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| | Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 11:28 pm: | |
My son is 17 months. I know, too young most people say. I'm not looking to potty train him now, but will say I'm definitely anxious! I'm 21 weeks pregnant and would love to not have 2 babies in diapers. When my daughter is born my son will be 22 months. I have a strong feeling he will still be in diapers. However, my husband and I allow my son in the bathroom with us every time we use it and we talk about what we are doing and he smiles and loves going in there. I'm hoping he will soon start to understand the more we do it and will hopefully potty train faster than normal?! |
Chris
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Username: Cgator41
Post Number: 1
Registered: 04-2010
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 10:08 pm: | |
Christine, you might want to consider buying a potty chair. I know my son seem intimidated by the toilet at first (later he used the helper seat on top of the toilet).
Also, if you get a potty chair, it might help to bring it into your daughter's room or the family/living room. It can create a more relaxing environment and help to move things along. |
Christine Hanna
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Username: Chrisklade
Post Number: 1
Registered: 03-2010
| | Posted on Monday, March 15, 2010 - 09:27 am: | |
I have a 2 1/2 year old and she knows what the number 1's and 2's are. She knows how to pull her clothes down and as I help her sit on the toilet (with the little seat on top of it) she doesnt really protest and she starts babbling about 'poopey in toilet' etc so I get the feeling like she knows what is going on. Unfortunately however she never ends up doing anything. She can be in underwear for up to 4 hours and hold 'it in'...both 1 AND 2. Does this mean she is NOT READY? I am very confused.
Christine |
Happy Household (Unregistered Guest)
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 01:02 pm: | |
I recently finished potty training my son and wanted to share my "close call" experience. I also want to thank Potty Training Concepts for saving me from frustration and failure.
Being a first time Mom, since the day of his birth I have been trying to figure out when to start training my son. When my son turned two I thought it might be time to get started. I had been told my son is bright (we all like to think that, don't we?) so I thought - surely he's ready. I started researching the how's of potty training. In the process I wound up reading this website's article entitled "What Age to Potty Train". Wow, was I surprised! My son and I weren't ready at all. As I read through the information about physiological development, motor skills, cognitive and verbal development, and emotional growth and social awareness, I realized we had some work to do. Well maybe not so much work, as waiting. I relaxed for awhile and watched as my son progressed. Every now and then I would re-read the article to re-assess my son’s readiness.
Just before he turned three my husband and I decided it was time. We told our son we weren’t going to use pull-ups anymore, we purchased a few “surprises” for rewards, and we started first thing in the morning. We reminded him throughout the day and made sure we had good mattress protection at night. We were pleasantly surprised after a few days to learn he latched on to the process and loved it. He only experienced a couple accidents when he was distracted playing outside. The process was easy, painless, and nearly mess-free.
I can only attribute the success to waiting until my son was ready. If I had started when I wanted to there’s no doubt in my mind the process would have been frustrating and full of conflict for all of us. Thank you Potty Training Concepts for helping my family have a positive experience with potty training! |
Narmin Parpia
| | Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 01:33 pm: | |
Thanks for posting this. We truly appreciate your taking the time to post this message.
Narmin |
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