Div - good luck for this coming week with my gorgeous young man
Tell him Auntie Sharon is proud of him
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Div - good luck for this coming week with my gorgeous young man
Tell him Auntie Sharon is proud of him
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Div - there is (apparently) a device that hangs over the edge of the toilet for them to wee into (more at the kiddies level for aim purposes without needing a stool) that then flips over the edge of the toilet for emptying and the flush washes it at the same time. I think I saw it at a baby shop. Might be an option if he is too big for the potty but too little for the big toilet just yet.
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Well it's Day Five and here's how we've gone...
Day One - Monday - four in the potty (once we worked out that he could use it if he dangled his pen!s right in, and aimed for the bottom of the potty)... as he didn't like the big toilet. Apparently the hole is too big, even with an insert. Two on the lino... two in the garden...one in the BL&*DY car seat!!! And we managed to get INSIDE the gumboots too... icky.
I was pretty down in the dumps on Monday, as I was getting really annoyed with the whole process. I'd take him to the potty, he'd do some, but then 10 mins later would do a whole heap more in an inappropriate place. It was very frustrating. We also had a poo on Monday morning in his bedtime nappy, which was great because I knew I wouldn't have to deal with it that day!
Day Two - no poo in the morning. Had a fairly good day - six wees in the potty (woohoo), one under the tree when he was too busy climbing it to get down and wee, and one in the garden when he was trying to wee the garden. So he started to understand what he was supposed to be doing, which was good.
Bribery stopped working - he refused chocolate when he'd gone to the potty... hmmm strange child. So we went to stickers - worked for the morning, then refused them in the afternoon. But by this stage he'd realised that if I was going to take him anywhere or do anything with him, he needed to go potty first, which was good.
Day Three - pretty good. Saw him grab his penis in the morning, and asked him if he needed to go potty, he said "Yes" and ran for the potty! It was the hugest pee he'd ever done in the potty... I had to take my parents to the airport in the morning, and was pretty worried about the carseat... it's a 1 1/2 hour round trip. But he did well. One accident on the carpet in the late afternoon and a dry nappy with day sleep! First accident on the carpet, but hey, it's day three.... Oh and still no poo.
Day Four.. let's persevere... lots in the potty. Even when playing in the garden he pulled his own pants down and tried to wee the garden.. the first time he managed to also get his gumboots (again) and his undies and his pants... but he actually worked it out himself that he needed to go. Blooming marvellous. The second time, I had to aim it for him... but he again worked it out himself! Woohoo progress!
He's now on antibiotics for a bronchial infection so maybe the ABs will bring on the poos... which have been missing in action since Monday... unusual for DS2 as he's usually an every morning man... asked the doctor about it and apparently it's quite common for them to hold it in when they're toilet training, so I have to persevere and see... it will come out eventually (yikes I hope it's at daycare tomorrow and not at home EEEK!!!!)
Day Five - here we go... one "accident' this morning on the carpet which was again annoying especially as I had asked him if he needed to go potty and he'd said no!
He's now at daycare as I prepare the house for his birthday party tomorrow!
Some things I've learned -
that Crocs are the best TT shoes
Gumboots are the second best
Urine doesn't come out of leather or slippers easily - the smell lingers...
Carseats are very absorbent!
Will keep you all updated over the next couple of weeks!
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Apparently, it is not the right thing to do to ask them - as they generally will say no in the early stages, you are better off saying come with me and taking them to the potty, especially if you know what times they tend to go.
I've found with DS that if you say let's go to the potty if he really doesn't need to go he says "no fanks" if he needs to go he runs there. We've only just had a poo breakthrough this week after months of trying to TT for poos I gave up and just kept saying poos go in the toilet not the nappy every time we changed the nappy. Then on Tuesday he wanted a toy - so I bought it, put it in a jar for him to see and said he could have it when he did a poo in the potty - last night I said it again and he went in and did a poo for the toy.Be patient with the poos, they will come eventually.
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Well we've had a bit of a breakthrough! TOday at daycare he did TWO POOS in the potty! WOOHOO!
This is after three weeks, so we've done pretty well. I showed him that I was throwing out the undies that he was pooing in, (because I'm lazy lol) and he didn't like that idea, so EVENTUALLY did poos in the potty!
He'd been holding it in a LOT, like we had lots of overnight wake ups, I think with tummy pain from holding it in, but I just kept telling him that it was okay to do poos in the nappy or pullups at night time, and it's okay to do poos in the potty too...
So I bought him a lollypop (and his brother too lol) after swimming today! Woohoo! Now just to keep it up!
oh oh put a golf ball or something bright that will float in the loo and tell him he has to pee on it to try and 'sink it'....but im sorry thats about as big as my advice is.
I let my kid lead the way with TT.
Nikolaus was done (night and day) but 2 years and 4 months
Wilhem..god dont get me started but he has issues - 5 years
Vy - she's dry through the day and the nappy is moist of a night time
PMSL at the pooh....you dont want to know what I did with poohy jocks then do ya
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yah for my gorgeous little man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Thats great but I'm going to miss my poo and wee updates!
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