3 day potty training - ebook. - Page 2

[JAL]

I'm sorry it was so rough!

Now that you say that though, seems every time I ever tried to follow advice out of a book, it just did not work out like the book said it would. I think it is the increased pressure - even when the advice is good, the pressure kinda ruins it!

So maybe I will just try to pretend I did not read the e-book and just get my three days to focus on the training and just hanging out. Ds seems so close to getting it to me but I miss so many things like him singing "potty" in the car over and over - dd was jabbering away and I could hardly understand him, but yep he had pooped! That kind of stuff happens a lot!

wish me luck!

[Baby_Cakes]

Aw, mama!

The last thing you want is for you to be frustrated and him stressed.  Take a step back.  Maybe try pull ups?  DD still gets to choose if she wants a pull up or underwear when we go out, and I make a huge point that she needs to use the potty if we go out.  No messes. 

Remember, if you stop the training now but want to revisit this method again, wait 30 days.  That means 30 days with no other training methods.  Of course if it's his choice to go on the potty, wonderful!  But try not to give mixed signals.

And no, you did NOTHING wrong.  It clicks by 3-4 days but they do not get GOOD at it for weeks, maybe months.  It's stressful.  Many of my friends wondered why the heck I did it this way rather than just waiting for DD to be ready.  I'm glad I did it, but I wonder myself if I would do it this way again, or just wait for readiness when the child is older.  We shall see!

Give yourself and your DS a HUGE pat on the back for both of your hard work!!

[myfairbabies]

Wow, I'm really impressed that he could hold it for so long! It sounds like he's maybe just scared of going on the potty? He's definitely physically capable. This is what we did and it was not traumatizing at all- I followed the phrase that they talked about "remember to tell mommy when you have to pee so you can keeps your pants (or I would say bum if she was naked) dry" but that's it. I put diapers on her at nap and at night and when we left the house, we did NOT stay housebound. I still told her to tell me if she had to pee, but she had a diaper on so I didn't worry about it (however, she did often stay dry!). She prefers being naked so she often was (another thing against the book). By day 4 it clicked and she stopped peeing all over the place (she's only 19 months old and it's only been 2 weeks, and she'll have a pee accident about every 3 days but I'm totally ok with that). I also stopped say "uh-oh" if she has an accident or really having any kind of negative reaction, not even a frowny face, lol. I just said "pee goes in the potty" with a really neutral face. When she would have a poop accident, us saying "uh-oh" made her terrified to poop ever- in a diaper, on the potty, on the floor. So we celebrated poop on the floor, lol! Something like "you pooped! yay! poop goes in the potty, let's go put it there, ok?!" Also added some fun poop sound effects and made up songs and role play with her dolls (she loves making her dolls do things). However, dd totally and completely hates diapers and putting her in dipes was like torture for her! Unfortunately, there is no magic answer and there is absolutely nothing wrong with taking a break and waiting for a while if that's what you guys need. GL!