Comments for Baby Potty http://www.babypotty.net Just another WordPress site Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:33:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on How did you first introduce your toddler to potty training? by Sandra Y http://www.babypotty.net/?p=864#comment-891 Sandra Y Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:33:21 +0000 #comment-891 My son just turned 2, we are attempting potty training right now. He showed an interest around 18 months, but he didn't really grasp the idea. But I'll tell you what really got him interested was a fantastic potty training DVD called Elmo's Potty Time. It helped that he loves Sesame Street. This DVD is a wonderful tool! There is also a great potty training guide in it. Soon, he was asking to go potty after I followed some of the suggestions in the guide. As for carrying around the potty chair, we're not ready to venture out into public yet without a diaper, however ... I do have 3 older boys. All I can say is, take extra everything! A set of clothes, wipes, pull ups or whatever you are using to potty train. Be prepared to stop and drop everything at a moments notice to make a mad dash to a public restroom. Sanitary wipes are handy in that situation, I just held them on the big potty, though sometimes this is intimidating despite you reassurance that they are using the 'big potty.' Good luck! My son just turned 2, we are attempting potty training right now. He showed an interest around 18 months, but he didn’t really grasp the idea. But I’ll tell you what really got him interested was a fantastic potty training DVD called Elmo’s Potty Time. It helped that he loves Sesame Street. This DVD is a wonderful tool! There is also a great potty training guide in it. Soon, he was asking to go potty after I followed some of the suggestions in the guide.

As for carrying around the potty chair, we’re not ready to venture out into public yet without a diaper, however … I do have 3 older boys. All I can say is, take extra everything! A set of clothes, wipes, pull ups or whatever you are using to potty train. Be prepared to stop and drop everything at a moments notice to make a mad dash to a public restroom. Sanitary wipes are handy in that situation, I just held them on the big potty, though sometimes this is intimidating despite you reassurance that they are using the ‘big potty.’

Good luck!

]]> Comment on How did you first introduce your toddler to potty training? by eve http://www.babypotty.net/?p=864#comment-890 eve Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:08:11 +0000 #comment-890 A friend of mine used to keep a potty seat in the trunk of their car with them all the time just to have it. I never did that but, I guess it worked for her. When my daughter was a baby, she would always pee when I was filling up the bath tub. So, I got a potty seat and sat her on it while I filled up the tub, and she peed in the potty really easily. In a lot of ways it's really a crap shoot (pardon the expression but, I couldn't resist!) as to how they first learn to use the potty. They need to be able to recognize how it feels to need to go and they need to be able to recognize how it feels to need to go before they need to go. It takes time and concentration on their part -- or it just happens by chance and they get to do it over and over again and finally figure out the feeling tha goes along with it. It's probably not a bad idea to put a potty chair in the area of the room where she goes when she needs to have a bowel movement. Explain to her what it's for and tell her she can use ti if she wants to. She may even just sit on it with her clothes still on and end up "using" it that way for a while. Then I think the easy way to train a kid is to let them run around with very few clothes on for a few days and have the potty available and talk to them about what it's for and explain how to use it. Let them sit on it as much as they want, and assume that they will pee or poop in the "wrong" place perhaps many times before they actually can get to the potty at just the right time. When they really are ready to be trained, it only takes a very short itme. I think my two kids potty trained themselves in two days each. It can be a little stressful at first because once they do learn, it is important for them to be able to have access to a toilet pretty much immediately when they say they need it. So, you've got to stick around at home or only go out just after they've peed. But, this is also only for a few days. The third day my daughter was trained, she went on a 2 hour bike ride with my husband and he was sure she must have peed in her pull-up but, it was dry. She knew how to do it! Good luck. It's just the beginning....! There are also some good books you can read to her to help her understand the whole thing and how it works and what it's all about. A friend of mine used to keep a potty seat in the trunk of their car with them all the time just to have it. I never did that but, I guess it worked for her.
When my daughter was a baby, she would always pee when I was filling up the bath tub. So, I got a potty seat and sat her on it while I filled up the tub, and she peed in the potty really easily. In a lot of ways it’s really a crap shoot (pardon the expression but, I couldn’t resist!) as to how they first learn to use the potty. They need to be able to recognize how it feels to need to go and they need to be able to recognize how it feels to need to go before they need to go. It takes time and concentration on their part — or it just happens by chance and they get to do it over and over again and finally figure out the feeling tha goes along with it.
It’s probably not a bad idea to put a potty chair in the area of the room where she goes when she needs to have a bowel movement. Explain to her what it’s for and tell her she can use ti if she wants to. She may even just sit on it with her clothes still on and end up “using” it that way for a while. Then I think the easy way to train a kid is to let them run around with very few clothes on for a few days and have the potty available and talk to them about what it’s for and explain how to use it. Let them sit on it as much as they want, and assume that they will pee or poop in the “wrong” place perhaps many times before they actually can get to the potty at just the right time.
When they really are ready to be trained, it only takes a very short itme. I think my two kids potty trained themselves in two days each. It can be a little stressful at first because once they do learn, it is important for them to be able to have access to a toilet pretty much immediately when they say they need it. So, you’ve got to stick around at home or only go out just after they’ve peed. But, this is also only for a few days. The third day my daughter was trained, she went on a 2 hour bike ride with my husband and he was sure she must have peed in her pull-up but, it was dry. She knew how to do it!
Good luck. It’s just the beginning….!
There are also some good books you can read to her to help her understand the whole thing and how it works and what it’s all about.

