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Date: 1/7/2004 8:44:00 PM
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Author:
Andy
(andyr100&webmail.co.za;)
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Subject:Potty training a 21 month old
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Hi there - PLEASE could someone give osme advise on how to start the dreaded potty training?
My son is now 21 months and still drinks between 1 to 3 bottles at night. I mix a minute bit of juice with water as he wakes up for his bottle and cries if it is only water.
I guess the best time to do start the potty training is during the day where i can maintain the amount of liquid he drinks?
Please give me advise.
Thanks
Andy
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Date: 1/8/2004 3:05:00 AM
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Author:
Kendra
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Subject:interest?
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Has he shown any interest in the whole potty idea?
21 months is awfully young to start potty teaching and if he has shown no interest in the process you will be building yourself a long and painful road for both of you.
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Date: 1/8/2004 12:46:00 PM
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Author:
Concerned mom
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Subject:Have you talked to your pediatrician. B...
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Have you talked to your pediatrician. By 21 mos. the tot should be drinking from a sippy cup. The longer they have the bottle, the more problems he could have with his teeth! And believe me you do not want that expense! Typically, boys potty train later that girls. I have 3 boys all under the age of 6, and I was extremely lucky that they wanted to potty by 18 months and did succeed! But our Peds were very surprised. I started by having my boys try to go first thing in the am when getting out of bed. You will be surprised when they ask to go potty during the day. A tip for boys, sit them on the potty facing the tank (that is if you do not have access to a toddler potty!) our boys think they are big stuff when they get to flush by themselves! Hope this helps!
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Date: 1/9/2004 8:19:00 AM
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Author:
Jean
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Subject:potty training at 21 months
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I am a mother of a 21 month old my-self, when he was 12 months old the diapers started coming off, even if it was barely wet he would take it off, so at 12 months I bought him his first potty, for the first week it was nothing more to him than a toy. he would go into the bathroom and tell me potty, for several months he would just go in there and sit on it. then when he was about 17 months he would take off his pants and diaper(anywhere in the house) and not even a minute later he would be going, so ever since then if the diaper was off I would direct him to the bathroom, or tell him to go potty. and he did.
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Date: 1/9/2004 5:18:00 PM
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Author:
Ruthann
(sofbalgirl28@yahoo.com)
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Subject:potty
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I think you should first start with the bottles.At 21 mo.he is too old for them. Does he ask for them or is that a convenient way to keep him in bed and quiet at night. Start him using a cup like a big boy and potty trainning will be easier. Right now he is a baby drinking bottles why should a baby go potty? If he is a big boy drinking from a cup. well big boys go potty.
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Date: 2/27/2004 10:09:00 AM
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Author:
Mother of five
(aukids@knology.net)
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Subject:Potty training
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Do you have any older children or is this your first? I am in the process of potty training my 26th month old. He is my fourth child and he started removing his diapers while playing and then going to the potty on the floor. His older brother was threee and a half before he was interested in the potty and even then we had to make him become interested in it. So, my advice is to take it slow. Get him a potty of his own and take him in the bath when you go. Just him hearing you go to the bathroom will trigger something in his body and possibly he will go too. About the bottle, if this is your first child ,I understand how you are feeling. My first child was a girl and she was over 2 before we were able to break the habit. But, also I know how important it is to stop, because my niece has had alot of dental work on her teeth because of tooth decay. So, try to stop as soon as possible.Thanks and Good luck!!!
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Date: 4/21/2004 11:52:00 PM
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Author:
rachel g
(dungeonrachel@yahoo.com)
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Subject:andy and the potty
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andy, you do sound so sincere and a little frustrated. maybe your little one just isn't ready. how about a pullup at night? often when children have begun using the toilet, they still need a little protection during the night. ask yourself whether it's worth denying your baby of the nightly juice or whatever. if it's not, then just give it some more time. it has to work for the both of you and that's not easy. my youngest is 21 months, too. that is such a wonderful age!! take care. i just read your statement again and realized it was from a few months ago and may not even matter now. but i can't erase it! also, the fact that he would drink that much at night is probably more about a security attachment of the bottle itslef, similar to a pacifier. maybe you could have switched to a sippy cup. we miraculously cut mine off from the pacifier because he was so dependent on it and he handled it so well that i felt guilty taking it away from him. anyway, he has replaced that security need with my finger. in order to fall asleep, he sweetly demands my "hand" to hold. each and every day...how can i say no? one day he won't need my hand anymore...
