Potty training
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@Bee see my daughter was almost completely potty training in 2023 and then we had our son and ever since I can't seem to get her back to where she was
I bribed my LG a lot… every situation is different but in my case it worked best to set up our shared bathroom with her own mirror, hangers for jewelry, a basket of bathroom books (only to be used in the bathroom, but can be about anything… they all have lots of pictures tho so she can “read” to me too)… I also have a string of lights I can turn on if she wants them and a dollar store touch light that she can use herself… at home she would play until she had an accident so I started making it a thing where she couldn’t start cartoons or finish whatever activity until she gave me 1 minute on the potty to prove she didn’t have to go… also we have a pet dog so I didn’t feel comfortable with her running naked but I did do no undies so she was able to feel the yuck of the accident… it was messy but once we went no pull up we didn’t go back… good luck!
Bribery and naked method. We went shopping at a dollar market for “poop toys” that she earned through pooping in the toilet. She got to pick the ones she liked and knew that she could only earn them for each poop. Didn’t let her wear underwear and pants in the house for a few weeks and between those things it got sorted out pretty quickly There’s also potty advent calendars if you want something more organized. The one I tried was Potty Time Adventure brand on Amazon
Get a potty for her room, in the bathroom and the living room. At home just have a dress or shirt on. Talk to her about using the potty. Vocalize when you have to use the bathroom. “Oh I can tell I need to pee. I’ll be right back” or “ I need to poop do you want to come with me and read a book?” The more they see you normalizing potty behavior the more they are likely to follow 🤍 we did no pressure potty training and praised moments on the potty whether she went or not. We also make poop a big deal not by being loud but by talking about our poop color, size and be silly with it. Pottying is vulnerable for kids. Building confidence in it is important. We personally chose not to reward especially this young. Intrisinsic motivation is really high (wanting to do things for oneself rather than a material/extrinsic reward). Building connection during potty time with also make it a positive piece. No phones. No doing other stuff. Focusing on them for 1-5 mins 🤍 patience is key.
I would talk to her about when her tummy starts to hurt it means it’s time to go poop! We are the opposite here my girl pees and poops but will still go in her diaper only pee
We started PT Jan. 2024. Mainly started with awake training and she was doing great. 💩 in potty was an issue too. We stopped nap diapers/pull ups last August. When she had 2 accidents in her underwear, we went to nap time bottomless. Yes we had a few accidents but then she held it until bedtime. But not every night. We were able to place underwear and bottoms back. New Years we went cold turkey and stopped bedtime diapers/pull ups. She actually has been doing great with a chart and rewards. This past week she has been pooping 2x/day 🤷🏻♀️ FYI even as an infant 8 months and older, she really only 1x/day pooper 😂 I think now she is playing us for the rewards 😂😂 but at least she is doing it. Patience mama 😌
Following because I also need help. .my son was completely potty trained a year ago and besides wearing diapers overnight was doing great in undies. We did the "oh crao" 3 day method. Worked great. After months of success he suddenly became scared of my bathroom. I couldn't get him to go anymore, and I thought maybe he just needs a little break.... so instead of pushing him to keep using the potty we went back to pull-ups ... I thought it would he a few days or a week while we worked out the bathroom fear. Days turned to months. He's regressed big time. Sometimes he goes days doing everything in the potty ... other days he mostly goes in the potty But we also have days where he only goes 1x in the potty ans the rest are all pullup accidents.. I will take him to the potty he will sit 5mins and not go and then put the pull up back on and go 1 minute later. When I ask why he just says he prefers the pull-up. I'm losing my mind.