Potty Training- Non Pampered Chef Related

[merego]

Thanks everyone and Diane, you were not being snotty at all. I totally appreciate your input. My only other hope could be when dd is 3 and ds is 2 I can train them together and knock it all out~ wishful thinking huh ha ha

 

[urbnk8]

Well, I potty trained 7 of my own and I don't ever want to count how many day care kids! One thing I always told my day care moms when they would tell me that I had to put their kids on the potty every hour or every 1/2 hour was this: Then I would be the one trained to put THEIR kid on the potty, and their child would not be learning a thing about really being potty trained at all. Beside the fact that with 5 little ones including infants in the house all day, I didn't have time to think that way. My rule with my own kids and theirs was that once they could tell me they had to go, or went running in there themselves, they were not considered trained. That's just my opinion and it was much less stressful for all of us concerned. I know not buying diapers sounds awesome but in reality, it can just means more laundry! Not to mention having to take them in public restrooms to pee! Yuk! I learned around kid 3 that rushing anything with kids doesn't end up helping in the long run. Watch for the signals and go at your child's pace, not the doctor's. My guess is that your Dr. wasn't really pushing you, but just saying that if you see the signs, it's okay to try. I hope this doesn't sound snotty because in NO WAY is that what I want to portray. In the long run, you'll look back at these times and they won't seem as long and tedious as they do right now! Kind of like that country song out right now "You're Gonna Miss This, You're gonna want this back...."

Well said!! I couldn't agree more!!

 

[momoftwins]

a potty present??? Is that what you give her when she goes potty???

 

[ChefEileen]

A potty present was the carrot to get her to go to the potty. I told I would take her to the store and get her something she really wanted when she was totally dry and didn't have any accidents anymore.

This also worked with my older son but my youngest just wasn't interested. We think he was attached to his diapers. What a nightmare!!

 

[Rebeccascabinet]

Both of my boys were potty trained by 3 1/2. I watched for the signals and then potty trained them in about 24 hours. Neither ever had accidents or even wet the bed at night, but again I waited til I knew they were ready. I never bribed either (honestly would have if I had thought about it). I am glad I waited til they were older. Some people told me to start younger, but I knew my boys were'nt ready. Like I said no accidents, no crying. Just a lot of running to the bathroom when they said they had to go. It was great. This is just my experience. Do what you think is best for your daughter. I just wanted to add my 2 cents.

 

[Rebeccascabinet]

I have to add both my boys have bladders of steel so that could have something to do with it too.

 

[mpkegley]

Well, I potty trained 7 of my own and I don't ever want to count how many day care kids! One thing I always told my day care moms when they would tell me that I had to put their kids on the potty every hour or every 1/2 hour was this: Then I would be the one trained to put THEIR kid on the potty, and their child would not be learning a thing about really being potty trained at all. Beside the fact that with 5 little ones including infants in the house all day, I didn't have time to think that way. My rule with my own kids and theirs was that once they could tell me they had to go, or went running in there themselves, they were not considered trained. That's just my opinion and it was much less stressful for all of us concerned. I know not buying diapers sounds awesome but in reality, it can just means more laundry! Not to mention having to take them in public restrooms to pee! Yuk! I learned around kid 3 that rushing anything with kids doesn't end up helping in the long run. Watch for the signals and go at your child's pace, not the doctor's. My guess is that your Dr. wasn't really pushing you, but just saying that if you see the signs, it's okay to try. I hope this doesn't sound snotty because in NO WAY is that what I want to portray. In the long run, you'll look back at these times and they won't seem as long and tedious as they do right now! Kind of like that country song out right now "You're Gonna Miss This, You're gonna want this back...."

I am with you, I don't run a daycare, but I do babysit 4 other kids (all under age 5) besides my son. With the trouble that I am having with ds not wanting to #2 in the potty, one of my Mom's came in last week and told me that her 2 year old dd has been going to the potty at home. She said that I just have to ask her every 20 minutes if she needs to potty and take her. I was like "What?!" Needless to say, I haven't been doing it that way, I ask her several times during the day, but that's it (she doesn't want to go). I don't feel like she is ready either, this little girl is at my house a whole lot longer than she is at home and if she is not ready to go here, then she is not ready. I understand the frustration with potty training since I am going through it with my 3 year old, but in my opinion, wait until their ready! I do keep worrying that the Mom will get upset with me, because I am not doing it her way. I have to do a sensory diet (he has a sensory processing disorder) with my ds and I can't even get that done right with all of the kids running around, etc. I have come to find out that babysitting other people's kids is one of the hardest jobs that anyone can have!

 

[elizabethfox]

OMG I need some advice too! My son will be three in June and we have been trying to potty train him off and on since his 2nd birthday. He got the hang of it there for a while and was at least going pee consistently, and then he just stopped.