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Date: 1/11/2006 10:08:00 PM
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Author:
Arkana
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Subject:First stop thinking of it as a dreaded t...
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First stop thinking of it as a dreaded thing. Your child will pick up on that. I'm not sure where the bottle thing comes into play here. While you are working on the potty issue, you will WANT to give your child lots of liquids during the day so that they will have many chances to use the toilet successfully.
Yes, I am a mother. My child was potty trained at 20m, but it took quite a bit longer to stop the occasional night wetting because of night drinks. Until you can cut out the night drinks, be prepared for this. Night wet does not mean the child is failing at pottytraining in any way so don't let that discourage you. I would encourage using a rubber pad or blue pad for night wets instead of a diaper.
Once you are ready to start your child on the potty, just stop the plastic diapers. Don't go back and forth between plastic diapers and underwear. Don't use pullups (child can't feel the wet), use cloth diapers if you must use anything, because then the child can feel the wet. If your child defecates during the nighttime then, for sanitary reasons, I'd have to relent on this suggestion just for nighttime.)
18mos+ is a developmentally appropriate time to start using the toilet for most children, some are d/a even earlier. As long as you are not forcing or shaming, its not going to hurt your child. I believe that going past 24mos or so in diapers conditions the (increasingly aware) child to depend on the diaper and makes it harder to potty train later.
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Date: 2/2/2007 9:09:00 PM
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Author:
Lesley
(fairis7@frontiernet.net)
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Subject:developmental readiness for potty learning
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Most children are not physically ready to start potty learning until the age of 24 months. For boys it is closer to 2 1/2 - 3 years of age. This means that their bodies are not yet ready (the neural connections between the brain and organs are not fully developed) to use the potty with consistant success. If a child seems interested in using the potty before then, by all means, go ahead and start introducing the concepts and tools for using the potty. Don't push it though. At that age, usually it is just an interest. Allow the child to come into the bathroom with you. The more he/she sees the potty being used, the more interested the child will become in using the potty and the more understanding he/she will have gained by watching the process.
The first step in potty readiness is curiosity and exploration. That is why many boys are likely to take off their diaper anywhere in the house. They may use a corner of a room, go behind a chair, or surround themselves with toys or furniture (or whatever is on hand) to give themselves a bit of privacy. Sending them to the bathroom when this occurs will help both child and parent. It gives the child a bit of privacy and as he learns that the feeling he is having is followed by urine coming out and he has an appropriate place to deposit it, thus decreasing the amount of accidents elsewhere in the house. If you try to push using the potty too early, the child will be reluctant and the ensuing power struggles may cause harm to the child's self-esteem. It may take a year or more for potty learning to go from the curiosity stage to consistantly dry nights. Allow the child to be in control of his potty habits. Suggest using the potty at set intervals during the day, but if the child says no, don't push it.
In the child care setting, it's my policy that the child either wear a diaper or pull-up. I also suggest that if pull-ups are used, introduce them to the child as underwear. It gives their self-esteem a boost (they've graduated to underwear)and they are sometimes more likely to use the toilet as they would be if wearing diapers. It also helps to protect their clothes from being soiled, as well as your carpeting. The child can still wear real underwear over the diaper or pull-up, if they choose. It is very time-consuming and messy to have to change a child who couldn't make it to the potty before having a BM in his/her cloth underwear. And I don't know any parent that wants to receive a plastic bag full of these dirty garments at the end of a work day. Therefore, disposable undergarments are very useful and necessary in this setting. At home the parents can use their own discretion as to what the child wears, but the more consistent everything is for the child, the less confusing and the easier it is to learn to use the potty.
If the child experiences any life changes (new baby, death of a loved one, parental divorce, new house) expect some regression.
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Date: 6/10/2007 6:21:00 AM
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Author:
Tina
(bettina_to@yahoo.com)
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Subject:I dont limit the amount of liquids. I h...
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I don't limit the amount of liquids. I have quite a bit of experience potty training. What I advise parents is, start out by sitting your child on the potty often, and by often, usually, every 1-2 hours. This will "catch" them needing to go. When they go, praise them like crazy. This will encourage them to go more often and will more likely like going to the potty. This will also teach them what the toilet is used for. Once they start going often, and are already in pull ups, I encourage people to switch to regular . This will be messy for about a month, but I believe children are more likely to go in the toilet rather than in the pull ups or if they are more aware of the mess created by them not sitting on the potty.
