Potty Training...Help Me with This One Please!

[Baby Beluga]

I use stove's timer here when I start potty training with a child. It works very well to me. As a result right now only two infant (1.3 and 1.4) and 3yo twins (who are a little behind of their age) use diapers. The all other children use potty here. After the holidays I'm going to take diapers away from twins and then will start working on it with infants. At the spring time no one here will use diaper. I hope
I prefer to work hard a few weeks and then have no stinky diapers here.

May I ask how your children make the transition from listening to a timer to listening to their bodies? (genuine curiosity)

[Play Care]

they can. Believe me. That change happens very early if someone works on it.
I still don't understand why we teach kids use spoon, cup, put shoes on .... but can not teach use potty? what is different? They can control their own bodies even if they can not speak clear enough.

I have just found that to not be the case when it comes to potty training. And often kids will start to fight me about going at timed intervals (screaming, throwing themselves on the floor, lots of "accidents" etc)

When kids are ready the process is quick, and NO work. Why would I spend months dragging kids to the bathroom, cleaning up mess, etc when I don't have to? Color me lazy, but it works ::

The kids in my care who trained the earliest (due to parental pressure) often had the most accidents, sometimes years afterward.

[ColorfulSunburst]

May I ask how your children make the transition from listening to a timer to listening to their bodies? (genuine curiosity)

They don't listen to a timer. I do. It helps me don't forget to send them to toilet. They have no diaper. So their own feeling tells them, that peeing on themselves is not good.
Right now I have eight completely potty trained kids (2.7, 2.10, 2.11, 3.1, 3.5, 3.6) and they are potty trained a long time. I also have two kids who wear diaper during nap time (2.6, 3.5 - this boy has an autism spectrum and is a little behind). Two more kids (3.3) are a little behind too (speech delay, fine and gross motor skills delay...) and they still wear diaper but they also use potty with all other children here. Plus there are two infants (1.2, 1.3) The second one is ready to start his potty training.happyface

[ColorfulSunburst]

When kids are ready the process is quick, and NO work. Why would I spend months dragging kids to the bathroom, cleaning up mess, etc when I don't have to? Color me lazy, but it works ::

The kids in my care who trained the earliest (due to parental pressure) often had the most accidents, sometimes years afterward.

I am lazy I do not like to change stinky diaper of 2 or 3 yo kids. Potty training is going here without any screaming or drugging children to the bathroom. They enjoy this process and are proud of themselves. I also do not remember any big mess here. For me a few accidents are better then countless changing diapers month by month.

[Baby Beluga]

They don't listen to a timer. I do. It helps me don't forget to send them to toilet. They have no diaper. So their own feeling tells them, that peeing on themselves is not good.
Right now I have eight completely potty trained kids (2.7, 2.10, 2.11, 3.1, 3.5, 3.6) and they are potty trained a long time. I also have two kids who wear diaper during nap time (2.6, 3.5 - this boy has an autism spectrum and is a little behind). Two more kids (3.3) are a little behind too (speech delay, fine and gross motor skills delay...) and they still wear diaper but they also use potty with all other children here. Plus there are two infants (1.2, 1.3) The second one is ready to start his potty training.happyface

Thank you for explaining

In this way I guess we are a bit similar. I do a scheduled diaper/potty break every 1.5 hours. I do this so I know everyone has had a chance to use the restroom and get a clean diaper in a reasonable amount of time. Since our days are scheduled, having set times to take a potty break just makes our day run smoothly. Of course a BM gets changed asap.

However, with that being said when I potty train, it is very much child lead. I start off by having the child pull their pants up and down when I change their diapers. Then as they get older, show signs of readiness and are not afraid of the toilet, then they may try to use it. By the time we get to actually using the toilet the child has usually gained some bladder control and generally doesn't take long for the child to move from diapers to underwear.

I have never used a timer though. Since our day is scheduled and we follow a routine, the kids all know what comes next and know when our usual potty breaks are. What concerned me with this particular child regarding the timer is DCD said" I asked DCB if he wanted to use the potty and he said no, I have to wait for the timer." To me, that is going to confuse DCB.

I went back and looked at this child's daily sheets which states when his diaper was wet/dry and if he used the potty. For a decent amount of time he would remain dry for 1.5 hours and successfully use the toilet. However this week after DCP's implemented the 30 minute rule he has been wet at every single potty break.

[Baby Beluga]

I have just found that to not be the case when it comes to potty training. And often kids will start to fight me about going at timed intervals (screaming, throwing themselves on the floor, lots of "accidents" etc)

When kids are ready the process is quick, and NO work. Why would I spend months dragging kids to the bathroom, cleaning up mess, etc when I don't have to? Color me lazy, but it works ::

The kids in my care who trained the earliest (due to parental pressure) often had the most accidents, sometimes years afterward.

I have found this as well. Especially with short intervals and throwing tantrums. I mean, if a child is expected to use the bathroom every 30 minutes, the child's entire day is nothing but using the potty. Between working with clothing, using the restroom and washing hands afterward there would be no time left for the child to emerge themselves in play or any other activity.

[ColorfulSunburst]

I mean, if a child is expected to use the bathroom every 30 minutes, the child's entire day is nothing but using the potty. Between working with clothing, using the restroom and washing hands afterward there would be no time left for the child to emerge themselves in play or any other activity.

a child is on "30 minutes schedule" no more then one day or even less and my kids do not use toilet, they use an individual potty. Because of that I send the all of them on potty at the same time.

[mommiebookworm]

a child is on "30 minutes schedule" no more then one day or even less and my kids do not use toilet, they use an individual potty. Because of that I send the all of them on potty at the same time.

Just curious, do you have to sanitize every potty, every single time?

[ColorfulSunburst]

Just curious, do you have to sanitize every potty, every single time?

if every child have own potty a sanitizing must be done one time per day. we do it every evening. Yesterday I had an inspection here. No violations were found.