OK amazing Mommas. I need your guidance.
DS just turned 2 and is showing signs that he wants to be diaper free. He is dry for long stretches, almost always all night. He has started to wet and take off his diaper and give it to me (he'll find me during the day). He has become aware of where the pee is coming from. He is starting to to take off his clothes independently.
Here is a twist though, he is not yet walking. He has down syndrome so has some physical delays. I bought a potty chair for him this week and he can scoot over to it and sit on it, no problem. He is pretty excited about his potty too. So far he has only played with it while clothed.
I also bought him some training underpants. He's pretty jazzed about putting them on and taking them off all on his own.
All of this behavior is very similar to DD's when she was 2. She was diaper free by 2.5, all on her own. All we did was supply the panties and the potty chair. She played with it for a few months while clothed. Then started experimenting with it bare bottomed. Then she wanted to be on the regular toilet with a stool for her feet. Soon after that she just told us she wanted to be in undies and never looked back. It was almost shocking how easy it was for her.
DS has always, since birth, hated being wet. In fact I stopped using cloth diapers with him because they just made him miserable. Even in disposables he would/does let me know that he had wet. After doing minimal reading here I realized that I should have been looking for pre pee cues and just taken the diaper off.
I have noticed that he squirms a bit before he pees and poops. He definitely has other body language before he poops.
So what do you suggest I do next with him? I feel a little like I am on this precipice. Once we take the leap forward I feel like we will be all right, I'm just at a loss on what the first step should be. I'm also a little intimidated by the fact that he is a boy too. Silly, I know, but true.
DS just turned 2 and is showing signs that he wants to be diaper free. He is dry for long stretches, almost always all night. He has started to wet and take off his diaper and give it to me (he'll find me during the day). He has become aware of where the pee is coming from. He is starting to to take off his clothes independently.
Here is a twist though, he is not yet walking. He has down syndrome so has some physical delays. I bought a potty chair for him this week and he can scoot over to it and sit on it, no problem. He is pretty excited about his potty too. So far he has only played with it while clothed.
I also bought him some training underpants. He's pretty jazzed about putting them on and taking them off all on his own.
All of this behavior is very similar to DD's when she was 2. She was diaper free by 2.5, all on her own. All we did was supply the panties and the potty chair. She played with it for a few months while clothed. Then started experimenting with it bare bottomed. Then she wanted to be on the regular toilet with a stool for her feet. Soon after that she just told us she wanted to be in undies and never looked back. It was almost shocking how easy it was for her.
DS has always, since birth, hated being wet. In fact I stopped using cloth diapers with him because they just made him miserable. Even in disposables he would/does let me know that he had wet. After doing minimal reading here I realized that I should have been looking for pre pee cues and just taken the diaper off.
I have noticed that he squirms a bit before he pees and poops. He definitely has other body language before he poops.
So what do you suggest I do next with him? I feel a little like I am on this precipice. Once we take the leap forward I feel like we will be all right, I'm just at a loss on what the first step should be. I'm also a little intimidated by the fact that he is a boy too. Silly, I know, but true.
