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zigi ↓

Thu, Jul 10 2008, 4:26 pm

she is 3 she tells me when she needs to go. I put her on the toilet in the morning and at night. she is in pull ups. she is basically ready to be trained but I'm not in the mood to have her make on the floor and #2 every where. we are also not at home, and she is in camp. I guess I will have to wait untill we go back home. and I guess I really should be good with putting her on the potty every hour or so, I don't have the energy to deal with it, she is also very strong willed. I know that the best way for he to train is naked and she is in control.

Pickle Lady ↓

Thu, Jul 10 2008, 6:36 pm

I understand. I am trying to potty train my DD too. So far she has pished on the floor in the street 2x, once in our buildings lobby and pooped on the floor in the doctors office. She is getting better though. I keep reminding myself that it will happen.

Maya ↓

Thu, Jul 10 2008, 8:06 pm

My son is 2.5, and needs to be trained, too. Is there any way he can magically train himself and leave me out of it?? Smile

↑ zigi ↓

Thu, Jul 10 2008, 8:18 pm

I saw a clip form a morning show where they had a potty training boot camp, the lady had 5 or so toddlers they were naked on the bottom she gave then salty snacks and sugary drinks and praised them with words and m&ms when they made. she claims that this really works and that she has 6 children and she was forced to figure out a method that works.

I know that it works but to be shut inside the house waiting for dd to make everytime ahhhh!

with ds I was forced to stay inside any way I was recovering from a csection, he finnished the potty training job by himself, this was after months of trying to train him. but now? not in the mood.

elf123 ↓

Thu, Jul 10 2008, 8:37 pm

In my experience, I feel the mother's attitude toward it is a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy. I did not even try to train my sons until they were 3, and it basically went pretty smoothly with both. With my daughter, I was sure from what everyone said about girls training earlier/easier than boys, that I would train her by 2 1/2, but we had just moved and there was a lot going on and I felt I would not have the patience for it, in the end, I kept saying "I'll train her after Pesach" (no reason other than it was a concrete date in my mind, she was turning 3 the following month). Literally the day after Pesach, I went out, bought some underwear, and just put it on her w/out making any major announcements other than, "We're going to make on the potty from now on like a big girl." Now obviously, your child has to be ready to do it, otherwise no amount of rewards, threats or tears from either of you is going to help! But in my case, waiting those extra few months helped, b/c she was totally ready. I also kept thinking, I won't be able to leave the house, etc., but I didn't really end up homebound...I used my judgment, didn't take any long trips, but didn't lock myself in the house either. B"h, ka'h, she trained very easily with hardly any accidents. It's not that I'm taking the credit for that, but I am a pretty high-strung person, and I feel like b/c I didn't make a big deal of it, it was easier for both of us!! Good luck!!

↑ elf123

Thu, Jul 10 2008, 8:43 pm

P.S. My dd is also VERY strong-willed (I.e., STUBBORN!) I thought it would make things harder, but I think it just made her more determined to be a "big girl".
P.P.S. Get rid of the pull-ups, they are a waste of money and I don't think they help train.(Of course use them at night!)

↑ zigi ↓

Thu, Jul 10 2008, 8:51 pm

I agree about the pull ups the reason I got them b/c she would tell me I need to go its easier to pull doen a pull up than a diaper. my son was 3 when he finnished the job.

↑ zigi ↓

Wed, Jul 30 2008, 4:18 pm

ok, we bit the bullet and we started. she is not wearing underwear, there were some successes and a failure. but we are on our way!

↑ Maya

Wed, Jul 30 2008, 6:22 pm

Hey, good luck! I'm planning to start over this weekend.

↑ zigi ↓

Sat, Aug 02 2008, 10:20 pm

good luck maya! I just realised that I'm training in the nine days! we have a lot more really dirty clothes now!

↑ Pickle Lady

Sat, Aug 02 2008, 10:59 pm

zigi BH my daughter is now potty trained. It was a success. Yippeee So it will happen, just stick with it.

HAPPYMOMMY ↓

Sat, Aug 02 2008, 11:30 pm

OK, so my ds is almost 2.5 and I put him in underwear on Friday and today. He had only one accident yesterday. When he naps and sleeps I put him in diapers and he really soaks it so I have no idea how I will train him to stay dry when he sleeps. I so do not want to stay in tomorrow, but I do want to keep him in underwear. Help

A couple weeks ago when we were out of town he decided he wanted to make on the toilet and he was dry so I left him in underwear when we went to Target. Of course he needed to use the bathroom over there which was fine except that he totally freaked when the toilet flushed by itself while he was trying to do his business. That was the end of that. He refused to make on that toilet and he didn't want to make in his underwear (he doesn't want the cars on his underwear to be sad!) so I put a diaper on and told him it's OK to make in the diaper now since the toilet was broken. What should I have done? I read that it's a good idea to keep post it notes in your purse to cover the eye of the toilet's flusher in public restrooms when going with little kids.
Anyway, now I have no patience to train him b/c I HATE having to stay home. I will also have to talk to his playgroup teacher and find out how I should send him to playgroup. Do I keep him in underwear? If yes will the teacher have to put on a diaper when he naps? Oh well, time will tell...

↑ zigi ↓

Sat, Aug 02 2008, 11:41 pm

you can train for the night later on,

I started with dd on wensday we went out for a few hours every day. if you are going to go out you could put training underwear on. its thicker so if there is an accident it won't complety soak everything. also try to go to places that have a bathroom or if you have a boy a tree and bushes.

dh told me that ds. is trained it took a while but he is trained, that eventually they will learn. I know how people mention that you can potty train in 3 days. the 3 days are over and we are only slightly closer. ahhh

I don't know what I would do if dd was in playgroup. if the teacher doesn't mind taking your child to the bathroom every hour or so.

good luck!

↑ HAPPYMOMMY

Sat, Aug 02 2008, 11:48 pm

Thanks, I'll need the good luck!
My mother claims that toilet training was the hardest part of childraising.... until we became teenagers!

↑ zigi

Thu, Aug 07 2008, 7:04 pm

dd was dry the whole day!! we went out for 4 hours and I took her to the bathroom, and she stayed dry. there is hope out there. it took us 8 days. pullups made it take longer, also not going to a place that has a bathroom also didn't help. so basically the best way to do it is if dc is ready, can go 1&2 in the potty, and knows the feeling f needing to go and can go by themselves, or if you don't mind taking them every hour. good luck everyone!

lednam

Wed, Sep 03 2008, 12:00 pm

I thoght my son will not be trained b4 he turned 3 and I didnt like the idea but I tried and it didnt work I would put him on the toilet and stand there and he never made so I made peace with the idea that he wont be trained by 3
2 weeks b4 his haircut on shabbos I decided to try for the fun of it and it worked by monday he was in underwear and trained at night. it was worth waiting you and the kid have to be ready.
he had like 2 eccidents so take your time and give your kid his
good luck
(this is my second kid, my first was pretty good too he went to play group with pull ups for 2 wekks and then went to underwear, and he is 4 and a half and just got trained at night so every child is diffrent)

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