HOW Do YOU Potty Train???

[laundrymom]

Good luck to you! I dont potty train,... after they are learned at home, I work on it here

Heres my policy,.. I do not push to potty learn. I believe that a child will only learn when they are ready and no amount of coaxing is going to make it happen any easier. All children become ready to toilet learn at different ages but it is generally considered to wait until the child is at least 2 yrs of age, before that time he or she is not physically or emotionally prepared to control his or her bowel or bladder movements. Work with them first at night and on weekends. As they progress and experience success at home I will work with them during the day. Once everyone has decided the child is ready to toilet learn, the only time diapers should be used is at naps and bedtime. When your child is ready to toilet learn please dress them in easy to remove clothing. No Belts, zippers, snaps or buttons that your child can not manage alone. Elastic waistbands are the easiest for the child to control

[Mom_of_two]

For me by starting at home I mean beginning to work with them when it gets to the undies. Of course I do here, too, but they are in pull ups until they are accident free for a couple weeks. I agree that it is a collaborative effort (no other way) and my concern is just when parents want to move to underwear here and the child isn't ready. I will consistently work with kids on learning the behavior and discussing it etc, but no undies til they can tell me and make it to the potty! It seems as though if a child is ready it truly is not a long drawn out process. If a child isn't ready I don't push it. I didn't even start with my daughter til she turned three and she learned in a week. But wouldn't have been ready much before that. (I know with her if I would have started at 2 or 2.5 it would have taken months!) I am not willing to work with a child who isn't showing signs of readiness (PP's have referred to a checklist, my pedi gave us one, too, but it has been apparent with the kids In have worked with and my own) just because they hit a certain age etc. Also, referring to parents beginning at home, to work more on timed pottying or whatever works for them(taking at intervals etc. on a weekend and evenings) so the child begins to understand the feeling, and voice the need to go.

I had one DCG who could pee fine but would hide to poo, parents didn't want to go back to pull ups. I would not have her here in undies so they had to give in, but it was fine! In a couple weeks she got it and has been great since. I have a DGB who just turned one and his dad said they sat him on the potty the other night. I was thinking 'i don't think so!' since he isn't even walking yet, but just smiled and nodded. Lol.

[PitterPatter]

For me by starting at home I mean beginning to work with them when it gets to the undies. Of course I do here, too, but they are in pull ups until they are accident free for a couple weeks. I agree that it is a collaborative effort (no other way) and my concern is just when parents want to move to underwear here and the child isn't ready. I will consistently work with kids on learning the behavior and discussing it etc, but no undies til they can tell me and make it to the potty! It seems as though if a child is ready it truly is not a long drawn out process. If a child isn't ready I don't push it. I didn't even start with my daughter til she turned three and she learned in a week. But wouldn't have been ready much before that. (I know with her if I would have started at 2 or 2.5 it would have taken months!) I am not willing to work with a child who isn't showing signs of readiness (PP's have referred to a checklist, my pedi gave us one, too, but it has been apparent with the kids In have worked with and my own) just because they hit a certain age etc. Also, referring to parents beginning at home, to work more on timed pottying or whatever works for them(taking at intervals etc. on a weekend and evenings) so the child begins to understand the feeling, and voice the need to go.

I had one DCG who could pee fine but would hide to poo, parents didn't want to go back to pull ups. I would not have her here in undies so they had to give in, but it was fine! In a couple weeks she got it and has been great since. I have a DGB who just turned one and his dad said they sat him on the potty the other night. I was thinking 'i don't think so!' since he isn't even walking yet, but just smiled and nodded. Lol.

:: And we shall call him superbaby if he gets potty trained before he walks!

[jen2651]

I had a mother just tell me she was working on her 8 month old. She began working on her when she was 4 months. She knows about 15 mins after she eats that she needs to go, so she takes her and sits her on the potty chair and she goes (duh). I'm pretty sure I couldn't say anything as I couldn't make my mouth close. I finally got my wits about me and told her that I wouldn't be able to do that...

She did it with her first daughter too, but due to communication issues, her daughter wasn't trained until 3.5....

[nannyde]

She did it with her first daughter too, but due to communication issues, her daughter wasn't trained until 3.5....

What communication issues would those be? The one where she had to SAY "I have to go potty" before she had to go potty?

People who try to train infants are doing it for one reason... a belief that their child is gifted.

[jen2651]

her daughter at the age of 4 is barely understandable. And you know how it is, most people can't understand kids anyway, but I was truly listening. She does more pointing and gestures so I was somewhat able to converse with her. MEanwhile, my three year old is trying to play matching with her and asking her to find the rojo hexagon (he had a GREAT daycare lady before me...not bragging up on myself, it was all her!). Basically, she couldn't communicate at all. And now she is able to just go by herself so it isn't a problem.

It is interesting though...she mentioned a speech therapist and I asked if they would be coming into daycare (I had one child have 3 meetings a week - one in classroom, one at daycare, and one at home in the evening) and she said they had only made a preliminary appointment on the urging of their ped at the 4 year old well child checkup. The appointment will be in late June. BUT, meanwhile, I offer a preschool curriculum 5 days a week and she is going to pull her daughter 2 days a week to go to an extremely high priced preschool. I know to each their own, but the preschool lady already told her they wouldn't take her if her language skills didn't improve dramatically before september...I know it is petty, but I really didn't like feeling like I was second choice (I know preschool program vs. me teaching curriculum is different even though I have 1 year left of school before I have my special education teaching license).

all this being said, she struck me as being rather high maintenence and after she asked me why my son was watching tv (came to my home at 6:30 - well after daycare hours) and reminded me I stated no tv (I was really trying to keep him entertained since SHE was interrupting our night time ritual of bath, reading, and bed), telling me she potty trained her 5 month old, and not seeing her daughters issues for what they are, I told her I took a full time family instead of her part time one.

I know I need the money, but if i'm not holding MY 8 month old over the toilet, Im certainly not holding HERS...

end of rant - apologies!