[kfillmore]

How do you know when to cue for baby to GO rather than because she IS going?

How do you teach the toilet sign so that baby will sign when they HAVE to go rather than when they ARE going?

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[isabchi]

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[sgmom]

My husband asked me last night if we should sign "potty" when we see her peeing (off the potty), or do we sign it strictly ON the potty. I had no idea!

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[Carlyle]

I think if you sign when she's going, she'll start to associate them. I did with my dd and it worked fine (signed after I'd put her on the potty...'cause when else do you have your hands free!). Then sometimes I'd sign right before I put her on the potty. Anyway, good luck!

 

[hrsmom]

My thought on this is that you cue and/or sign when they're going and when they're on the potty, and wait for them developmentally to cue or sign to you when they have to go.

I cue all the time (meaning, when I'm holding her over the potty, and when she actually is going) and sign if my hands are somewhat free and I think of it. Just before 9 months of age, my dd made a "th" sound while she was peeing, every so often. She even did it one time right before peeing. Just the other day, she made a "s" sound while sitting on the potty, but didn't pee. Then the next day (she's a year old) she made a "s" sound to me, indicating that she had to pee, did it a few minutes later for a poo, then did it again a few minutes later for another pee.

If I were quicker with signs, I would sign when I saw (or felt) her peeing, wherever she was. I do still cue her on those occasions.

 

[Twwly]

We cue when they are going, and when we want them to go. Same cue.