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| When did your little one finish potty traning? |
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 Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:58 pm
we are never getting him tranied it one step forward the 2 back! just today he peed on the carpet. and he poops in his underware and keeps saying he wants to be a big boy.it's very frustrateding
his dad don't do nothing. he sits at his comp all day long and plays his stupid everquest. he goes to bed at 2am and don't get up till like noon!
i don't know how to help cody to figger out the feeling he gets when he has to poop. to go in the potty and then the peeing he told us he had to pee and he was walking funny i thouth he had pooped nope i come to find out he peed on the carpet.
I need some help and suggestions please? and storys too those are allways good to read.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:09 pm
Selena I know how that feels. I had an awful time with Toni, Rue can verify that. She was so close a few times, then she used the toilet in Burger King, and it terrified her (it was one of those automatic flush ones) It took me 2 years, and I swear I pulled all my hair out numerous times. She would be but do nothing else, and honest to God it took her being constipated really really bad to do the other. She learned from that, and finally understood why it wasnt good to do what she was doing. After that there were no problems.
If Cody's dad isnt doing anything when he is with him, its going to make it harder on you, because you have to be consistent. I used to sit Toni on the potty every 2 hours no matter what. He is just going to have to give up his Everquest (easier said than done I know) and put forth the effort. Just be patient, I know its difficult but hopefully things will work out. Good luck!
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:15 pm
we are having a hard time with all of ours...jake still isnt fully potty trained and he is 5...but that is due to him being autistic..and it is just taking longer to get him to do it...we are half way there cause he will pee in the toilet...but he still doesnt poo...
as for the twins...they are 3...stephen will pee but no poo..and stephanie refuses to use it...
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:00 am
Yes, Jess did have a rough time with Toni. In fact, she still doesn't quite have the concept of how to whipe down just yet.
Cody will get there. It just takes time and patience. I do agree though that his father needs to be consistent with it as well.
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:09 am
i got up tis moring and i come to find that cody did poop in the potty. peed too. my mom called out sick today so she is with him atm. she wants him to be potty traned aswell
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:22 am
my sister was a bit of problem too, she started using the potty ok, doing 'lakes and mountains' in it as my Mum called them.
but all of a sudden she wouldn't use it anymore, my darling Mother accused me of doing something to scare her off it mad
she was still wearing diapers at night when she started school.
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:25 am
My Mikes has actually been fully potty trained twice now... The first time he was 18 months old and my sister had just basically put him on the potty several times and told him this is where you pee pee and poo poo not in your diaper eww.... (she was my babysiter for a while).... Then I took Michael to his sperm donors for a visit and Michael came home in a baby diaper meant to fit his little brother who is more than a year and a half younger than him... So he had regressed to the point of just not going potty in the toilet at all and crying like a little baby when he pottied in his pants instead of saying "I had an accident" like he use to.... Then I slowly got him back to potty training with lots of coaxing... Offing small rewards for pottying in the the toilet like a few M&M's or stickers different things like that... And he was potty trained again....! YAY Then back to his dad's and well the same thing happened... Now mind you I have told his father over and over that I was going to get Mikes potty trained at 2 but he just doesn't care... He basically leaves him with his little brothers mom who is only 16 and she doesn't exactly know what to do... So I tried explaining to his father how to go about it and he literally shuts the door in my face while I'm talking...
So now I am at square one again because he has been really sick... With the runs and all so I will not risk putting him in underwear... And he must start going to his fathers more regularly because I work odd hours that are when his daycare isn't open... *sighs* Sorry that probably isn't much help at all!
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:59 am
you seem to be having more problums than me. i am sorry.
but i bet that helped to vent a bit huh?
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:12 am
We have 2 boys; ages 5 and nearly 4. Both were day trained by the time they were a little after 3yrs old. We're still working on night-training, but I'm not worried about it... it's an entirely different training and it'll come when they're physically ready, which not all kids are right away.
I've found that potty training takes consistency (but flexibility) in method, patience with the results and progress, and awareness about your kid - how much he's had to drink in the last couple hours, when was the last time he went, whether he's fidgety or not (may be a sign that he needs to go), etc. Dragging them to the potty, whether *they* think they need to go or not, as often as *you* think it's needed (every 20 minutes if you think it's about time, every hour if not), to at least "try" helps get the routine down. I used to have them sit to "try" while I counted slowly to 10 - if they went by the time I got to 10, great. If not, at least they tried and they got a big hug for trying. If they fought me going to try, well, no hug/praise. Little rewards, like M&Ms or stickers sometimes help... larger prizes perhaps, if they do well all day (or night) or all week (matchbox cars do wonders!). It gives them a goal to work toward and can help motivate them. There is a difference between rewards and bribery though, and IMHO a kid should not be punished for not going potty on the potty... it just causes more problems (again, IMHO).
Accidents happen; they are bound to. We still have the occassional accident, because the kids don't want to stop playing and they misjudge their control/need for the potty. "What happened?... don't wait so long next time... it takes longer to clean up an accident than to just go on the potty when you need to... "
Simply: If Cody wants to be a "big boy" but goes in his pants, then he's not a big boy. If he's trying and just has an accident, then it was an accident and "let's see if we can do better next time". If he goes on the potty when he needs to, then he's a big boy!! "Yay!! Let's see how long we can keep this up!"
His father, however... well, based on what you've written about him here and on Neo for the last year or so... he has *much* to be desired, IMHO. He is setting an example for your son and his refusal to interact with Cody and being unwilling to at least try teaching him to go potty... well, it's certainly nothing I'd allow...
Good luck Buffy.
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:13 pm
Wow, lots of good experiences and stories here!
The tendency for a kid to suddenly regress and not be as potty trained as they used to be seems to be pretty common. Jade did it, and at the time it really worried me. When she was a small toddler, every time we'd see her giving signs of straining, one of us would grab her up and stick her on the potty. And first thing in the morning too, I'd stick her on there, turn on the faucet, and she'd automatically pee. Then when she was almost 2, I think, she suddenly would run and hide when she had to go #2 and she'd scream and cry if we tried to take her to the potty, or even change her diaper. I don't know what happened to change her attitude. Then for about a year she would go #2 in the potty just fine again, by herself, but we couldn't get her to stop peeing in her pull-ups. I wanted her to try wearing her pretty princess panties, and convince her they were so nice she didn't want to get them wet (that worked with one of her cousins) but she'd SCREAM and throw a fit if we tried to get her to wear them.
It wasn't until after she was 3 that she suddenly volunteered to wear them, and she never turned back. The only thing I can think that changed this was one day when I was particularly frustrated at her lack of change, and in frustration I said something like "Are you going to be wearing pull-ups when you're big like me?!" "Yes!" she declared. "Everyone will laugh at you." I said quietly and angrily. I know, not a purposeful tactic, but I think it made her think.
She wasn't night-potty-trained until after she was 4, I think. She was definitely slower than a lot of her cousins when it came to potty-training, but boy did it make me PROUD when she was!! 4laugh
Stick to it, and he'll come around in his own time, although I agree, I think some help from the dad would be highly beneficial (although not if he does is grudgingly.) I've heard some advice about little boys, like floating cheerios or froot loops in the potty and having him aim, and offering rewards like some of the others said might work too. Good luck! Let us know if he progresses more!
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:25 pm
ok up date since the peeing on the carpet. accedent he has been doing well peeing on the potty but he still need a bit of practus of pooping in the potty. i don't know how describe how you feel when you poop to him so he knows what to feel for or somrthing of that nature
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:14 am
buffyhowe you seem to be having more problums than me. i am sorry. but i bet that helped to vent a bit huh? LOL it did... ^.^
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