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Yvonne (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 11:06 pm: | |
My daughter is 19 months, last month she started grabing her diaper a few times during the day so each time se grabed her diaper I would check and she had went pee. I went out and bought 4 pottys (1 for livingroom, 1 for her bedroom & one for each bathroom) now she says pee pee and goes over to the potty and wants to sit on it just after she has went pee in her diaper, but she does not tell me untill after she goes. I let her sit with her pants down even though she has already gone in her diaper. We go through this about 6-7 times a day, she sits on the potty after she has gone. My question is do you think this has become a game because of her age or am I on the right track? |
Michaelyn Dunaway
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Username: Michaelyn
Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 03:24 pm: | |
Hi Yvonne,
Thank you for your post. What a great question! Your daughter is definitely showing an interest which is great. However I would venture to say she may not be completely ready for potty training.
Your daughter seems to be showing the early signs of physiological development needed for training however she may not be far enough along to delay elimination.
So, I recommend looking toward the other readiness signals. Does your daughter wake up dry? Can she dress and undress herself? Does she have the verbal and communication skills necessary for potty training? And last but certainly not least, is she indicating she wants to be a big kid by saying things like "I can do it"?
These are all important signs. And although she does not have to achieve readiness in all areas before you continue with training, it will certainly make things much, much easier if she is showing readiness in several areas.
The risk you run by continuing with early training is that you both may become frustrated if she does not catch on as quick as you'd like. In addition your daughter may become resistent to the idea of training altogether if she does not feel a sense of achievement.
In summary, congratulations on the interest your daughter is showing. Keep an eye out for the other signs of readiness, and proceed if you feel comfortable.
Remember, this shouldn't be a battle but rather an exciting, somewhat fun process for the both of you.
Good luck, and please let me know how it turns out.
Michaelyn |
L. Bennett (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Monday, July 02, 2007 - 01:05 pm: | |
I have a two year old who is showing an interest in potty training. He can pull up his training pants. He can say peepee and booboo. He does not like to be wet and he knows how to put the powder on and use the wipes on himself. What is my next step I know he is definitely ready and it also seems like he doesn't like the pull-up. This is my third child and it's hard to potty train because of my working schedule I wasn't working when I trained my first two. How do I get started with him. |
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