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Pass or Fail?
December 2nd, 2009
So, today was Day One of Potty Training Bootcamp Round Two. We purchased new underpants specifically chosen by The Girl. (Disney Pixar toddler boy assortment, if you’re curious. And yes, she looks adorable in them.) We talked it up for three days before we started and she was very excited to begin this morning.
TMI, I’m sure, but Maddie usually poops within an hour or two of getting up in the morning. She peed and pooped in her new Buzz Lightyear underpants right away and started to get upset. (The last time we tried Potty Training Boot Camp, Maddie completely lost her shit after having her first accident and refused to try again.) This time, I was able to talk her down from the ledge and we cleaned up and carried on. I moved her potty chair into the living room so that she could go immediately and not have to worry about making it to the bathroom. Several times throughout the morning she pulled down her underpants and sat on the potty without prompting. We sat on the “big potty” and she “helped” me go several times, too. She was enthusiastic and completely ready to be trying, but by the time nap time rolled around, she still hadn’t put one drop of pee into any potty in the house. I put a diaper on her for her nap and, of course, she soaked it. After nap, the afternoon and evening went EXACTLY the same way. Still not a drop of pee in the potty, but not a drop in her underpants, either. I know she was holding it in until she got her nighttime diaper on.
So, do I call this day a success or a failure? I mean, if she’s just holding in it waiting for a diaper then she’s not really getting the whole “go in the potty” aspect of potty training. I was planning on just repeating everything tomorrow, but is there something else I should add or try? Help a sister out, wouldja?
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but she’s holding it!!!!
success
she’s aware of herself
next step
in the potty
I’d say give it a try for a few more days. If she continues to just hold it until she has a diaper, then I’d wait and try again later. But what do I know? I’m hardly qualified to offer assvice.
Oi. This topic makes me so nervous. We are not quite ready to start trying here yet but I can sense it is on the horizon. C very much wants to do things himself so I know it is only a matter of time before he starts wanting real underwear, etc. I have no advice. The only thing that popped into my head was maybe try running some water? Or put her hand in a small cup of warm water. It sounds like once she goes once, she’ll really be on her way.
Success! She’s learning to control the pee!
Pass. Control is a good sign. A very good sign. Keep going, you can do it, and so can she.
I’d say success! No demanding diapers! Controlling the pee!
I’d give her something yummy to drink (I’ve heard 7-up works great but my kids never like soda at that age- “too spicy!”) every 1/2 hour or so, and every time she sat on the potty without producing anything.
I think I heard that tip in a book titled something like Potty train your kid in a day or less.
What worked for my twins was a candy reward (big parenting no-no, I KNOW!) for every time they went. But they had to produce something- no candy for no pee/poop.
What worked for Marin was having the panties and the potty available but showing NO EMOTION and giving NO COMMENTS on whether or not they were used. She trained in a matter of hours when she finally decided to give up diapers.
Gawd. There is no “right” way or any “magical solution”. Have fun tomorrow!
It sounds to me like she’s doing great. She’s holding it… that’s a very important first step! She’ll get there.
Thanks, ladies. I just wanted someone, anyone, to tell me whether or not I was screwing this up. I think we’re going to try it all again tomorrow and I’m just going to rely on my ability to read Maddie in regard to changing things up.
I appreciate all the advice/encouragement!
Success! She’s holding it!
Maybe try changing her in the bathroom (if you don’t already)? We noticed a change in Z when we started changing her diapers in the bathroom, talking about how one day! When she’s ready! The pee will go IN THE POTTY! (EXCITEMENT!) and if it’s poop! SO EXCITING! THAT TOO GOES IN THE POTTY. Just so that she starts to associate the bathroom and the potty with all pee and poop incidents.
Good luck! Sounds like you’re on the right track.
I come from the whatever works school of thought. So with one of the kids it was m&m bribes. Pee in the potty? 1 m&m. Poop? 3 m&ms. This approach didn’t work with the other 3 though. If she can hold it, you are almost there. Keep at it! Good work.
I’m glad you posted this – my son is almost to this stage and very reluctant to start using the potty. So I read all this advice with interest! Thanks!
I used candy treats and still do, now that we’re in the ‘I don’t WANT to go on the potty (i.e. stop whatever I’m doing.) So, now, she gets them if she goes in there without screaming, on my suggestion.
She still doesn’t take herself, E. I’m still physically putting her on the potty.