My daughter is 17 months and she has seemed interested in the potty and she has went on it about 5 or 6 times. She hates her daipers and hates having them changed. She has had problems with bad daiper rashes because of allergies. So my question is Where do I go from here? What do I do? Do I buy her panties or what? Please help me....Thank you mommies God Bless!!!
I have written about this so many times in the last few days. Short answer: here's the link I always give to help parents assess if their child is ready.
http://www.betterkidcare.psu.edu/AngelUnits/OneHour/Toile...
If you follow the assessment and read the entire article, you'll be ahead of the game, whether you start tomorrow or months from now. Assessment for readiness IS your best ally for reduced-hassle toileting!
H.
When I trained my daughter I got some training pants with a PUL outer liner http://www.zoombabygear.com/category_38/Training-Pants.htm
They are thicker than the one's you get at Walmart so they know they're wet but they don't go through the clothes or make big puddles on the floor as much.
My daughter loves elmo. I suggest getting
Potty time with elmo its like $ 7 at walmart$
It sure help things click in my girls head! :)
Hope things go well!
My son is 15 months. He has shown interest, but i know he isn't full out ready. So I bought him a little potty. Everytime I go, I take off his diaper and put him on it so he gets used to it. Soon when he gets up in the morning and after naps, I'll be putting him on there. When they wake up, they usually do need to go.
I am not pushing it, but kind of letting him get used to things. Don't push or else everything will come crashing down. Just keep following her cues. And if she has allergy's to diaper's and she's miserable, I'd try. I would get panties because pull ups and diapers make it so that babies don't have to care about it. It's a portable toilet for them. So set aside several days where you don't go anywhere and just put her in the big girl panties and follow her cues and put her on the potty. I would search here for potty training 17 month old. I found a lot of good tips.
I would buy her panties, put her in them and take her to the toilet often. When she has accidents, just calmly tell her pee and poop go in the potty and take her there. Have her sit on the toilet when she wakes, after all meals and whenever she looks to you like she may need to go. You can continue to use diapers at night (or not) but I would not switch back and forth from diapers to underwear during the day - too confusing. When American babies wore cloth diapers, 95% were trained by 18 months so you are setting out at a very reasonable age. I think pull ups are a waste of time and money - kids do not see them as any different than diapers - fine to pee and poop in. We did not do any rewards - we just treated it as something we were doing because it was time. I see no reason that kids need to be fully verbal to be potty trained. We teach them to eat before they know all the words for food and utensils.
Good luck.