He will go at least once a day, but the rest of the time he pee's/poop's in his pants, and he won't tell you about it!

We have tried EVERYTHING!

Stickers, treats, toys, tattoos, charts, movies, and different potty training methods, and he still doesn't seem to be getting it. Which is why we stopped and let it go for a while, and then after a month or so we would try again.

Still no luck! He knows when he has to go....he hides or says...."don't look at me" and we know that means he is trying to go, but I just can't get him to tell us when he needs to go! He can stay dry for a long time, which is great, but ARGH...I don't know what to do!

Oh...we also told him once he goes pee and poop in the potty all the time he can get a big boy Thomas the tank engine bed. Which excited him, but not enough to get him to want to go.

Anyone have any advice for me?? This has been going on for a year now and I am sick of it to be honest

DH wants him potty trained NOW, and I am like....you know it is not up to you. :0)

I know he knows when he has to go.....he just doesn't want to stop doing whatever he is doing to take time to go potty.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

OMG I need some advice too! My son will be three in June and we have been trying to potty train him off and on since his 2nd birthday. He got the hang of it there for a while and was at least going pee consistently, and then he just stopped.

He will go at least once a day, but the rest of the time he pee's/poop's in his pants, and he won't tell you about it!

We have tried EVERYTHING!

Stickers, treats, toys, tattoos, charts, movies, and different potty training methods, and he still doesn't seem to be getting it. Which is why we stopped and let it go for a while, and then after a month or so we would try again.

Still no luck! He knows when he has to go....he hides or says...."don't look at me" and we know that means he is trying to go, but I just can't get him to tell us when he needs to go! He can stay dry for a long time, which is great, but ARGH...I don't know what to do!

Oh...we also told him once he goes pee and poop in the potty all the time he can get a big boy Thomas the tank engine bed. Which excited him, but not enough to get him to want to go.

Anyone have any advice for me?? This has been going on for a year now and I am sick of it to be honest

DH wants him potty trained NOW, and I am like....you know it is not up to you. :0)

I know he knows when he has to go.....he just doesn't want to stop doing whatever he is doing to take time to go potty.

LOL - sounds just like my little guy. He actually had a special "pooping corner" in the living room - we knew when he went to that corner what he was doing, and if we were in the room, he would tell us to go away, or go to the kitchen...or any other room. (I guess he wanted privacy)

We knew he knew what to do, but he just refused - and you can't make him do it.

One day, when the incentive was right (we had tried things too that got him excited - (a puppy, a ride-on tractor, a big boy bed.....) but not excited enough to go on the big potty. He would sit for hours on the potty, and then get off and go in his diaper, or underwear.

One day, it just clicked. He really wanted to go to preschool, but we told him he had to be wearing big boy underpants to go. Then he decided he didn't want to go so much....but he still wanted to go shopping for a backpack. I told him that he only got a backpack if he was going to school, and that was the end. He asked to have big boy underpants on, and never had an accident after that! In fact, an hour after I put them on him, he was in the backyard playing, and started banging on the back door saying "Mom, let me in, I have to go potty!" The little stinker! I never even had to ask him if he had to go potty after that. So, I tell people he potty trained himself in an instant!

So, I guess I don't have any advice, other than when he's ready, he's ready! And actually, it was very stress free to do it that way.

 

[chefshawna]

I am a firm believer in they'll do it when they're ready, but sometimes they need a push! My DD is 35 months and just got out of pull-ups last week. She has been using the potty since she was 2, but when DS came (now 8 months) she back-tracked. She knew exactly when she had to use the potty, she just didn't want to stop playing and wanted to be the "baby", so I let her for a while. Well finally I told her last week, we're out of pull-ups and I'm not buying anymore, so if you pee in your big girl underwear it will just run down your leg. She has done surprisingly well!! Only 2 accidents in a week and when she had them she was very upset. I do still put a pull-up on at night and have a trashbag and towel on her car seat, just in case. I know all about wanting one less to change, but you just can't push them until they're ready and you'll know when that is! Then maybe just put underwear on them and see what happens. Good luck!

 

[quiverfull7]

I have come to find out that babysitting other people's kids is one of the hardest jobs that anyone can have!

You got it sister! I'm in total agreement and that's why I'm SO thrilled that God has blessed my PC Business the way He has!

 

[merego]

I babysit 1 other child, she is 15 months and that is all I can handle.
I hope her mom potty trains over the summer( she is a teacher and I don't have her)
I think potty training is one the hardest things to do and I just keep thinking.... no kid ever goes off to school with a binky, bottle or not potty trained.
I would love to be done with changing one less diaper and hopefully it will happen soon.