Potty Training - Cedar Rapids, IA

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I would recommend reading EARLY START POTTY TRAINING for your one year old. It really shed alot of light on the subject for me. Also, check out TOILET TRAINING IN 24 HOURS. I didn't do this with my son because it's supposed to be used for 20 months and up and we started at 16 months. However, I've heard from others that it worked well with their kids, and I recently purchased the book to see if there was something I could do to finally get my son past accidents and there were alot of good ideas and steps that helped him even after being almost trained. Good luck!

Boys are so much harder to potty train that girls!! My neice will be 2 in October, and she is fully potty trained. My 3 year old son, however, only goes on the potty when he is naked from the waist down. All children are different, and I would not hold your children to the standards that your mother-in-law seems to have. It is impossible to determine when a child will be completely out of diapers. Definitely do not force the issue. I tried to "encourage" the potty issue when Logan turned 2 and he just wasn't ready and didn't want to have anything to do with it. Good luck to you!!

Unfortunately, the new disposable diapers are a little too dry and comfortable. They will train when they are ready. I was trying like crazy to get my older son trained. He was 3. One day I asked him why he wouldn't use the potty. He said,"I know how to do it, I just don't want to." My mother-in-law suggested letting him go on the floor -- of course she didn't volunteer to let him do it at her house and he doesn't go to daycare. One day, he looked at me and said, "You can throw the diapers away now." That was it. It's been well over a year and he's only had one accident. Every child is different and they'll be trained when they're ready.

My younger son would stay dry in a pull-up for days, but if I put underwear on him, he would go in his pants. Over the summer, he got a heat rash and decided he didn't need the pull-ups any more. He's had more accidents, but he's doing great.

There is a website that I love for tips and information, it's www.parentcenter.babycenter.com. Helpful hints and tips for children 2-8. They have a free e-newsletter. Good luck.

I also have a 2 year old, and she is in the process of potty training now. I tried much earlier with her, but I believe I should have waited. I think I may have actually confused her with the idea of the potty when she was not mentally ready for it. So my advice would be to take your time with it. As long as you try to get them interested in the concept then they will gradually (with your help) become sucsessfully potty trained. And remember, each child is differant. Some may pick it up sooner then others for whatever reason. All you can really do is be persistant and pateint.
By the way, I'm a stay at home mom too. I know what you mean about being driven nuts LOL I'm finding that the age of 2 is trying! lol Anyhow, take care :-)

Well Mrs. R. my son is now four years old an with him it was abit hard but after about no more than 5-10 mins, i put him on the potty. Then after he drinks an run around for about five mins. An with alot of patience and love an constant routine it will work out fine.

Your email made me laugh because my mother-in-law said the same thing! Apparently, my husband and his brothers never misbehaved at a restaurant or at the dinner table either! Don't let it stress you out. I have two boys also and they were both out of diapers around 32 months old. I tried to get my first son trained around two yrs old, but he became rebellious so we took a break for a few months. They are 10 and 8 now and totally normal, active, boys regardless of when they were potty trained.

AAAAHHH, mother in laws!!! Luckily mine is great! I have heard many stories! I have four boys and all were trained after turning three! I did however start talking and taking them with me before putting them in underwear. Also, at night while the bath water was running my husband would sit them on the potty, sometimes they would go and sometimes not. It was never a pressure thing at that time just getting familar. You will know when they are ready and don't be pressured. Good Luck!

It is a gradual process. try by letting your children watch you use the restroom and put them on a lil potty at the same time to introduce. they will train when they are ready. My oldest was potty trained at 14months. Don't let your m-i-l pressure you.

R....I was just writing back to Wendy who posted earlier about her potty training troubles and I told her that someone had told me about PODS. They are available at pottytrainingsolutions.com They are awesome!!! My daughter was kinda working on the whole potty training thing, but would hit and miss with her actually doing it. I ordered these PODS last Friday and got them this last Monday..she's been in big girl panties since last Monday and has only had 2 accidents..they are amazing!!!! I can't believe it!! She tells me when she needs to go or a few times I found her already in the bathroom doing it by herself. They really work--I know I am convinced...hope this helps

Hello R.. I learned from working in a daycare that children who are not ready to potty train, just simply wont. If they cant comprehend that they have to go potty, they cant go get on the toilet. Also, I learned that most children are not mentally ready to potty train until they are the age of 2 or sometimes even 3. Your husband may have been potty trained at 1, but that doesnt mean your child is ready, or late on development. If the child tells you he has to go, and knows they must go get ont he potty, then they are ready, If a child is not ready and you keep trying, it may make the child refuse to do it all together, even when they are ready, as I had twin boys whose mother pushed them into potty training when they were not ready, and the next year when they were, they just simply refused. But good luck in your experience, and I hope you get the child trained before pre-k.

I know having 2 kids in diapers is not fun but I wouldn't recommend potty training much before 3. Up until that point they aren't really self-aware enough and if you're doing all the watching for signs and putting the kids on the potty then they are training you and not vice versa. Boys especially need a bit more maturity to potty thoroughly.

When they ARE ready for potty training you can try things like special undies but they didn't work for any of our kids. What worked was gummie bears. They'd all get 1 bear each time child working on potty training used the potty. This way they got lots of sibling support and got used to using the potty a lot. I picked gummie bears because they were low in sugar but any treat would work.

This is probably a little late for your 2yr old, but you may still be able to try it with your 1yr old. There's a practice called infant potty training that is used around the world in cultures where they don't use diapers. Basically, you start anywhere from birth to 6 months. (They say babies are less receptive to it after 6 months, but can still be trained with some effort on the parents' parts.) You get to know your babies signals for when s/he has to go to the bathroom (grunting, making faces, etc.) and then you make a specific noise (it can be whatever you want, just has to be the same all the time. some people use "ssss" or "peepee") and hold them over where you want them to go. You also make the sound if they start going in front of you, even if they're not in the right place. Within *days* the baby learns to associate that sound with the act of going to the bathroom. Most children trained this way (when started at the appropriate time) are fully potty trained by 18 months, and many by 1yr.

Here's a website with some more info on the this particular practice. http://www.timl.com/ipt/