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Date: 1/8/2004 3:21:00 PM
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Author:
iggy
(bigddog803@go.com)
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Subject:how to -
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definately too old for a bottle. bottles are to provide nourishment for infants in place of nursing (a water / foodsource) till the child is old enough for a cup. would mom still nurse a 21 month old 3x's a night? baby bottle tooth decay is a sad fact for many kids, and the pain is much worse for the child than breaking him from a bottle. I see too many kids at our agency with this. The bottle with juice rots the BACK of the teeth first, making unnoticeable to parents until to late. When you see it, major dental work needs done (expensive and scary for a toddler, but if you don't do it, the child will be in alot of PAIN). The dentist needs to basically drill and cap the tooth. Worse, the tooth can break at the gumline requiring it to be pulled, and a 'false' temporary one put in place. This must be done to allow the permanent teeth to 'know where to go'. Forget the potty issue, talk to you doctor about weaning your child from the bottle. (I've seen parents go cold-turkey, and prepared for days of screaming, which soimetimes ended quickly. If you want a drink, you drink from a cup since you're a big boy now! great!) Once you convince him he's a big boy now! the potty issue should follow. Remember he's near the 2's! this means power struggles. Don't give in! You are the parent! And you are taking some great steps now to help him through these crazy years.(~this too, shall pass~)
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Date: 4/11/2006 6:06:00 PM
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Author:
Bretton's Mom
(jcdolphin@region12.org)
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Subject:Potty ttraining set backs in 2 1/2 year old son
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My son uses the potty all the time at home to pee only. He won't poo without his pull-up on, and I can't put him in undies all the time because of state child care rules. I cannot get him to want to potty in toilet at daycare. What can I do to make him more comfortable so he will potty away from home? I stayed home from work for a week to potty train him. He won't potty without me, unless his daddy is with him. Nothing new at home, he's been with this provider for almost a year. I'm at a loss for what to do. Please help me by E-mailing me directly at jcdolphin@region12.org. I have very little time to see my computer and need all the help i can get. Thank you!
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Date: 1/8/2004 8:45:00 PM
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Author:
Laura
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Subject:a 21 month old
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You need to start breaking him fom the nighttime snacks. It is hard, I know from experience. My husband was the one who kept thinking that if our son woke up he must be hungry and would give him milk or water until he was almost 2. I finally convinced him that our son was mostly waking up out of habit, much like you ca wake up before the alarm goes off. With in a week of breaking my husband from automatically giving him something inthe night, our son was sleeping all night long. And he did not even miss the extra nourishment. In fact, he started eating better during the day.
As far as the potty training, I would recommend waiting. My son was 3 before he was interested and then he trained himself in about a week. There are 3 stages in potty development - 1. They are not aware that they are the ones making messy diapers. 2. They are aware that they are making the diaper messy as the do it or as they finish. 3. They recognize the body signals that occur before toileting and start trying to control them.
Ready signs include recognizing a soiled diaper and asking to have it removed, fascination with toilets and what others are doing on/around them, and predictable toileting times. My son watched and asked questions for months before he was willing to try on his own. And then his favorite place was outside. It was summer, we live in a rural area, and we let him be naked ocassionally and he caught on quickly. At 21 months, my son was not even close to being interested. If you want your son to become more aware of potty training, you can go ahead and purchase a potty chair and let him get used to seeing it. You can put him on it when you know he is about to void and praise him when he does it there. You can also start preparing him by teaching him things like how to pull up his pants after you change his diaper and asking him to push them down before you change his diaper. But after teaching and working with 2-4 year old for several years now, I know that unless they are interested, no bribe will completely work, and trying to force it too soon only leads to frustration, power struggles between parent and child, and unnecessary stress. The thing that convinced my son to go ahead and use the toilet was after he discovered he could do that much faster than I could change a diaper which gave him more playing time. By the way, one study I read somewhere said that most boys are potty trained at the average age of 3 1/2. And most of those won't stay dry thru the night until 4 1/2. I don't know just how accurate it is but it sur makes sense.
I hope you can hang in there! I know those diapers start getting to be old news and expensive by 2 years old.