]]> Comment on How did you first introduce your toddler to potty training? by topo8032003 http://www.babypotty.net/?p=864#comment-889 topo8032003 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:27:43 +0000 #comment-889 We bought the potty with our oldest there. When we set it up at home, we told him there was a snail that lived in the potty that ate poopoo. He didn't want the snail to be hungry, so voila! Course he had near misses and mistakes, but that was the general idea. We bought the potty with our oldest there. When we set it up at home, we told him there was a snail that lived in the potty that ate poopoo. He didn’t want the snail to be hungry, so voila! Course he had near misses and mistakes, but that was the general idea.

]]> Comment on How did you first introduce your toddler to potty training? by T and S http://www.babypotty.net/?p=864#comment-888 T and S Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:09:27 +0000 #comment-888 Just have her sit on the potty and run some water it might help her go. Just leave the diaper on I find that the potty training diapers are a waste of money Just do this a few times a day ask her if she has to go potty and lead her to the bathroom sit her on the potty don't force it though you'll have set backs she might even start going in there on her own. They will catch on it can be a long process but she is still young. good luck Also, I have my daughter sit on the potty and she will read a book. then I put the diaper back on I have been doing this for about 2 wks and she is now going in the potty more often on her own she just turned 2. Just have her sit on the potty and run some water it might help her go.

Just leave the diaper on
I find that the potty training diapers are a waste of money
Just do this a few times a day
ask her if she has to go potty and lead her to the bathroom
sit her on the potty
don’t force it though you’ll have set backs
she might even start going in there on her own.
They will catch on it can be a long process but she is still young.
good luck

Also, I have my daughter sit on the potty and she will read a book. then I put the diaper back on
I have been doing this for about 2 wks and she is now going in the potty more often on her own she just turned 2.

]]> Comment on How did you first introduce your toddler to potty training? by D&S K http://www.babypotty.net/?p=864#comment-887 D&S K Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:29:45 +0000 #comment-887 I started by buying a "big girl potty" aka (potty chair) and let her get used to it. She liked to use it. Also I had her in pull-ups so she would get used to pull her pants up and down. Also we went to the store and she picked out the "big girl" panties she wanted which ended up being Dora. I told he after she started to use the big girl potty she could wear her big girl panties. Slowly but surely we ended up transferring to the Dora panties during the day and pull ups at night. My daughter was easy to train and has never looked back. At 18 months your daughter still may be a little too young, most children aren't potty trained until they are 3 years old. My daughter was potty trained at 2 1/2 and that is considered young. Good luck and don't forget to praise you're daughter when she does something good. I started by buying a “big girl potty” aka (potty chair) and let her get used to it. She liked to use it. Also I had her in pull-ups so she would get used to pull her pants up and down. Also we went to the store and she picked out the “big girl” panties she wanted which ended up being Dora. I told he after she started to use the big girl potty she could wear her big girl panties. Slowly but surely we ended up transferring to the Dora panties during the day and pull ups at night.

