Need some BTDT advice ASAP

su7kids

Fri, Jun 26 2009, 11:54 am

Personally, I went straight to the toilet, because I wanted my kids to be able to use the bathroom at anyone's house, or wherever needed. In fact, we would make a big deal of going to someone else's toilet, when we were visiting, so they never created an attachment to THEIR toilet only.

If he's getting the hang of it, one of the things I would do is, every time he has an accident, just explain to him "remember what that felt like before it came out?" Hopefully he'll say "yes" and then you say, "so next time, lets make it on the toilet". Just an explanation, because, remember, he's never done it before in his life, and may not fully grasp the concept that this is where it really belongs.

Good luck.

↑ Hashem_Yaazor

Fri, Jun 26 2009, 11:55 am

1. Re: drinking milk -- don't force it. It's interesting, but sometimes kids' aversions to certain foods are because of an allergy or intolerance and they sense it isn't something that appeals to them...since his brother is known to have sensitivities, I'd be even more cautious. My m-i-l tells me she feels bad she forced her kids to drink milk when they complained so much they didn't want it (this was back in the day when milk was the healthiest thing out there Wink

) and now she realizes most of her boys (not sure about the girls) are lactose intolerant and they really did feel awful after drinking the milk. Even if he eats other dairy, I know for me, cold milk (even with chocolate -- I don't like plain Wink

) makes my stomach hurt in a way that drinking hot chocolate doesn't...not sure the ins and outs, but it's my experience.

2. Good for him!

3. Honestly, I started out with a seat on top of the toilet and skipped the whole potty thing. I figured one less transition for him and much more versatile. Within a few weeks of being completely trained he figured out on his own how to climb up and swing his legs over in a way that he shouldn't fall in. It's worth it to teach him how to use a real toilet because you're going to have to go places...and he also has to learn what to do with his tzitzis he'll be getting soon enough Tongue Out

So have him experienced on going on a real toilet before you teach the next step. I'd give him the option, but don't wait too long because you will have to leave your house at times and not want to bring the potty with you everywhere.

↑ zigi

Fri, Jun 26 2009, 3:59 pm

is your kid stubborn? with dd she refused to use the toilet. she only wanted to go on the potty seat for a while. if we where out of the house she was able to use the toilet. but she didn't like going on the toilet by herself. the potty seat is lower down I guess and she could do everything by herself.st school she used the kiddie toilets and then she used the regular ones. like the other posters say that its good to skip the potty seat.

curlytop ↓

Sat, Jun 27 2009, 11:56 pm

What type of potty are you using? The little ones that you have to clean out after each usage?
If you say he is the type that doesn't like change, you should use the ones that you just place on the toilet seat, you can use them for a while, no big deal. Also, you won't have to take a little potty with you if you go out. My son decided one day the toilet seat was for babies, so that was that.
(Personally, the thought of cleaning those potties is just Puke

)
More than that, who knows?? Each kid is soooo different, I have no words of advise just goooood luck, you will need it Smile

My son wasn't trained until 3, so don't worry about it. It takes a while!

gold21

Sun, Jun 28 2009, 12:16 am

Off topic: but I'm horrified that people are horrified at the idea of occasional juice for a toddler. My heavens! Do kids who have never had a sip of juice in their lifetime grow up smarter, better, or healthier? I don't think so. My son bli ayin hora drinks apple juice all the time, and gasp! eats some nosh too, and I bli ayin hora I see no negative side effects. Yay for me!

I grew up on orange juice, and BH see so negative effects. I used to bring wise bbq potato chips to school sometimes for snack, behind my mothers back, lol.

I don't care if you are pro or against juice (which is loaded with antioxidants and vitamins, and fruit sugar aint poison, but I digress) but let's not get excited about toilet-training-juice.

(Knowing twizzlers, who has a rather different mentality towards sweets than I do, lol, I bet the juice is organic triple filtered homestyle farm-fresh tomato juice)

↑ curlytop

Sun, Jun 28 2009, 12:32 am

gold21 wrote:

I totally agree.
My parents house was always stocked with nosh , what should I tell you, we all grew up BH .
I give my kids nosh/juice, in moderation, whats the big stink?