DH and I are trying for #2. DD is 21 months old and still sleeps in her crib. I am really interested in getting her potty trained here within the next month or so (planning on using the 'potty training in one day' method). Our plan was to leave her room as the nursery and fix up the other room into a 'big girls' room just for her. Room needs painting, patching on walls, new ceiling fan, etc. Also DH is going to be building her bed (he built the crib). I don't want to move her to a bed, new room, and potty train at the same time, yet if we are going to potty train, shouldn't she be able to get out of her bed so if she needs to go, she can?
What are your thoughts/experiences with this? Should we postpone the PT until she is in her new room, which will be a few months or go ahead with the PT now?
TIA!
Thanks for all the advice! We have decided to do potty training next week (everyone has been sick for the past month) and hold off on transitioning out of the crib until her new room is ready. She is definitely showing signs of being ready to be out of diapers and while I think she would enjoy being in a bigger bed, one thing at a time :)
i agree with Amy, also, at her age she's most likely not going to be able to hold it at night and should be wearing a pull up to sleep anyway. We only recently put our dd in a toddler bed and she was almost 3. I would also try to involve her as much as possible in her new room to get her excited about it. Give her a small selection of paint colors to choose from, for example, and keep talking it up so it's exciting and not scary.
If it were me I would PT now. We also used the potty training in less than a day method. Then one of the motivational things can be that she stay dry at night so she doesn't mess up her new big girl bed. My son is still in his crib adn he just calls for me to come help if he needs to pee at night. I like this because I do not want him getting up and messing around in the bathroom if I am not there to supervise. I would tr yto have both of these things accomplished before news of a baby coming so she does not feel pushed to change/mature/transition because of the baby.
I know you will get a lot of opinions, but here is mine based on 2 children and 5 grandchildren.
Potty training can go smoothly if she is ready and you are committed to taking her every 30-45 minutes every day until she gets it and then lengthen to 1 hour, etc. Teach her to pat-pat with paper when done and wash hands every time. Brag even if she tries and does not go, say maybe next time.
Our girl trained at 22 months and it took about 3 weeks. She is still in her crib, has only needed to go once from her crib and called until someone heard her saying potty, potty. She wears big girl panties and does it by herself now at 30 months and has since about 24 months.
I might move her to new room but keep crib until age 3 or so. Borrow another crib for new baby and give it back when she is in her big bed later. You have plenty of time since you are not pregnant yet and then 9 more months after you find out. Take it slow and you will do just fine and so will she. Good Luck!
I had my second child when my son was 21 months and he was neither potty trained (he wasn't ready) and still in his crib. So I got lazy because I was dealing with a new baby and didn't even worry about it...I mean if I was going to change one diaper what's another! Anyway when my second turned 6 weeks I moved him into a "bog boy" bed and gave my daughter the crib then when he was 2.5 he decided he was ready to potty train and has been since...he will be four in 2 weeks. I had friends that potty trained their older ones so they didn't have to deal with changing two diapers and the older one went back to peeing in their pants because of the attention the baby was getting and they wanted to be a baby. I am currently pregnant with my third and my daughter turned 2 at the end of November and she is definitely not ready to be potty trained or move into a "big girl" bed so I think I am going to do the same thing with her that I did with my son. My daughter will be 2.5 when my third gets here so I think that she will be more ready then. I say just do stuff when you feel she is ready. No need to rush they will do it all in good time...she is still young! Good luck :)
We went through this with our daughter....I was ready to potty train, then I was like...woops, she probably needs to be able to get out of her crib first! My suggestion is, like you said, do one thing at a time. Which ever comes first is up to you, but I would recommend the room change first to let her get used to it....then jump into potty training. If you potty train first, then change rooms, she may regress a tad.....which can be frustrating. Good luck!
I agree that's a lot to do all at once. Waiting until she's settled in her new room has a few advantages--she'll be out of the crib, so easier access to the potty when needed, plus she'll be a bit older, which should help. Many children aren't ready to potty train until between 2 and 3 years old, which would put her at the early end of that range. Remember that potty training is about their ability to know they have to go, let someone know, as well as being able to physically pull down pants, etc. Good luck!
I wouldn't worry about it. A one year old baby is not going to be getting out of bed at night to use the bathroom! I dont know what signs of readiness for the toilet your baby has shown, but day and night training are not related. Day training is about recognizing that you have to poop or pee, and getting ot the bathroom to do it. Night "training" is not about waking up to pee, it's about the bladder growing to the size that it needs so that it doesn't need to empty at night. I would continue to diaper her at night until she is consistently dry. If you "train" them to get up to pee, it prolongs the process, because it trains the bladder to need to continue emptying at night, rather than holding urine til morning.