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Date: 10/14/2006 11:05:00 AM
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Author:
ECE Master Teacher / Program Director
(nwgnrtns@cmc.net)
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Subject:Learning to use the toilet
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I agree with your three stages of potty development, and toileting readiness signs! What a relief to see a parent follow the child’s lead.
If we look at the well known research on the eight stages of human development by Eric Erickson (the first four applying to child development); we learn toileting is a pivotal event in the child’s development. It occurs during the psychological conflict or crisis stage of Autonomy vs. shame or doubt. Usually occurring, over time between the ages of eighteen months, and three and one-half years of age. What the child learns when development proceeds successfully is “I can Make choices”.
All too often in the child development setting I am asked to “train” children to use the toilet. I have had exceptional success with “helping children to learn” about using the toilet, rather than “training” as though they are a puppy, as though there should be some magic age when the child should be “trained”.
Many parents are motivated to rush the process because of the cost of disposable diapers, the inconvenience of diapering, cultural influences, and pressure from society i.e. pier competition (“My child was potty trained at 14 months old” etc). Or, they have learned the rhythms of their child’s digestive system so well they themselves are trained to anticipate the child’s next elimination, and can “sit the child on the toilet” at that moment. In this case it is the parent who is trained folks not the child!
In my years of experience, and from all I have studied on this topic, I find it is critical the child is first interested in using the toilet. Second capable of feeling the urge to go before they do, and then be able to control the urge long enough to get to the bathroom and remove their own pants, and use the toilet with minimal help from the teacher or Parent.
I have seen many parents and teachers try to take the lead on this, and have little success and maximum frustration. In my experience it is best to let the child show you what they are ready for, and do not expect it to happen over night. I have seen children regress in many areas of their development if they are pushed into “sitting on the potty”, rather than offering them the choice to “put their potty in the toilet”. It is all about allowing the child to make the choice; and not allowing the process to become a power struggle.
Many child development experts agree age two is a good time to start, and some are not ready or interested until about age three. I have had several three year olds just decide over night they are ready and just do it from that day forward. Others are fully capable of changing their own clothing totally by them selves at eighteen months and like to play at sitting on the toilet. Either case it has been my experience it is best to just follow the child’s lead; let them show you when they are interested and ready! Why fight it? Why be in a hurry to force growing up?
By the way; how nice you can be home with your child and live in an area where it is safe to allow him to be naked out doors when the time is right. Most two or three year olds see nothing wrong with being naked outdoors at home, or any where for that matter! I have herd little boys in particularly love to “Target Practice” outdoors ;-)
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Date: 1/11/2004 7:01:00 AM
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Author:
Mom of 5 year old girl
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Subject:Potty training
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You have gottwen off the subject @ hand. My question to you is "Do you have children"? If you do then you know that "giving up the bottle for a small one is no walk in the park, and not for mom in no shape, form or fashion. It took me till my little girl was almost the age of 3, for the bottle to go bye-bye. Although she was potty trained @ 1 1/2 years old, but as some may think little girls are so much easier, thats not true from where I sat.
Back to the question @ hand. I did find that night time was not a good time for the little ones to be master the potty training, because they don't and will not get up and tell you they need to potty. So just keep doing as you are doing in the day time with your liitle one and soon you will see the pay off.
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Date: 4/1/2005 6:39:00 PM
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Author:
Stephanie
(steph_thrower_7@hotmail.com)
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Subject:My son is was fully potty trained just a...
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My son is was fully potty trained just after his 2nd birthday. We interduced him to the potty, we would read I am a big kid potty traning books to him, however it wasn't until he was ready, he told me one day that he did not like his diaper anymore. He is going to be three in June and he still uses his bottle. He ask for a bottle, sippy cup, cup. Don't worry, when your child is ready he/she will let you know. Julia
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Date: 1/11/2004 9:47:00 AM
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Author:
iggy
(bigddog803@go.com)
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Subject:a mom
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yep, I broke the bottle habit. After 15 months, no more bottles. We looked everywhere in the kitchen. They were gone! All the boys could find were sippy cups where their bottles were. They looked to no avail, they were so busy lookng for the bottles they had no time to fuss. They started with tears, I told them to look (under the coffee table for example). And I paid no attention to the fuss. And I am now a infant/toddler specialist. The bottles are harder to get rid of as the child gets older. I have seen horrid consequences with kids on a bottle after they start walking. Just as you eat, bottles should be at meals AT THE TABLE or if an adult is feeding them in their arms. You deviate, you are setting yourself up for trouble. I've seen kids walking around with their bottle, put it in their mouth and fall causing serious damage to their palate and teeth. Then there is baby bottle tooth decay. It is just awful. Off the subject of diapers, but it is just one step to either you getting control in the home, or your child controling the home. I'm not saying dictator, but that the child knows YOU are the boss.
