We've just got started on early potty learning/late ec a couple of weeks ago, and had a very good start. We began with sitting on the potty first thing in the morning and after naps and got a fair number of pees that way, and, no doubt helped because she was always fastidious about a clean diaper, she has begun signalling about 50% of the time she needs to pee after only two weeks.
The problem is that except for those first few days she won't pee in the potty. She signals she needs to go, she sits on the potty reasonably happily, but nothing happens. Then very shortly after she stands up (she has been walking since 10 months and can easily get off the potty by herself) she pees on the floor.
I suspect the problem is that she doesn't relax on the the potty. We've tried toys, reading to her, stroking her legs and shoulders. We've tried potty in the bathroom, living room, outside on the deck. We tried a toilet seat insert in case going on the big potty like Mama and Dad would help. No go. She will sit for 2-3 minutes happily, but no peeing happens till she stands up.
I feel like she totally gets it except for this one thing. (She's been in disposables since birth, my husband is the sahp and that was what he was comfortable with, but we have had her in training pants when at home for the last two weeks, and her signals are clear, she points at the potty, picks up the potty, or stands by the bathroom door if someone is in there. No asl sign yet, though she has a few others.)
Any suggestions?
Second question: this morning I put her in the tub after sitting on the potty and let her pee there because it was easier to clean up. My husband expressed some worry that is would just teach her to pee in the bath and make things worse. Is this a potential problem?
Third question: we haven't caught any poop yet, mainly because she won't poop unless she can squat really low down, lower than even the Bjorn little potty will let her. Basically she poops with her bottom about 2 centimeters off the ground. Any thoughts about how to handle this?
The problem is that except for those first few days she won't pee in the potty. She signals she needs to go, she sits on the potty reasonably happily, but nothing happens. Then very shortly after she stands up (she has been walking since 10 months and can easily get off the potty by herself) she pees on the floor.
I suspect the problem is that she doesn't relax on the the potty. We've tried toys, reading to her, stroking her legs and shoulders. We've tried potty in the bathroom, living room, outside on the deck. We tried a toilet seat insert in case going on the big potty like Mama and Dad would help. No go. She will sit for 2-3 minutes happily, but no peeing happens till she stands up.
I feel like she totally gets it except for this one thing. (She's been in disposables since birth, my husband is the sahp and that was what he was comfortable with, but we have had her in training pants when at home for the last two weeks, and her signals are clear, she points at the potty, picks up the potty, or stands by the bathroom door if someone is in there. No asl sign yet, though she has a few others.)
Any suggestions?
Second question: this morning I put her in the tub after sitting on the potty and let her pee there because it was easier to clean up. My husband expressed some worry that is would just teach her to pee in the bath and make things worse. Is this a potential problem?
Third question: we haven't caught any poop yet, mainly because she won't poop unless she can squat really low down, lower than even the Bjorn little potty will let her. Basically she poops with her bottom about 2 centimeters off the ground. Any thoughts about how to handle this?
