I have so many things that I'm in the process of blogging about, but this just simply cannot wait. Reese just went pee-pee in the potty for the very first time!!! I know, I know, all your children have been potty trained since they were 5 days old ;) , but Reese has just flat out refused up to this point. She always tells me "it's too hard." She's been so anti that I haven't really pushed it.
Anyway, this morning I just set her up on her princess potty, put on Curious George and gave her a sippy of tons of Crystal Light. Shortly after I heard, "Mommy, mommy! I went!" We both started skipping around the house with excitement!
I gave her a treat, put her in princess panties (one of her bribes) and now have her sitting on a towel next to her potty.
So what do I do next?! Do I stick with panties no matter what? Do pull-ups? Any suggestions are welcome!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Peeing My Pants, I'm So Excited!!!
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I just potty trained Cali 2 weeks ago!! They are the same age, right? Cali will be 3 in Oct.
Here is what I did...
Undies only. Set a mental timer or a real one for every 30 minutes and sit her on the potty. It is annoying, but then after a day or so, do it every 60 minutes. I am still doing that about every 60-90 minutes but she is holding it longer and longer now. We even went to the zoo and hiking in her undies with no accidents!
Oh, but she did poop in her undies this morning. So gross! But it is going to happen, so just be patient and stick with it.
GOOD LUCK! YEAH for cute little girl buns in underwear!!
I use pull-ups for nap & bed time of coarse.
I say stick to the panties, pull ups are a waste of money and an excuse for them to have an accident and not care! Good luck I hope it goes good!!
You will probably get as many opinions on how to potty train as there are mothers in the world. I'm of the undies-only school of thought. We stocked up on carpet cleaner and went for it.
In my opinion, kids treat pull-ups the same as diapers. Londyn didn't like wearing diapers at naptime or at night but she she still needed them so we put undies on over her diaper until she could stay in undies all night. That kept her happy.
I found also that instead of asking "Do you need to go potty?" saying "It's time to go potty" was a lot more effective. We kept a jar of candy corn in the kitchen and Londyn got one whenever she had a success on the potty. Jacey never needed a bribe, but she also HATED wetting her pants (like, super freaked out), so she learned a lot more quickly than Londyn. Londyn could care less if she was wet, she just kept on playing. She took quite a bit longer to train.
I carried a ziploc with a few paper towels, clean underwear and a change of pants everywhere I went while we were potty training. Accidents are going to happen, so best be prepared. :)
With Jacey, making a big deal of success like you were talking about in your post really did the trick. She didn't need much more than that. Londyn needed a lot more bells and whistles. So probably a big part of it is just finding what motivates Reese and running with it. And also just sticking with it once you start.
Good luck!
Wahoooooo! Congrats! The day after Eden got excited about using the potty I hid all of the diapers in the house while she was sleeping. She woke up and I told her to go get a diaper and once she couldn't find any she decided that she needed to wear panties instead. It's worked like a charm for peeing. We use panties at home, and whenever we leave we just throw a pullup on over them just in case.
I totally agree that having the timer is handy. It's kinda like having an unbiased 3rd party so it's not mommy that's making her stop playing and sit--it's the beeper.
Good luck!!
IF you have a strong willed child like mine??? It has to be her idea. I would just say to Taya "Now you remember you have panties on right?" That is what worked for her. We never had an accident poop or pee. Because she thought it was her idea.
This is perfect timing I truly believe 3 months shy of 3 is the magic #!!!!
YEAH! There's no turning back now. Undies all the way.
Good luck! Just remember every kid is different so try what you can but dont worry or beat yourself up if it isn't working for you and your kid. Really. (I had a hard time with this at first.)
For the first bit we did panties and then pull ups at night. With my first it felt like we tried too much too fast so we ended up changing our plans after several weeks. Although w/ my 2nd we waited so long she was so ready she just jumped right on with all of it.
Way to go Reese! That is so exciting!!!
SOOO exciting! It's been so long since I have potty trained, I don't have any advice for ya! :) I vote to stick with undies though... Good luck!
yippee. Potty trained kids are GREAT!!! I agree with everyone else, stick to panties. Pull ups act just as diapers. I just went cold turkey with my kids (pull ups at naps and night), and they got the hang of it. It takes a few accidents for them to realize what they are doing, but usually within a couple of days, they are set! :) Make it exciting, throw a dance party, and don't get frusterated over accidents because they WILL happen. :)
p.s. I know I've never met you in person, but I hope I get to meet you someday. I LOVE your blog and love your excitement about life. I'm really impressed with you and all I get to see of you is your blog. :) You seem to match Tom well!! :) Happy potty training! :) It is definitely exciting!