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Date: 1/11/2004 11:22:00 AM
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Author:
Laura
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Subject:I have gotten off the subject?
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I am confused with your reply. If your were speaking to me, then you did not read all of my post because I specifically spoke about MY SON. So yes, I have children. I am also a developmental specialist with many years experience in preschool settings with many children. I have helped potty train and bottle break many children. I didn't address the bottle situation because others had done it so well. I did address potty training because I thought that is what had been missed in previous posts. The OP wanted to know how to tell if her child was ready and I shared some signs that we looked for as professionals.
My son was broken from the bottle at 15 months. He hated sippy cups (I don't think I will ever know just why) and resisted them furiously no matter which ones we tried. He had been introduced to them at daycare as soon as he could hold one. Finally at about 18 months we tried a cup with a straw and he stopped the bottle on his own. He preferred the straw for some reason. And still does. I gave our sippy cups to a friend. The hard part was for us the feeding thru the night, but I did address that above.
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Date: 1/11/2004 3:28:00 PM
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Author:
Cathy B.
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Subject:Potty Training
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I am a mother of two boys. I waited until 2 1/2 to even begin potty training, with both. When we started, I knew they were ready, there was no question. We tried the pull ups, but all they did was confuse them. After about a week of that nonsense, we put on our big boy underwear and after 1 or 2 accidents, we were trained. Don't try too early and stress out your child. Sometimes that is only done for mommy's bragging rights - as you could tell! It may seem like all the other kids around are potty training earlier, but you know what? Who cares? It's not like they make fun of eachother b/c they are not. And your child isn't going to kindergarden in diapers, so wait until you see some signs of interest, then as he drinks a lot during the day, take him potty every 20-30 minutes or so (good to try on a weekend). Reward him for potty use (you know stickers, small treats, etc.) and go from there. It is over before you know it, and the anticipation is much worse. Good Luck!
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Date: 1/13/2004 3:40:00 PM
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Author:
Nan
(Strempels@cox.net)
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Subject:potty training
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i have a almost three year old, and hes doing great with peeing in the potty, he usually sits to do that, but the problem is he refuses to poop in the potty. if you ask him where poop goes, he tells you in the potty, but he just doesnt understand that he has to use the potty to poop. we have never used pull ups, only underwear, but i am to the point i am tired of cleaning up poopy pants. any advice? he has held it now for 2 days, and still nothing.
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Date: 1/13/2004 5:52:00 PM
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Author:
Laura
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Subject:what a friend did
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My son was just the opposite. He has struggled with constipation since infancy and found pooping in the potty easier. It was the other we had trouble with. A friend went thru the same thing as you. She finally started doing 2 things. One was that he had to help clean the pants. He made the mess, it was preventable, so he had to help clean. At least help rinse them out and then spray stuff on them, etc. He could not play again until the pants were clean and in the washer. Even if he didn't help, he had to stay with her while she cleaned them. he realized that he was loosing lots of precious play time and quickly began using the toilet. Ocassionally there was a small accident, but if it truely was an accident, he did not have to help or watch her clean.
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Date: 1/11/2006 10:17:00 PM
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Author:
Arkana
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Subject:Have him clean himself up. He can do qu...
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Have him clean himself up. He can do quite a bit of the cleanup with you just helping a little. Are you an athome mom? Can you watch him for signs that he is starting to poop and sit him on the potty?
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Date: 1/21/2004 11:54:00 AM
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Author:
Me
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Subject:POTTY TRAINING AT 3 MONTHS?!?
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I just found out my friend started trying to potty train her child at 3 months (child is now 6 months)
Is that at all possible?!?!?
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Date: 1/22/2004 6:00:00 AM
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Author:
Rudy
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Subject:She was crazy to try at 3mon....
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She was crazy to try at 3mon.
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Date: 1/25/2004 10:00:00 AM
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Author:
Sara Lewis
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Subject:not crazy at all
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I stopped using diapers on my son when he was 2 months old. Not only is it not crazy, it is beneficial and common practice in many countries. If you want more information do a search for elmination communication and several good links will come up. It's not about having the youngest potty trained baby in the world. It is about being respectful of your baby and helping them stay clean and dry.
