Calling all you potty-trainers....

coasterqueen wrote: I need some info. It's been a couple weeks (2 or 3) that Kylie has showed *some* interest in potty-training. Her babysitter actually started it and I've followed the lead. She waited til she thought she was ready. She's done this more times than me.

Ok...background. She will at least sit on potty several times a day at daycare. She *may* sit on the pot for us one time a day. On weekends...forget it I can't convince her to sit on it...although Friday night she begged to sit on it and she went poo and pee. Yippeee! On the times she will sit on the pot sometimes she goes and sometimes she won't but she will try.

What's the deal here???? Is this the way it goes??? I'm going crazy here! I thought she'd "progress" a bit more by now. Any insight would be VERY helpful.

momof2girls replied: Hmmm for me potty training was long ago!!! but I do remember Azaria would go and then I could not get her too, we made a huge deal out of her going on the potty so she loved that, until that got old.
I thought my child would go to Kindergarten in diapers. haha
She will get it, dont worry!!!
it takes TONS of patience!

aspenblue1 replied: Sorry no help here. Isabella will always say she wants to go potty but she will just sit on it and do nothing then say she is all done.

amynicole21 replied: What's worked best for us is to sit her on the potty on a regular schedule: first thing in the morning and right before bath. She'll also say she has to go a few times throughout the day. We almost always get her to go those 2 times, though. Sometimes she'll sit there and do nothing, but we always let her do it. When she actually goes, we make a really big deal about it. When she first started going, we even called her grandparents and let her tell them! She was so proud of herself Eventually, she'll catch on - just keep at it. And be prepared that it might take a really long time

Kaitlin'smom replied: well Kaitlin is starting to potty trian and has for a bit. My problem with her is getting her back off, she LOVES to sit on there. So will go anytime she sits on there (she has yet to poo). Sometimes she will remember to tell me before she gos, other she will tell me after she went. I am letting her lead this one, i dont want to push or rush her, and while not having to change dipers/pull-up anymore will be great it will also be very sad. i am just not sure I am ready for this

coasterqueen replied: Yeah we let Kylie tell us when she has to go and we'll ask her too. She'll either tell us no or yes she has to go. She likes to sit on that darn thing for ages though. I seem to have no patience . But I think it's weird she'll go for the sitter but won't for us. Makes me feel less of a parent. It just seemed like when I read everyone else was training that it was going faster than what it seems to go for Kylie. I don't mind continuing like we are, but I just wish she'd go more for me and not just the sitter.

Kaitlin'smom replied: You know I am not sure how much she goes for the sitter, or how much she is working with her to potty train, I will have to get an update. I am not used to asking about that

the only way i can get Kaitlin off after she has gone is to give her a wip (she is so obsessed with these) As soon as she sits down she askes for one I tell her after you go you can have one, she goes I give her one she uses it and throws it away and wants another one, thats when I get her off is witht he second one. I guess whatever works for now

coasterqueen replied:
Okay, I have to ask. What is a wip???

I make my sitter give fill out a daily sheet that tells me when she eats what and what she eats, what and when she drinks her milk, when she has a bm/pee, etc, etc, etc...as well as other things she's done in the day. We did that more in the beginning when she was breastfeeding and taking a bottle so we could keep track of the ounce amount she was drinking but DH wants her to keep filling out the sheet.

maestra replied: Well don't feel bad- Jaci's still nowhere near ready to potty train. I can't even get her to sit on the thing for more than a minute. I have her sit on it while I go, but she want's off! And she's not able to tell you yet if she's gone or not, even in her diaper.

booey2 replied: Hang in there, she definitely will not go to school in diapers even though it may seem like it. Thomas started to train earlier in the spring and the sitter I have is awesome. I think the week at the cottage when he got to wear a bathing suit almost all day helped to. He will be three next month and I think that waiting til he was ready was the best thing we could do, cause he kinda trained himself. Now all I have to work on is the night time. Keep on doing what you are doing and she will get there.

Sunflower04 replied: No success story here. Joey won't use the toliet. Joey was showing some signs of potty training and went on the toliet a couple of times too. Then out of no where he won't go on the toliet. I ask him when he is in the bathroom if he wants to sit and he is always "no". My approach to it is to not mention it and when they are ready to use the toliet they will.

chloe&tysmommy replied: We are still waiting for Chloe to take an interest in the potty! I tried her a couple times in the morning (awhile back) and she actually went, but now if I ask her she will yell 'NO' everytime....so I'm going to let her be the one to tell me when she has to go. Although she does bring me the wipes and a diaper everytime she poops..lol I just wish she'd tell me before hand so she could go on the potty

I joke about her being in kindergarden and still having to wear diapers...lol

I'm glad to hear she's not the only one not potty trained

chloe&tysmommy replied:
LOL! He sounds EXACTLY like Chloe!

MommyToAshley replied: Kylie sounds exactly like Ashley in the beginning of our potty training, I think it is a normal stage. I kept reading that you shouldn't force the issue, and so I just kept it low key and would sit her on the potty around the times I thought she had to go. But, if she didn't want to sit on the potty, I didn't force her. However, I couldn't help but to wonder if I should be giving her more direction and ecouraging her to go more often. Then, all of a sudden, it was like she potty trained herself. She's even night time trained at the same time. And, I was glad that I stuck it out and didn't push the issue.

We did just as Amy said, we made a big deal out of it when she did go -- clap our hands, jump around and say "yeah!", and we reward with stickers. I know Kylie doesn't like stickers, so maybe you could do something else? Ashley still isn't 100% potty trained, we still have an accident now and then. But, we are ready for big girl pants.

I think if you just keep doing what you are, and focus on the positives then she will get it. Like I said, she sounds exactly like Ashley right before things just sort of clicked.

MommyToAshley replied:
I think that was a typo and she meant wipe.

coasterqueen replied:
Ahhh that is so glad to hear that Ashley was on the same track like Kylie is. It makes me feel like it's not useless, lol. We don't push her and we have potty parties everytime she goes. We are doing the jellybean thing when she goes on the potty but hope to find something else to replace that soon.

At least I know that we are going in the right direction. THanks!

coasterqueen replied:
I'm a dufus!!!!! That makes sense now!!!! ROFL.

alice&arik replied: Arik is doing really good lately. I think the move was rough on him and he didn't like the idea for a while. But now he runs in there on his own to go. He stands up instead of sitting. It's pretty cute. But I have found that if he wears undies and pants he will have an accident, but naked he goes all the time. He won't poop on there yet, but even if he has to go he will hold it, so I think he will get it eventually. He has fallen in the toilet twice trying to sit on the toilet with the seat up though.

Arik won't go on the potty at daycare either, But this has been a big step in the last week so I am sure he will get it soon. But if I try to "help" him point it in the right direction he gets so mad and slaps my hand and kicks me out of the bathroom. He doesn't even like me to look and see if he started peeing.

Today was funny he was standing there trying to pee and he called me over there and tried to pull my pants down and pointed at the toilet for me to pee. I showed him I didn't have the same "thing" and told him Momma has to sit to pee, and he looked confused.

Kirstenmumof3 replied: Claudia has been doing this too. We have our potty in the living room, only because I've learned from Emily and Spencer that when they need to go, they need to go and I don't want her peeing on me while I carry her up the stairs. Emily and Spencer both should an early intrest in the potty and that was it, just an interest. Neither one of them were potty trained until 2 1/2 almost 3. Just go at her pace, offer the potty everytime you go to change her and make a big deal about the times that she does go. Every child is different, but just remember she won't start kindergarton still in diapers!