Originally Posted By mickeymeg The time has come for our potty training adventure to begin and I am wondering if any parents have any fabulous tips for me ? My biggest challenge at the moment is figuring out what to have her wear. I would like to avoid disposable pull ups if possible. We have done cloth diapers all along and I don't want to have to add the cost of buying disposable, which I don't think are any different than diapers anyhow, now. I have a bunch of the waffle pants now, the thicker cotton underpants. But they don't absorb that much so ever time she has an accident I still end up having to change everything from the waist down. I would love to find some waterproof pants that could be pulled on over top, something like this <a href="http://www.pottytrainingconcepts.com/31GVP.html" target="_blank">http://www.pottytrainingconcep...GVP.html</a>, but have had no luck at all finding anything like it. I ask in a store and people look at me like I am completely crazy. She does really well when we are home, but less well when we are out as there is just too much going on to want to stop and pee. Even if I do drag her away to a potty she is hopping off and declaring 'Done" before her little tush even hits the seat and she throws a fit if I try to stop her. I am at a loss, what did you have your little one wear during potty training ? How do you convince them to pee on a potty that is not their own ? Any other tips ?
Originally Posted By LVBelle The biggest thing I learned is to go at their pace. I tried a few times before Jake was ready and it was a failure every time. When he was ready, it was a snap and we only had two accidents the first week! I had him wear regular underwear. It meant more clean up work for me but he got to feel that nasty, uncomfortable feeling when he wet which he hated so he was more motivated to stay dry. My last piece of advice is to carry some post it notes in your purse so that you can cover the sensor on automatic flushers. They're big and loud and scary to little ones!
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 Ok here is my suggestion. I brought my children out to the store to pick out the big girl underpants that they would get to wear after they were potty trained. I then sat them on the potty every hour or 30 mins after they drank. I don't really have to much advice because my one daughter learned after like 2 accidents and the other daughter watched her sister and actually went poop first b/f her sister who refused to do that for a year and would go in her underpants every day (she would go pee in the potty but poop in her pants) anyways she asked to go on the potty and when I put her on there at 22 months she went poop and got it from there. Of course both had accidents but they were pretty good about being potty trained.
Originally Posted By velo mickeymeg - years ago, when my kids were little, I worked for Biobottoms - a company well-known for their natural diaper products. It's now owned by another family but I'd still recommend their covers. <a href="http://nanasnaturaldiapers.com/biobottoms_rainbow_classic.html" target="_blank">http://nanasnaturaldiapers.com...sic.html</a> They used to make a toddler pant that was pull-up and thicker. We used those at night as they potty-trained. Unfortunately they don't seem to offer those anymore. The do make covers in toddler sizes though, and I do highly recommend the product. (it's pricey but I used it on all 3 kids and then passed them on to others!)
Originally Posted By velo looks like Kushies makes something like it now: <a href="http://www.kushiesonline.com/Kushies-Training-Pants-s/244.htm" target="_blank">http://www.kushiesonline.com/K.../244.htm</a> we only used these at night mostly. During the day it was regular training undies, with lots of reminders about using the potty!
Originally Posted By mickeymeg Thanks for the suggestions everyone. LVBElle - Good idea about the post it notes, we have run into that a few times and while she is not afraid of it it is a huge distraction and she is more interested in making the toilet flush than she is in doing anything in it. Velo - The diapers we used are very similar to the ones you linked too, while they are great I would really love to find a pull up type that she can do on her own and is less like a diaper. I will look for the Kushies, those look promising =) As I have all the underwears I really just need the waterproof cover to make leaving the house easier.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Does she wake up dry at night ever? If not, she might not be ready.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Alex was able to stay dry all night at 2 and a half. Alandra was a little later, but both my girls pretty much "trained" themselves. I just gave a little encouragement
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance My little guy still wakes up soaked at 34 months old. My daughter also took a long time to train. But they get it eventually, I wouldn't stress over it.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Make sure you don't push her. Encourage her and give her time.She'll tell you that she was to go to the potty. With what to put her in, my girls didn't train very well in pull-ups. They still felt like they were diapers. I put them in panties, if they had an accadent, they didn't like how they felt. They wanted to make it to the potty. They also liked to get stickers when they did make it in time. My son took longer for him to be ready. He was 3 when he was ready.( My girls were 20 months old) But when he was it only took 4 days.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I am not stressing about it. I know she is still on the young side of things for potty training. But she when we are at home she always tells me when it is potty time, sometimes a little late (during the action) but she makes it known she has to be taken to the potty. She throws a fit if you ignore this request. I am taking that as a sign of readiness. I hate the pull ups because they are like diapers and I have to keep buying the things. I use her undies when we are at home but I really need something waterproof when we go out. As it is when we are out that she is having more challenge we really need something. Staying home until she it trained is not an option at this point, but neither is peeing over everything.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Yeah pull ups are junk. They don't actually pull up or off very easily, and they feel just like diapers to the kids.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 I went the sticker chart route. I put it up on the bathroom wall and every time he made it to the bathroom he got a sticker. He loved getting stickers on the chart so it worked pretty well. I also only put training pants on him at night when I first started training him. During the day I had him wear underwear and it did mean changing his clothes more often at first but he really hated the feel of wet underwear so it helped. After he had the hang of using the toilet during the day I stopped putting the training pants on him at night. I think there were two accidents before he got the hang of things all around.
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD I feel for you. When I first tried with my DD, she was really interested and picked out a potty and did great for the first two days and then decided she didn't want to use the potty anymore. After not getting anywhere even using stickers or M&Ms, I let it be for a little while. I knew she was physically capable of doing it, so unfortunately I ended up bribing her which did work great though. I bought a basket and filled it with cheap $1 store items from stickers, a coloring book, a little people toy, plastic ring, etc. Everytime she went potty, I let her pick something out of the basket. It actually worked a little too well as she would go potty, but just pee a little bit. Get her toy and then go potty again 10 minutes later and get another toy. I told her when the toys were all gone, that meant she was potty trained.
Originally Posted By LadyKluck The sticker chart worked well with Bug when we were potty training her, but Little Dude couldn't have cared less about it, he just wanted to watch the water go down the hole. LOL! I actually like Pull-Ups, but only in certain situations. They work great for when you're out & about, or on a road trip, or when she's just starting to go overnight without a diaper. When we first started using them, we would put them on over the undies so that the kids could still feel the wet undies if they had an accident, and it wasn't a huge cleanup every time for me. We also re-use them. If Dude didn't go potty in his one night, he can wear them the next night, that way they aren't being wasted. I usually don't let him wear them more than 2 or 3 nights just because the stuff on the inside starts to break down. I also recommend keeping her in dresses or skirts while she's learning. It'll be a lot easier for her (and you) for the first little bit so if she has to make a run for the potty, she's not spending tons of time trying to get her britches off & potentially having an accident just because of that. One other thing that worked with Bug when she kind of hit that point where she didn't want to go potty in the bathroom anymore was to bring the potty chair in the living room & let her sit on it (she had a short time where she didn't wanna go potty because she didn't wanna "miss" anything going on).
