel. That works against you for some toddlers! If kiddo doesn't want to sit on the potty, play it cool and say "ok, listen to your body" or whatever you typically say and don't push it. The consequence of not sitting on the potty is having pee pee run down their legs. No one likes that, but it's a fast teacher.
@Karalyne my kiddo preferred his potty in the bathroom. I think he used it maybe 2 times when it was somewhere else in the house 😂
lol, mine is May 2022 and we’re only sort of training. She sits when she wants to which is only a couple times a day most days. She mostly wants to play: sing songs and wipe herself with allllll the tp lol. We’re heavily praise when she gets pee or poop in potty. She refuses to sit on potty at daycare. Really treat it like any other skill (her learning to walk and crawl, talk, etc) and try to watch her closely to learn her clues. Mine is a go hide/ in corner pooper and for pee she’ll start messing at her diaper in the front with hand. Then I just ask if she’d like to put it in potty.
It’s going to take time and a lot of patience. It will definitely get harder before it gets easier, because just when you think they’re getting it they start to refuse and pee or poop all over the house in protest lol, so just stay the course and hang in there!
Dont push it. Put the potty in reach. Read a lot of potty books. Let them see you potty. When they are ready they will Do it. If you fight them or force them it will just take longer
The fact your kid is grasping the concept at all is amazing. Cause my kid 😂🥴 sits on the potty, somehow learned to wipe herself with a wet wipe and gets up and says “ALL DONE!!!” And refuses to understand you have to pee or poop to be all done 😂💀