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Date: 9/2/2004 11:51:00 PM
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Author:
Narelle
(rellyos@hotmail.com)
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Subject:3 months!!!
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I vaugly remember reading something by froyd?? about potty training infants, it was decided that it was the mum who was trained!! (ie every 15 mins they visited the pot), mum did nothing but hold the poor baby over the pot all day - celebrating what invetitably landed into the pot.- if anything happens it is most likily be a shock reaction to the cold of the pot seat, no control and not healthy.
3 months is ridiculusly young, children need some language development and muscle control most of them aquire it around 2 years, some earlier some latter.
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Date: 1/21/2004 5:49:00 PM
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Author:
Scott
(scottissue45@aol.com)
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Subject:14 yr old wetting bed
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My girlfriends 14 yr old daughter has had a bedwetting problem for sometime now. Her daughter has been wearing goodnite pull-ups 24/7. The past 2 months now she has been wetting thru the pull-ups at night. Now my girlfriend diapers her daughter at night with adult diapers. On the weekends she basicly is in diapers the whole weekend. We have to pack a diaper bag and the whole shot. Her daughter I think is starting to rely on diapers and someone diapering her.
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Date: 1/22/2004 5:58:00 AM
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Author:
teacher
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Subject:Has she been to a doctor. There is quite...
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Has she been to a doctor. There is quite probably a medical reason for a 14 year old wetting the bed.
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Date: 1/22/2004 6:00:00 AM
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Author:
Rudy
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Subject:bed wetting
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Bed wetting at that age can be a sign of abuse of some kind. Have her checked by a doctor.
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Date: 4/22/2004 6:31:00 PM
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Author:
cd
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Subject:Does she go to school? If she is fine a...
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Does she go to school? If she is fine at school, there is a problem at home. Bedwetting is a whole different thing than daytime. Maybe mom has the problem.
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Date: 12/8/2006 11:50:00 AM
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Author:
Deborah
(freetradeisnotfree@yahoo.com)
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Subject:my 12 year old has a similar issue...
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When my daughter, now 14, was 12 years old she started wetting the bed again after about a 5 year lapse. My husband thought that she was simply seeking attention. We eventually put her in goodnites to keep us from having to do laundry every morning. After a few months I began to think that she could be doing more to prevent it. So, I decided to make it more uncomfortable for her by changing her into adult diapers myself, with the thinking that the embarrassment would lead her to work towards no longer wetting at night. For the first week it didn't have an impact, until I took a trip, and my husband had to change her, somehow, miraculously, after a couple days of that she didn't need them anymore. So, I think if this just crops up out of nowhere, someone is looking for attention.
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Date: 2/11/2006 8:43:00 PM
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Author:
bobbiann
(bigddog803@go.com)
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Subject:potty training at 3 months?
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I started early with my boys, and it worked. Many said 'I was the one trained'. Finally, after all these years I found out the nay-sayers were kinda right. I was trained to recognize my boys 'elimination cues'. Instead of letting them go in their diapers, I put them on the potty. I just found out about a group called "Diaper Free Baby". They promote to start potty training newborns! At around 3-6 months mom starts to recognize when the baby needs to go, and baby learns how to communicate these needs. They have a website, support groups, booklets, everything!
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Date: 2/18/2004 4:32:00 PM
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Author:
Nan
(strempels@cox.net)
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Subject:potty training
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well i finally have gotten my 3 yr old boy trianed, it took about a week, and a lot of frustrating days, but its done. i found out the easiest way to have him go was to let him run around naked, at home only of coarse, and leave him alone, i even put the potty at the foot of his bed, he went pee, came out and told me, i flushed it, and then not 10 minutes later he came out and told me he pooped, and it started with giving him a piece of candy every time he went, and now its high fives all the time! but i bought the potty that playes music when they go to the bathroom. he loved it, but now he is using the big potty.