My daughter was easy to train and has never looked back.

At 18 months your daughter still may be a little too young, most children aren’t potty trained until they are 3 years old. My daughter was potty trained at 2 1/2 and that is considered young.

Good luck and don’t forget to praise you’re daughter when she does something good.

]]> Comment on How did you first introduce your toddler to potty training? by Courtney http://www.babypotty.net/?p=864#comment-886 Courtney Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:13:33 +0000 #comment-886 When you think she has to go potty bring her to the training chair. Use pull-ups training pants just in case for now. When you go to a public place don't be as worried because she has the pull-ups on. if you want to try it then bring her to the bathroom and hold her as she is on the toilet, but i think she is too young for that. When you think she has to go potty bring her to the training chair. Use pull-ups training pants just in case for now. When you go to a public place don’t be as worried because she has the pull-ups on. if you want to try it then bring her to the bathroom and hold her as she is on the toilet, but i think she is too young for that.

]]> Comment on How did you first introduce your toddler to potty training? by tink24mls http://www.babypotty.net/?p=864#comment-885 tink24mls Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:47:22 +0000 #comment-885 I bought the book-Once Upon a Potty and a potty chair and pull ups and undies. I filled a her sippy cup with water, threw in a movie and plopped her on the potty chair. The long sit with the water and it wasn't too long till she went-not really knowing what it sounded or felt like. We did that on and off for a few days so she could get used to all of the feelings associated with going. Make sure you tell her babysitter or daycare. And then its lots of patience and watching and asking if she has to go potty. There will be accidents and it takes longer for them to get the hang of going #2. Just stay with it -I used tootsie rolls as rewards when she would go. I bought the book-Once Upon a Potty and a potty chair and pull ups and undies. I filled a her sippy cup with water, threw in a movie and plopped her on the potty chair. The long sit with the water and it wasn’t too long till she went-not really knowing what it sounded or felt like. We did that on and off for a few days so she could get used to all of the feelings associated with going. Make sure you tell her babysitter or daycare. And then its lots of patience and watching and asking if she has to go potty. There will be accidents and it takes longer for them to get the hang of going #2. Just stay with it -I used tootsie rolls as rewards when she would go.

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]]> Comment on My son is showing interest in potty training….should I use potty chair or toilet seat cover? by Heather W http://www.babypotty.net/?p=854#comment-876 Heather W Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:31:36 +0000 #comment-876 i use a toilet seat cover because its easier to take on trips and its less costly. mommy of 2 i use a toilet seat cover because its easier to take on trips and its less costly.

mommy of 2

]]> Comment on My son is showing interest in potty training….should I use potty chair or toilet seat cover? by Sally Liz http://www.babypotty.net/?p=854#comment-875 Sally Liz Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:13:47 +0000 #comment-875 My daugher is 2 and 4 months and we went for potty chair. She has one in both bathrooms and they are exactly the same, to avoid the "i want to go on the blue one" scenario! She finds normal potties a bit too low down, and can quite comfortably sit on her potty chair in the lounge! She has toilet seats too, but isn't that impressed to be honest. I think she feels a bit scared! My daugher is 2 and 4 months and we went for potty chair. She has one in both bathrooms and they are exactly the same, to avoid the “i want to go on the blue one” scenario! She finds normal potties a bit too low down, and can quite comfortably sit on her potty chair in the lounge! She has toilet seats too, but isn’t that impressed to be honest. I think she feels a bit scared!

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