We started potty training sometime last spring. Buggy would freak out every time she poo’d in her diaper so I thought maybe that is a sign that she is ready for the potty. At first Buggy wouldn’t go near the potty. I’ve read where potty training a two year old may be way too young and you should start more at around 3 so you don’t have any setbacks. I guess that would also depend on the child.
I left the potty in the bathroom and let Buggy get familiar with it. Since you can’t always go potty with a toddler around Buggy would see me sitting on my potty and I would tell her that her potty was on the floor. Eventually she came around and started sitting on it with her clothes on. For a while there it seemed like her favorite place to poo was when she was in the tub. As soon as I see her trying to go I would pull her out and put her on her potty. She didn’t like it and would freak but I just kept telling her she had to go poo-poo in the potty. Since she was wet from being in the tubby I would grab the towels and put them around her and that was the magic moment.
Buggy now loves her potty. Somehow having the towels around her is the coolest thing for her and a must when she sits on her potty. She has gone a few times in there and we do our potty dance but for the most part she will just sit in there and maybe a dribble or two comes out. Just the other day she was in the tubby and it looked like she was trying to go and I told her no poo-poo in the tubby and she pointed to her potty so she can do her business. She’s too cute. She’ll even grab some toilet paper and wipe herself – even when she doesn’t do anything.
When did you start potty training your little one?
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I like the part she wipes her little tushy even when there's nothing. How cute is that??? I started potty training the kiddo a little before he turned 3. And I agree with you to let children decide when they are ready to use the potty - of course if they are 5 and still refuse to sit on the potty, that's when you intervene.
ReplyDeleteI have 3 girls, and they have all been so different in the potty training dept. Anna was a little work and mastered it by 3. Lexi wanted to be like her big sister, so mastered it at 2, and Marilyn started trying at 18 months (but hasn't mastered it yet). It's SO nice when they finally get the hang of it. :)
ReplyDeleteI think that is a good age to start. they are a bit more aware of the need to go. 5 is way too old to still be in diapers!
ReplyDeletehey Ali,
ReplyDeleteWow, good for Lexi- a little monkey see monkey do is very helpful-LOL! good for Marilyn already starting - def helps with the cost of diapers.
That's funny about the towels. What a cute photo. I'm lucky on this one. I got my 4 step-daughters already potty trained.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I've trained at different ages with all of my kids. My boy was actually the youngest lol ;) I just waited until they seemed excited and ready.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I've trained at different ages with all of my kids. My boy was actually the youngest lol ;) I just waited until they seemed excited and ready.
ReplyDeleteI started potty training my son last February and it's been a long and slow process. Looking back on it, I probably should've started him when he was 3 as boys tend to take longer than girls and aren't fully ready right away. Some days he's consistent and other days he isn't. But I try not to rush him in the process...
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ReplyDeleteyes you are lucky. Not an easy task
ReplyDeleteI think that is the way to go - no pressure. I ask her every time i'm in there or she will sit on it on her own - with her diaper on but it's a start anyway.
ReplyDeletethey saw if you start too early they may digress so maybe I will just wait and see how she does. She goes thru periods where she wants to use it and then won't for a few weeks- that's ok tho
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