I could use potty/EC help... am I on the right track?? DD is 16mos old and we've been introing her to the potty since 15ish mos cause she was really interested in seeing mommy and daddy go pee pee :LOL
I noticed if DD was wearing diapers I missed a lot of pees... well one day I caught 6 while she was diapered -- woohoo. But for the most part it makes me lazy and I don't get her to the potty in time. So, today we bought big girl undies! The gerber ones (okay I know gerber isn't the greatest but I can't afford wahm ones!). When I picked them up at the store and handed them to dd I talked it up, excitedly telling her these were the underwear she would wear because she knew how to pee pee on the potty and all of that. She hugged them, she called them unders.
We got home and put them on. My dh has no decided I've lost it. I tell him NO NEGATIVE WORDS, GESTURES, OR ANYTHING of the sort. He says "ok but if she pees in them she's gettign a diaper" and I said no, and don't you dare tell her that either!
We put them on and I watch her like a hawk. I tell her these are your underwear. "Unders" she says. I tell her she needs to tell mommy and daddy when she has to potty, etc. So I take my eye off her for a sec (folding cloth dipes) and see her stand there still staring at me like "what the heck happened?" and her pants are wet. I say, gabby you went pee pee in your underwear and that's ok... but tell mommy or daddy when you have to pee pee. We took her potty and gave her new unders
Then about 30-45 min later she grabs herself and I say "lets go potty" (because asking "do you need to pee pee" always elicits a "no" response typical toddler!) and dh took her potty and she went!!!! WOOHOO. So now, because we ditched the diapers tonight, I know her potty sign finally!!! Before I just took her when the mood struck, like when I had a feeling she had to go, or when I was going to pee. Now I can watch for her to grab herself (gee how womanly! lol) and tell her "potty" and take her. She even makes the psss sound when she pees and said "i go potty" the other day!!!!
So I'm guessing this is how it's done... am I right? Any pointers for me? Is it ok for her to wear undies and soil them? Will this bother her? by bother her i mean have negative effects on her potty learning?
And is it feasable to do EC if she is going to a sitter? The sitter has other kids, so it's not like it's a one on one deal. So dd would have to be more on the way to potty learning for me to send her in undies there... do I use pullups??
I noticed if DD was wearing diapers I missed a lot of pees... well one day I caught 6 while she was diapered -- woohoo. But for the most part it makes me lazy and I don't get her to the potty in time. So, today we bought big girl undies! The gerber ones (okay I know gerber isn't the greatest but I can't afford wahm ones!). When I picked them up at the store and handed them to dd I talked it up, excitedly telling her these were the underwear she would wear because she knew how to pee pee on the potty and all of that. She hugged them, she called them unders.
We got home and put them on. My dh has no decided I've lost it. I tell him NO NEGATIVE WORDS, GESTURES, OR ANYTHING of the sort. He says "ok but if she pees in them she's gettign a diaper" and I said no, and don't you dare tell her that either!
We put them on and I watch her like a hawk. I tell her these are your underwear. "Unders" she says. I tell her she needs to tell mommy and daddy when she has to potty, etc. So I take my eye off her for a sec (folding cloth dipes) and see her stand there still staring at me like "what the heck happened?" and her pants are wet. I say, gabby you went pee pee in your underwear and that's ok... but tell mommy or daddy when you have to pee pee. We took her potty and gave her new unders
Then about 30-45 min later she grabs herself and I say "lets go potty" (because asking "do you need to pee pee" always elicits a "no" response typical toddler!) and dh took her potty and she went!!!! WOOHOO. So now, because we ditched the diapers tonight, I know her potty sign finally!!! Before I just took her when the mood struck, like when I had a feeling she had to go, or when I was going to pee. Now I can watch for her to grab herself (gee how womanly! lol) and tell her "potty" and take her. She even makes the psss sound when she pees and said "i go potty" the other day!!!!
So I'm guessing this is how it's done... am I right? Any pointers for me? Is it ok for her to wear undies and soil them? Will this bother her? by bother her i mean have negative effects on her potty learning?
And is it feasable to do EC if she is going to a sitter? The sitter has other kids, so it's not like it's a one on one deal. So dd would have to be more on the way to potty learning for me to send her in undies there... do I use pullups??