Well, everyone has said it, not pullups during the day. It's just a diaper, but more expensive. Nate was reluctant, and what finally worked with him, once I knew that he could do it, was to have the big bribe (a toy that he got once he did it.) sitting on the shelf where he could see it. He got little bribes (candy) for little things. He was a reluctant pooper, so he had the truck sitting there, and he knew that it was for pooping, and eventually he got to have it. If he regressed, I let him know that was not acceptable (cold showers work great as a natural consequence- they need to be cleaned) and the toy got taken away. That way it didn't drag on and on with a million accidents. And accidents happen, I'm talking about a lot of accidents, and not wanting to do it anymore.
Anyway, as for the timer, we have a potty monkey. Google it, it's a timer built into a monkey, and the moneky says, I gotta go potty, and once you put in on the potty that it comes with, it says it's all better, but if you don't get it on the potty it tells you it had an accident (although it didn't really.) Anyway, good luck! It's nice to get down to only changing one child's diapers.
Yes, Yes, Yes!! go Reese! So exciting. Totally stick with the panties you've got the momentum. can't wait for an update.
So I didn't read the above wonderful comments but here is my perspective. I have no advice for you on how Reese should be potty trained. I will tell you how it worked for the two that have reached that stage in our house. Lexi was freakishly strange potty trained her self around 18 months, I know, it ruined me! Grace was more the "I'll do it when I am good and ready" type. We had talked about it with her, bought the panties, and the potty and mostly she would just look at them. Then when she was 3 1/2 one night she put on some panties and that was it, no accidents, nothing!
I think that all kids are different and when they are ready it just works. Don't stress too much if she decides tomorrow that she doesn't want to. Oh and I will say that I only used pull ups when we were gonna be in the car for a long time or in a store at the beginning of training (this was more with Lexi). Grace was old enough when she decided to so she could hold it longer and give me more warning!!
I am so excited for REESE, how fun to wear big girl panties!! and Go Mom for being a good Mom!!
So many suggestions and tips. I think I did a whole blog post on tips of my own. You could take a look. I don't know what your talking about Gavin didn't start potty training until he was almost 3. CONGRATULATIONS REESE... that is so awesome!
Did I mention that Austin and I gave up on the potty training? Turns out he didn't care... and neither did I. I think we'll hit it again in January. But I enjoyed reading all the other people's comments and getting some ideas for later. Here's hoping it's not a "one hit wonder"!
We stuck to panties/underwear and never looked back. Yes, there were a few accidents - but that is how they learn.
We did diapers at night until they mastered the underwear during the day.
But yes, I had to set a timer and take them potty every 1-2 hours whether they wanted to go or not, we just had to try.
Yay!! So excited for you guys!!
(We did get a toy and put it up high for incentive, and a Smartie after going. I put the Smarties in a clear container way up high where my child could see the reward, but couldn't reach or climb for it. We all like rewards, hee hee!)
Good Luck too!
Yay Reese! I don't have any advice since we're no where near and there's no way I'm even going to think about it before the new baby gets here but I loved reading everyone's advice! Oh and I love that you give her Crystal Light. My mom had us convinced as kids that it was the same as koolaid, we loved it!
Just one thing, on a slightly different note. When she does have accidents I think it is important to not get mad at her or punish her for it because mistakes are going to happen. Dancing with her after her success is GREAT. When Katie made a mistake we got down to her eye level and explained that when she needed to go potty she had to run to the potty and then we would practice running to the potty fast. Don't make it too much of a chore for her or you'll be taking her to the potty for a long time instead of her learning to go by herself.
Everyone has a comment on this one. I'm in the process with Brady as well. Set the timer at first because she probably won't tell you until it's too late. Do every 20 minutes the first couple days then spread out the time. I say underwear except when going out, naps and night time. Brady's gone out in his underwear a couple times when I've felt brave and he's been fine. That's very exciting that she did it. Good luck with the pooping. That's what's been hard for us. FYI, Cory's in CO right now and things might be happening. I'll keep you posted.
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