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branwyn · 06-23-2007, 11:31 PM

serious potty learning. you know the stage. you stay at home because they are doing so well you are afraid to mess it all up. almost every conversation, if it isnt about going potty, is interrupted with "do you need to go potty? are you sure?". the preferred clothing is babylegs (or homemade) and a tank top.

its one of those days where i wonder if i will ever be able to have a conversation again, that doesnt revolve around the toilet...

although i should be happy and hush up, if this keeps on she will be the only childe of mine to potty learn before age 3.

EMTonya · 06-24-2007, 12:29 AM

i know exactly what you are talking about! we've had 2 straight days of "boop" in the potty & most "bees" make it there too.

journey is mostly naked all of the time. if she has on a diaper, she uses it. if she has on undies, she dribbles in them & then asks to go to the potty.

and yes, every conversation or meal is interrupted by "do you need to potty"

Robin · 06-24-2007, 12:32 AM

Well if you want I can send you a 3 1/2 yo and you can convince him that he can poop on the potty. If you do so you will have my eternal gratitude and my dh will probably throw in some cash.

tracey · 06-24-2007, 04:09 AM

mommytoluc · 06-24-2007, 07:42 AM

My boys were both 3+ before they would even consider using the potty. Olivia is almost fully potty-trained and she is not even 2! I am stunned. She is naked most of the time at home and that seems to work best. She is more prone to accidents if she has clothes on! She hasn't worn a diaper in a month...except when we go out and I put a mother-ease trainer on her. We went out yesterday and it was hours later, after we got home when I decided to check her to see if she was wet and needed to go to the bathroom...and she was dry! She stays dry through the night too! Astounding! My older one still wets the bed sometimes. Funny how they are all different.

Redterra · 06-25-2007, 09:19 AM

Ahhhh.... yes! We've been very lucky in that DS caught on very well to putting tee-tee's in the potty - he was pretty good at it by his second birthday. But he has only now realized that poop can go in there too!

And he's the same way - if he has a dipe on, he'll use it (though he has more recently removed a dipe a coupla times to use the potty instead) but if he's naked, he'll use the potty. Naptimes are definitely still diapered. We are just now experimenting with taking these habits on the road as we run errands, and so far with fair luck. The poop is still way unpredictable though, and I HATE having to clean up poop when he's only wearing undies and shorts!!! (I really should purchase some cloth trainers... I'm refusing to spend money on "pull-ups." (I do have some PUL and fleece and such... anybody have a pattern recommendation?)

And also so far, not much deviant potty behavior - except that I did catch him pee'ing in the salad spinner and in a mixing bowl once... hope that's the end to that experiment!

And LOL - his proud Daddy has already taught him to pee standing up! His aim is very impressive, except if there is music on and he feels the need to dance mid-stream...

tarablesue · 06-25-2007, 09:53 AM

we are so with you Branwyn! Sully has yet to poop on the potty but he's doing splendid about peeing!

Megmama · 06-25-2007, 10:23 AM

I'm gonna have to try the no diaper or undie thing...i'm so paranoid about it getting on the carpet that I haven't..Yes..it's all about potty over this way, too. Eli now changes his own diapers..talk about annoying..if he would just take it off and go potty instead of take it off, hit the floor and get a new diaper..I'd be so freaking relieved. Never thought toilet training a little autist would be such a chore..

WonderMom · 07-01-2007, 02:30 PM

ITA
there for a while she was telling me she needed to go now she doesnt
i put panties on here and she paid right in them.
and when i ask her if she needs to go its always no no
i hate to force her to go to the potty?
shew im at a loss feeling

SouthernLace · 07-09-2007, 02:17 PM

Grant did good on the potty for a little while, but he down right refuses now. I am hoping that being around his bud Levi will help him to go again. I am soooo ready for him to be out of diapers.

ElDucko · 07-11-2007, 12:34 AM

then you need this for yer kiddo to watch!

warning! does have subtitles saying poop and such!

Dishka · 07-13-2007, 04:14 PM

I am there with Mark right now. Yesterday I called dh and actually left a message saying Mark pooped in the potty. Dh called me back with his co-workers clapping and screaming in the background "GO MARK!!! GOOD JOB!!" It was then that I realized I needed a hobby of some sort. At any rate, Mark is making progress or I'm timing things better...maybe both. But with the attention that Miss Abby needs, I'm not sure if I picked the best time to potty train. My 7 yr old even obsessively asks him if he needs to go potty. Such a leetle momma.

juliebelle · 07-13-2007, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Dishka

I am there with Mark right now. Yesterday I called dh and actually left a message saying Mark pooped in the potty. Dh called me back with his co-workers clapping and screaming in the background "GO MARK!!! GOOD JOB!!" It was then that I realized I needed a hobby of some sort. At any rate, Mark is making progress or I'm timing things better...maybe both. But with the attention that Miss Abby needs, I'm not sure if I picked the best time to potty train. My 7 yr old even obsessively asks him if he needs to go potty. Such a leetle momma.

man...there are some funny threads today..i'm laughing out loud literally. b/c we have had several phone calls like that...calling daddy, granny, nana, our little buddies.! haha!

jackson stayed dry all day yesterday and all day today except for nap time. so..here's hoping it continues.

i would like to get him some cloth trainers like i had for savannah (hers are way too small for him).

Redterra · 07-16-2007, 08:38 AM

Julie - what kind of cloth trainers did you use with SJ? I keep thinking I'm going to make some for Levi, but not getting around to it, and then thinking I should just buy some...

So far, we've still used dipes when he's at church, and undies otherwise. He's doing rather fine with the undies, but since he's still not great with the pooping in the potty, sometimes we have more of a mess than I'd rather deal with.

I also wonder if the trainers might come across as more of a diaper to him too - since he's been wearing undies - and it might be a backtrack for him.

juliebelle · 07-16-2007, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jmkey

Julie - what kind of cloth trainers did you use with SJ? I keep thinking I'm going to make some for Levi, but not getting around to it, and then thinking I should just buy some...

So far, we've still used dipes when he's at church, and undies otherwise. He's doing rather fine with the undies, but since he's still not great with the pooping in the potty, sometimes we have more of a mess than I'd rather deal with.

I also wonder if the trainers might come across as more of a diaper to him too - since he's been wearing undies - and it might be a backtrack for him.

we used the motherease trainers. they are just pull on elastic waist with a terry inside and a very soft absorbant outside. basically it was something that were she to have an accident it would help the mess on the floor or whatever not be as great.

we're just using pullups right now and he'll wear 2 a day...one during the day (that gets peed in at naptime) and then one he wears after nap into bed.