Comments on: Is Your Child Ready for Potty Training? http://www.everythingaboutpottytraining.com/blog/is-your-child-ready-for-potty-training-42.html Fri, 18 May 2012 13:00:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: potty http://www.everythingaboutpottytraining.com/blog/is-your-child-ready-for-potty-training-42.html/comment-page-1#comment-5 potty Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:15:52 +0000 http://www.everythingaboutpottytraining.com/blog/?p=42#comment-5 Hello Leah, I am sorry I haven't responded to you sooner - I got side-tracked with "holiday stuff" :). I agree, I think this would be a great time to start potty training. My son actually started using the potty for #2 when he was 13 months old - nowhere close to using words. In a nutshell, this is what I did: Whenever my son Julian was in the process of pooping into his diaper, I imitated his grunting sound. Most kids make some kind of sound, so if you are not aware of it yet, listen to your daughters when they go. And whenever he peed, I made a "sssss" sound. Then whenever I thought he needed to go, I sat down with him on the toilet so that he could lean against me, and then repeating the sounds. It worked like a charm for us. The next thing you can do is to empty the poopy diapers into the toilet. Tell your daughters that poop and pee go into the toilet. If you consistently repeat it, they'll catch on quickly what you are trying to teach them, even though they may not talk yet. And lastly, about the issue of her spreading poop over the bed (rest assured, you are not the only mom going through this experience): if they do it at night and you are not ready to potty train them at night yet, a quick fix is to use tape to make sure the diaper stays closed all night. And the sooner you can start to train them at night, the faster you can say "good-bye" to this part, too :). Good luck, and keep the questions coming! Marion Solis Hello Leah,
I am sorry I haven’t responded to you sooner - I got side-tracked with “holiday stuff” :). I agree, I think this would be a great time to start potty training. My son actually started using the potty for #2 when he was 13 months old - nowhere close to using words. In a nutshell, this is what I did: Whenever my son Julian was in the process of pooping into his diaper, I imitated his grunting sound. Most kids make some kind of sound, so if you are not aware of it yet, listen to your daughters when they go. And whenever he peed, I made a “sssss” sound. Then whenever I thought he needed to go, I sat down with him on the toilet so that he could lean against me, and then repeating the sounds. It worked like a charm for us.

The next thing you can do is to empty the poopy diapers into the toilet. Tell your daughters that poop and pee go into the toilet. If you consistently repeat it, they’ll catch on quickly what you are trying to teach them, even though they may not talk yet.

And lastly, about the issue of her spreading poop over the bed (rest assured, you are not the only mom going through this experience): if they do it at night and you are not ready to potty train them at night yet, a quick fix is to use tape to make sure the diaper stays closed all night. And the sooner you can start to train them at night, the faster you can say “good-bye” to this part, too :).

Good luck, and keep the questions coming!
Marion Solis

]]> By: Leah O. Goldberg http://www.everythingaboutpottytraining.com/blog/is-your-child-ready-for-potty-training-42.html/comment-page-1#comment-4 Leah O. Goldberg Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:50:25 +0000 http://www.everythingaboutpottytraining.com/blog/?p=42#comment-4 My 19-month-old daughter take their diapers off all the time -- they love to get into their dirty diapers and get it on their bed. Everybody keeps informing me to potty train them now, the problem my precious isn't really talking. How can I teach when my baby can't tell me when its potty time? any suggestioms orhelp? My 19-month-old daughter take their diapers off all the time — they love to get into their dirty diapers and get it on their bed. Everybody keeps informing me to potty train them now, the problem my precious isn’t really talking. How can I teach when my baby can’t tell me when its potty time? any suggestioms orhelp?

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