We haven't officially started any kind of potty training, but our little man WANTS to use the potty on his own! I've always read not to push potty training, especially on boys, so I haven't. I had decided we'd hit the library after our traveling this month to get a DVD on using the potty, but we haven't made it to the library yet. But, in the meantime, Adam has been using the potty after every bath when he doesn't have a diaper on!! He sits directly on the big potty and has actually peed every time! So, it's definitely a start for getting rid of diapers, size 6. :) But, he's also a little obsessed with doing it over and over and over, even when he doesn't need to pee, because he gets an M&M or a Skittle each time he pees in the potty. I can deal with that, though, since we're taking steps in the right direction.
5 months ago
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Hey Karen, good luck w/ the pottying! It sounds like he is ready!! It took Nora a few months of 'almost' being ready and sometimes pottying before it really stuck. What we ended up doing is this - on one weekend, we planned to stay home all day Saturday, not go anywhere. That morning, Nora and I 'taught' one of her dolls to potty, made a huge deal over it every time the doll "pottied", etc.. then at lunch, we had a big party for the doll and celebrated her being ready to potty. Then, in the afternoon, we did the same thing, except w/ Nora... then had a little party for her that night, called grandparents and bragged on her, etc... It's taken a lot of creative encouragement - like racing to the bathroom to see who gets to pee first, showing her dolls how she can go to the potty herself, setting a potty timer etc... to ensure consistency, but she's been out of diapers for 4 weeks now w/ only a couple accidents, so hopefully it has stuck (fingers crossed)
maybe somethings like that might help make it stick for him?
good luck :)
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