Potty Training?

[2bluefish]

I heard something about the Montessori method of potty training? Could someone explain it to me or direct me to an article? DD is potty trained at home, but we have a couple difficulties. #1 We use pull ups on her instead of underpants when we go out, because she doesn't give us any warning. She's extremely independent and will *not* tell us when she needs to potty. At home, we keep all the supplies avaliable for her, and she takes care of it herself. I'm not sure how to transition her to pottying outside of home.
#2 She's started having accidents. And if I don't hide the pull ups, she will go put one on when she needs to poop. Then she gets diaper rashes and trying to clean her is miserable for both of us. This morning she found a pull up and did this and that's what reminded me of what I heard about Montessori. I filled a washtub of warm soapy water, stood her in the tub with some wash clothes and the water, and the diaper pail near by for her to put dirty cloths - told her to take the diaper off and clean up and left the room. She really perked up when she realized that she was going to do the work. I thought this sounded similar to what I heard about Montessori - is it?

[goobyhead]

I had both of my kids potty trained in 4 hours...no lie. In a nutshell, I through out all diapers, pull-ups, etc. Underpants only. Next, you need to constantly ask (every 10 minutes or so) if she's dry and if she's clean. This will constantly remind her what the goal is. Everytime she goes potty as expected, give her a praise, and perhaps a treat. Since the biggest problem you seem to be having is out of the house, just make sure that you bring several changes of clothes. I've always felt like pull-up just confuse the child. And honestly, what's the difference between a pull-up and a diaper. At night, I would just get the kids out of bed, put on the toilet, and they would do their business and go right back to sleep afterwards. After about a week of this, they would either be able to wake themselves up to go, or just hold it until the morning. Good luck!

[teagansmama]

At our Montessori school (the one my daughter attends) in the toddler room, they had supplies for each child provided from home in clear bins marked with their pictures. If a child had an accident, they were basically responsible for cleaning themselves up (assistance would be available if they really needed it!).... they learned to lay out a clean white towel, sit on it, take off their wet clothes, put them in a bag, wipe up and put on new clothes.

We did this with our daughter when she was pretty young (22 months) at home when she wanted to train - no pull ups, only panties. It only took 3 days with one accident per day and she was done. She's now 4.

I don't know if this is a "Montessori way" but it's what I saw her school doing a few years ago.

[caeden&connersmom]

My 3 y/o DS is in the middle of potty learning. We spoke with the director of the Montessori he starts at next month and he gave us a sheet on some recommendations and hints.

Basically, let them run around with nothing on! My son was inconsistent in his peeing on the potty. Mostly when he felt like it, before bed, before clean diaper.

Yesterday while home with dh he went nekkid all day and dh said that 2 times he started to pee, stopped himself and went to the potty BY HIMSELF! That was huge! He even did it that evening when I was home.

I put him in undies and then a diaper for night time.

May not work for everyone (Some people get wiggy about cleaning up pee) But it works for us!

Funny aside: I got home 2 night ago and my stepson had been watching the boys. I walked in and SS said, check this out. Walked over and ds had peed in the dogs dish! At least he peed IN something and not on the floor! So I thought that was so funny. :