hope that helps
email with any other questions
Nan
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Date: 2/3/2006 6:00:00 AM
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Author:
Dari Miller
(dariqueen7@hotmail.com)
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Subject:almost 4-year old not trained yet
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Just wondering about what to do with a little girl, she'll be 4 in a month. She has been potty training for about 2 years now, and still doesn't quite get it. I know she has turmoil in her life that is probably affecting it, but what do we do? When she has an accident, she won't tell us, and if we notice it as she starts to go, she just stands there and watches it run down her legs. It doesn't bother her at all, and has no problems with wearing a pull-up (although I refuse to put it on her at daycare; I'd rather change her and have her learn)
What do we do (besides a sticker chart; we've already started one)
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Date: 2/20/2004 9:22:00 AM
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Author:
tawanna
(tawannacloud@hotmail.com)
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Subject:help
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how should i begin to potty train my little girl? she is 17 months and she oulls her diaper off and wets the floor. i take her to the potty and she screams. i let her go and a few minutes later i check her and shes wet her pants. this is my first child so ive never done this before. can you please give me some advice on the best way to start her out.
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Date: 4/21/2004 11:43:00 PM
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Author:
rachel g
(dungeonrachel@yahoo.com)
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Subject:Not to come off like a "know it all" but...
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Not to come off like a "know it all" but, i have discovered the term "toilet learning" instead of "training"...ie what you do with dogs. It's just a thought. And that in itself would be my answer to the question of how do you "train" a 21 month old toddler to use the toilet. You can train (push) or allow one to learn (discover). As with most things, it's a question of appropriate balance. Good luck! I have 2 yong children and boy am i tired.
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Date: 9/2/2004 4:28:00 PM
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Author:
sandra kirby
(Gettohick1@aol.com)
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Subject:Your wrong
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Unless you use the term incorrectly you do not toilet train a dod sense they don't use a toilet. The term for that is house breaking. Therefore there is no confusion about that toilet training means. You do come off as a know it all by the way when you correct an iddiom, particularly when you don't have a firm grasp of what it means to begin with. All this politicaly correct crap makes me sick.
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Date: 2/3/2006 2:35:00 AM
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Author:
Dedrick
(deekuab@aol.com)
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Subject:tooth decay
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My son uses a sipping cup with a hard plastic spout but before that he used one with a soft plastic type spout. After a while he made a habit of holding the cup in his mouth without sipping from it. About a month ago I noticed a spot on the back of his tooth sort of like a cavity. Should I wait until he turns 2 to take him to the dentist he's 20 months old.
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Date: 1/10/2006 7:11:00 PM
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Author:
Soon to be Psychologist
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Subject:Thats a little too early
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Freud's theory states that the anal stage (potty training) begins at about 18 months (1½ years), and you're absolutely right. If a child cannot speak, walk, or concentrate (and they can't at 3 months), then it is highly doubtful that any child will be able to learn to associate the potty lingo with urination or Bowel Movement, let alone getting themself to the potty by themselves. At three months, they probably have no knowledge of the urine leaving the body seeing as the brain's development is fairly premature. And you are correct, the only thing that the mother was celebrating (or should have been) was the fact that she saved a diaper, if that. At about 18 months the child will have more communication capabilities, and motor skills. I don't really like to talk about Freud's theory, especially the logistics behind it (If you don't mind me saying so, I think that the Phallic Stage in its entirety is a bunch of crapola [Pardon my French], most psychologists do), if you read about it you'll know why.
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Date: 2/11/2006 8:35:00 PM
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Author:
bobbiann
(bigddog803@go.com)
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Subject:free health insurance
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all states are supposed to have a child health program for uninsured/underinsured kids go to www.insurekidsnow.gov maybe they can offer help.
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Date: 2/28/2006 8:18:00 AM
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Author:
D.Fell
(deedeee30@yahoo.co.uk)
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Subject:Wetting at 4!
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My son is 4 now and has never been very good at going to the toilet. He's quite capable of doing it but prefers to play instead! He keeps going through phases where he will constantly wet himself and doesn't even tell us when he's done it. We've tried the sticker chart option, naughty step, taken toys away but nothing seems to work. He's even started doing it at pre-school now, what do i do if this carrys on - he starts school in September!! Oh, he doesn't seem to do the "other" only wee!
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Date: 5/21/2007 11:51:00 AM
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Author:
deidra smith
(deidraroc@yahoo.com)
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Subject:potty training
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hi, my name is deidra. i have a 3yr old in my daycare.he will be 4 nov 25th.he was going to the bathroom to poo and would weewee in the pull up.then after a month or so he was not going to the restroom at all.now he poos and wees in the pull up.i have people telling me to put on him,but do i want the urine in my home and poo smell everywhere.what can i do as the provider.
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