At 33 months or 3 months before Jayden turned 3 (that's a lot of 3s)... we tried a new approach to potty training. Jordan came home from work and that day they had a speaker teaching the families he works with about potty training and sign language. One piece of advice she gave was to go to the store and let the kids pick out their new big kid undies. When Jordan got home he was all about this idea and I was not for it at all. It's not that I didn't want Jayden potty trained, but we already had 3 pairs of undies that were brand new and had never been used.
Later that day we went to the store and Jayden and Gabriella both picked out their new undies. As soon as we got home Jayden sat down of the potty and did his business for the first time. I had been trying to get him to potty for months and he would never "go". So you can imagine my surprise that all of a sudden he could just do it! Within a week Jayden was completely potty trained (including night time) and only had 3 or 4 accidents TOTAL.
Now almost 3 years old seems to be kind of old to still be wearing diapers, and believe me I was SO over changing his diapers! But after having such an easy time training him (since he pretty much did it himself) I think it was better to wait. He could walk up the stairs, open the bathroom door, undress himself, sit on the potty and flush all by HIMSELF.
This brings me to my next point - Gabriella. She actually started "going" on the potty before Jayden did. We would sit her down and she would just go. I couldn't believe it. I thought she would be potty trained before her older brother! I know girls potty train sooner than boys, but is it really worth it if she can't do everything else by herself (i.e. the undress, re-dressing, opening the door, etc.)??
A friend of mine told me Michelle Duggar (from 19 Kids And Counting) doesn't potty train her kids until they're capable of undressing and redressing themselves. I have to think that a mom of 19 kids has a pretty good idea of how to do things and I agree with her.
Lately, Gabri tells me "Go potty!" all the time. So every time I'll go and put her on the potty and she has only gone twice. I know she's not ready yet because I've put her in her big girl panties and a dress (to help with undressing herself) and she just has accidents instead of going to the potty.
So what do I do? Do I keep taking her to the potty every time she asks and spend the next 6 months trying to potty train her? Or do I stop taking her even though she's asking me to go and wait until she's completely ready?
By the way, the little princess will be 2 in just 12 days!!!!!
Monday, October 10, 2011
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We're in the same boat. I feel like we spend ages in the bathroom as Ryder wants to get on the potty, then get off the potty, on, off, on, off. And he only wants to wear pull ups or underwear. He hates his diapers, but he won't pee on the potty. He even tells me when he pees in his underwear or his pull ups, but he just won't do it on the potty. I have no idea where we go from here. If you figure it out, let me know. :)
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