Hi moms! thanks so much for wonderful advise!
well, i have a 22 month old who is showing interest in potty training. she does have the idea of sitting, wiping and flushing and even doing the potty dance. she is able to go pee in it, but not all the time. i don't know if should get her panties or pull ups. she is still in diapers. i have heard that pull ups are difficult to train. but, not sure. also, she pooped once, but now when she tells me poopy, i ask her if she wants to go, but she says no. i don't want to push her, but just not sure what I should do. i try to have her sit on the potty in the morning, before and after naps, before bath time and then again before bed time. i am not sure how often I should do this.
I work 3 full days per week, so she would have 4 full days with me at home.
I am expecting my 2nd one, so, i am really praying that she will be potty trained by end of this year. !! Please advise, if there is a routine way to do this ?
Thank you!
so, after a few days... this is what happened.....
so, now after a week, I haven't bought the regular panties, because I am in my first trimester and not feeling well. so, I thought, I just keep taking her in her diapers. i do and she wants to, but she does not sit for more than few secs. i plan on getting her regular panties in a week or two, just so that i am energized enough to keep taking her to the bathroom. she has been using pull ups at the day care. yeah, i agree with some of you who said , no PULLUps. but, that is all they will use at the day care. Please suggest of what I should do next. Thanks!!
She sounds ready. I would give a try moving to panties. Be armed with lots of patience and cleaners! The three-day weekend coming up may be a good time to give it a shot.
We found with both of our kids that if they have Pull Ups on, they will just go in them, even if they know better. It took the move to panties/underwear to really get the potty training done.
See if you recognize your situation in this wonderful, informative website. It gives a few variations on"readiness" checklists, plus tips on various training strategies, the best ages to start them, and the advantages and disadvantages of each approach: http://www.parentingscience.com/toilet-training-readiness...
I would go with the Pull Ups, but mostly I would just not push the issue. You are not feeling well and in a few months your daughter will be experiencing all that comes with a new siblings. I wouldn't try to push PT right now.
I'd continue to encourage her and just take it slow. What I noticed with Pull Up's is that when my son wasn't ready to be PT, he didn't care if he went in his PU's or anything for that matter..BUT once he was ready, if he peed or pooped in his PU he told me right away or pre-empted it and told me he had to go. We did let him run around naked outside for a weekend and pee his little heart out on the bushes initially-after that it clicked and he went from there.
My guess is, Pull Up or not your daughter will go in the toilet when she is really ready-try not to impose a deadline on it, you'll all just be frustrated if she doesn't accomplish it and with a new baby coming you all need less stress and less mess. :)
I would ASK HER if she wants to go with panties all the time or if she wants to stay in diapers a bit longer. This is HER milestone, not yours.... so it doesn't really matter what you want. You should explain to her if she moves to panties and has accidents SHE will need to clean it up (with your help). if she can't understand the consequence, then you have your answer.
And yes, pull ups are evil, so try to get her out of them as soon as possible or she will be frustrated by the 'difference' in pullups vs panties.
