Help! I need potty training advice. Anyone have anything that can help me? Karis will be two in a few weeks, and I think I am ready to take on this BIG task. She has already popped in the potty a lot, but she will only do it at home, not anywhere else. Also, I have somehow made potty time fun read time. I started out reading her books while we were waiting for her to go. Any clue as how to change this. I want her to look at books by herself and not think that I have to be reading them to her. I would love to hear from anyone who thinks they can help. Thank you!
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I don't know that I can help, but I e-mailed many girlfriends who had older children and asked them to e-mail me back with advice. I found it very helpful to pick and choose from their methods. Take my advice for what it's worth (not much), but here are some tips:
1. DO NOT USE PULL UPS!!!
2. Let her run around the house in just panties (no pants) or panties and plastic panties over, so she can learn to feel the uncomfortable sensation of being wet.
3. Ask often if she needs to go potty (like every 30 minutes) and take her to the potty regardless.
4. Be patient, it takes a few weeks for them to recognize the feeling of needing to go, and then even longer to learn how to stop themselves from going.
5. Buy special character panties for when she does go in the potty, or tell you.
6. Purchase a "potty" book--we have The Potty Book for girls (main character's name is Hannah).
7. Have lots of panties and plastic panties ready to go in the bathroom.
8. Carry anti-bacterial wipes with you in public to wipe down the toilet seat before she sits on the potty.
Happy training!!!
my advice- RELAX!! real panties do help a lot- but pull-ups are helpful when you have to be out and about. but you have to be consistent at home about wearing real panties. beth told me when she wanted to wear panties and she did, and didn't wet them (but she was almost 3) with our miscarriage, etc. i couldn't devote the time to training while on bedrest. she'll get it when she's ready. I recommend the Potty Book for Girls also- i can still quote it. beth used to say "No mo dia-kas a me!" (no more diapers for me)
love you
i dont have any advice but that little one on the potty is a cutie!
Jeanna, I agree with Laura. Relax! When she is ready she will do it. We pushed Clay to be potty trained by age 2. He was, but it took 6 months of work. On Blake, we let him decide and he only took about 2 weeks. He was older than 2. I agree about Pull-ups but I think it is absolutely necessary to send them to church in one when they are first learning. No teacher wants to clean up without Pull-ups (if you know what I mean) no matter how cute she is. Use the real thing at home. Just remember that her success at training has nothing to do with how good or bad you are at parenting, it only means she is ready or she isn't. And by the way, it is alot easier to do this in the warm weather when she is not in long pants. Shorts are much easier to deal with. Also, cold weather makes you need to go more, does it not? I would wait til the summer if it were me. Remember this is all from someone who has 3 boys. Good luck, Kim
Hey Jeanna,
What an exciting time! I will tell you first that it has taken us 8 months to completely train Naomi. (That includes going all on her own, without help, and staying dry all night) We started when she was 18 months. It is good that she is pooping in the potty first. Thats usually the hardest thing.
I locked myself in the house for a week solid. I put the potty chair in the kitchen and pumped her full of liquids. But its really important for the first week to clear your schedule. I would just take her every 20-30 minutes. Books are good, we also turned on cartoons just to keep her sitting long enough to go or singing. She will get tierd of the sitting and reading once she learns what its all about and gets excited about trying to go and being quicker about it.
We also had special treats that she could have only when she went potty. (use a different treat for whatever she does) and that worked well. That first week she just learned what she was doing and got used to the feel of going in the potty, also keeping her in panties helped her discover that she did not like the wet or dirty feeling!(also, keep her in dresses or a tshirt with the panties makes things easier...and less laundry for you!) Then after that I just tried to be as consistant as possible. But just be patient...it will come. Just remember, there isnt a single adult who never learned to use the potty! LOL!
But Naomi still doesnt like public restrooms, esp the ones that flush on their own, they scare her. So we are still working on that.
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