Potty training...

[Meenah]

My first daughter basically potty trained my second one (21 months apart)!!!!!! She was really almost potty trained before I realized it just from watching her sister.

I will bribe shamelessly for potty training progress.

We have gone through two bags of M&Ms. Definitely an area of parenting where I can not embrace the zen of the moment or the journey.

I will bribe shamelessly for potty training progress.

We have gone through two bags of M&Ms. Definitely an area of parenting where I can not embrace the zen of the moment or the journey.

Zen my ass. There is NOTHING Zen to be embraced about underwear with poop in it. Nothing.

I bribed, too. But in the end - they'll do it like a champ once they're ready. I think I'm just going to let the next one wear diapers until he/she hands it to me and says "Thanks Mom. I think I'll use the toilet now." It's just not worth the fight!

[Vanquisher]

My daughter told me she didn't want to wear a diaper this morning. Then she peed on the floor after I got her off the toilet with 30 minutes of nothing.

I had long since given up on her, but this morning she showed genuine interest. So, I thought, "fantastic."

Yeah, that lasted a really long time.

[DCJenn]

I'm hoping that it's accomplished sometime before senior prom.

My child will wallow in filth for hours. Actually, I'd go with days but we've never let him find out. He's disgusting. and we bought a kid potty just to have it to talk about. But when we ask him if he wants to use it? "No, Momma".

So, I'm hoping that peer pressure from the kids in his classroom kicks in at some point.

Jenn

Being a typical 2 1/2 yo, DD had decided that she neither wanted to wear diapers/Pull-ups NOR pee in the toilet. Ummmm....yeah.

Wants to be a big kid and wear underwear like her sister is the issue I think. The M&Ms have pushed things along. So far, peeing seems to be working out fairly well. And is much easier to clean up on hardwood floors. Sometimes we go days without an accident. The other day we had three. She has taken to peeing in the backyard which is just fine with me at this point.

A few weeks ago, I was willing to give her 5 M&Ms....no the bag....no a lifetime supply if she would JUST poop IN the toilet!!!!!!

This was much, much easier with my first. :thud:

I went with the 'she'll do it when she's good and ready' strategy as well. It was far less stressful. DD saw an older friend use the toilet one day, and from then on has been wearing underwear. So I'll second the idea of hiring an older child for help. It worked for us!

[fluffhead]

My boy turns 2 tomorrow, and I think I've finally hit upon a successful strategy with him - I'd been sitting with him, reading book after book, and he'll sit on the toilet like that for a half hour. duh.
I finally got wise, and now I put him on the little potty, and tell him I'm leaving the bathroom, and game is that he has to pee in the potty.
I come back after a minute or two, and he did it! His favorite part is dumping the little bucket of pee in the toilet.
Then I clean the surrounding area, of course, since I wasn't there to monitor the spraying hose.
I really really really want him out of diapers before the new baby, but I'm not sure it's gonna happen.

[Phoebe]

We are going through the same thing! DD will be 3 yo in 7 weeks. She has been showing signs of being ready to use the potty. And I am so ready to have her out of diapers. She hasn't been overly excited about the potty so we bought the underwear and a big bag of M& Ms. She wants to wear the underwear and eat the candy, but doesn't care too much about the toilet or that I am cleaning up her messes. I can't get her to sit there long enough to use the thing!

At least others can comisserate.

Jennifer

[Amiens]

We have been going through this as well for the last 6 months or so. I finally gave up about 4 months ago, and stopped pushing the issue, and figured he wouldn't be in diapers when he left for college. In the last couple of weeks Brigham it has "clicked" with him, and he is about 75% successful. We do reward him for going on the toilet in the form of a sticker chart. Once he fills up the chart he will get to go to Toys R Us, and pick out a small item. Once he stops wearing pull-ups all together Brigham will get the coveted Spiderman scooter sitting in the garage.

He turned 3 today. I am thinking he will be diaper free in the next month or so.

Since having Brigham I have learned 3 things from him-
1. You can't force them to go to sleep
2. You can't make them eat
3. You can't make them pee or poop.

Have fun with the potty training. I will say this whole potty training with Brigham is so different than it was with Emma.

Crystal

Being a typical 2 1/2 yo, DD had decided that she neither wanted to wear diapers/Pull-ups NOR pee in the toilet. Ummmm....yeah.

Wants to be a big kid and wear underwear like her sister is the issue I think. The M&Ms have pushed things along. So far, peeing seems to be working out fairly well. And is much easier to clean up on hardwood floors. Sometimes we go days without an accident. The other day we had three. She has taken to peeing in the backyard which is just fine with me at this point.

A few weeks ago, I was willing to give her 5 M&Ms....no the bag....no a lifetime supply if she would JUST poop IN the toilet!!!!!!

This was much, much easier with my first. :thud:

My 2 1/2 year old is exactly the same, won't wear his diaper, pull ups, will wear nig-boy pants but is quite content to pee or poop in them and then brings along a new pair and says 'Matthew all wet, matthew need new big boy pants now!' he refuses point blank to use potty or the toilet, so its back into diapers until co-opation shows an interest!

[Phoebe]

This potty-training thing is nuts. This morning I woke up to DD telling me that she peed in her bed (her diaper leaked). I am over the diapers! She just doesn't seem to get the whole concept of using the toilet despite the bribes. Maybe she isn't ready. DD#1 was a little over 3 yo when it just clicked for her.

Jennifer

[PrincessFiona]

Does anyone remember how happy I was about Aidan potty training himself?



He went back to diapers when I was in the hospital before Zoe was born and hasn't looked back. Now he will *go* in his diaper, announce it, whip the diaper off before we can get to him (that has sometimes proven to be quite messy) and then runs with the diaper so that we can't *catch* him.

sigh...

I feel your potty training pain!

kris

Ah...just what I needed...commisseration!!



Our 3yo is going through the 'take off the diaper and run' strategy too.
We have placed about half a bag of fruit loops in the toilet, and I have peed on them to show him 'how cool it is to make them do tricks' (sorry for the TMI), he doesn't care. So, it will happen when it happens...

Our 3yo is going through the 'take off the diaper and run' strategy too.
We have placed about half a bag of fruit loops in the toilet, and I have peed on them to show him 'how cool it is to make them do tricks' (sorry for the TMI), he doesn't care. So, it will happen when it happens...

wow - i would have thought you'd have it a little easier, what with having matching equipment and all. kind of makes me feel better in a sick sort of way -- nothing, nothing, NOTHING could have gotten Quinn trained sooner than he was.