DD (15.5m) has been doing AMAZING with potty lately. Like, no misses during long busy days, dry at night, etc. No wet diapers in a week... seems to tell us when she needs potty, and otherwise a very relaxed "timing" system works well. I'm waiting for new trainers to arrive and I think we may just make the switch (though we are moving in 3 weeks and I realize that may throw things off).
BUT, we pretty much can count on a miss in the late afternoon/early evening. She is usually nakey-bum from whenever I start making dinner until I go to bed (like 4:30-10:30, and she goes to sleep around 7). So I seem to be able to count on a miss, yet the miss is totally unpredictable! She got out of bed the other night while we were nursing and reading (big bro has chapter books while she nurses, that is our bedtime routine). I totally heard her peeing in the hallway. Was she looking for a potty? I dunno. Yesterday, she was playing by the window while I served up dinner, I picked her up and noticed she'd done a giant poo on the floor! Yuck.
But really, I don't mind these misses much. But I do wonder if I could change things up to help her this time of day?
1) I wonder if she'd actually do better in undies? I figure its good to have some "air" time, but we've done EC since 2m, maybe she is actually better at holding it when she has that reminder (opposite of DS, who started slow child-led PL at 15m, and would use potties if nakey but pee in any sort of undies/diapers until 22m). I figure nakey-bum she can actually take herself to the potty which she does sometimes- she has occasionally tried to pull down undies but can't really manage that yet at 15m. So with undies I feel like she's more dependent on me to potty her.
2) Maybe she's just tired at that time of day? I know I am. I always put her on the potty as soon as I notice and matter-of-factly say, "pee goes in the potty" or something like that. Sometimes she has more to go, sometimes not. Maybe I just am expecting too much? Maybe I am distracted and tired myself by then?
3) should I try just offering potty every 30m or so? I feel like I already offer it a lot, and its always in easy toddle of where she is playing... but maybe I can just step up the timing A LOT in the run-up to bedtime? I don't want to annoy her with it (she does protest if she's being put on there constantly, and frankly I can understand the feeling!)
4) maybe I should just ignore this and worry about it once we settle to our new living situation?
BUT, we pretty much can count on a miss in the late afternoon/early evening. She is usually nakey-bum from whenever I start making dinner until I go to bed (like 4:30-10:30, and she goes to sleep around 7). So I seem to be able to count on a miss, yet the miss is totally unpredictable! She got out of bed the other night while we were nursing and reading (big bro has chapter books while she nurses, that is our bedtime routine). I totally heard her peeing in the hallway. Was she looking for a potty? I dunno. Yesterday, she was playing by the window while I served up dinner, I picked her up and noticed she'd done a giant poo on the floor! Yuck.
But really, I don't mind these misses much. But I do wonder if I could change things up to help her this time of day?
1) I wonder if she'd actually do better in undies? I figure its good to have some "air" time, but we've done EC since 2m, maybe she is actually better at holding it when she has that reminder (opposite of DS, who started slow child-led PL at 15m, and would use potties if nakey but pee in any sort of undies/diapers until 22m). I figure nakey-bum she can actually take herself to the potty which she does sometimes- she has occasionally tried to pull down undies but can't really manage that yet at 15m. So with undies I feel like she's more dependent on me to potty her.
2) Maybe she's just tired at that time of day? I know I am. I always put her on the potty as soon as I notice and matter-of-factly say, "pee goes in the potty" or something like that. Sometimes she has more to go, sometimes not. Maybe I just am expecting too much? Maybe I am distracted and tired myself by then?
3) should I try just offering potty every 30m or so? I feel like I already offer it a lot, and its always in easy toddle of where she is playing... but maybe I can just step up the timing A LOT in the run-up to bedtime? I don't want to annoy her with it (she does protest if she's being put on there constantly, and frankly I can understand the feeling!)
4) maybe I should just ignore this and worry about it once we settle to our new living situation?
