Today was more and less successful than day 1. It was more successful because we had less "accidents" and less successful because Jaiden never actually went potty on the potty.
I began today similar to day 1. I told Jaiden we were going to wear big boy panties (I can see all of the men cringe with my use of the word panties but too bad) and that he was going to use the potty. Jaiden likes his potty. His potty looks like a real toilet. It has a flusher, that doesn't actually flush but he can press it, a toilet seat, and a toilet paper dispenser. It is a deluxe potty. In my last post, I mentioned that the potty talks. Well, it has a sensor in its "bowl" that when activated by urine or poop will trigger the potty to sing and praise the kiddo who used it. Like I said, Jaiden likes his potty.
This time I didn't constantly give him liquids. He drank when thirsty and at meals. But for some reason I still could not get the timing right. Jaiden's first accident occurred during breakfast. I even tried to put him on the potty 15 minutes after we started, but that just wasn't soon enough. Oh well, I would get it next time.
His second accident happen an hour and a half later. I wasn't sure what his potty schedule was but after the one hour mark, we sat on the potty about every 15 minutes. I would read him two stories, to make sure he sat there for a little bit, and then he would go back to playing. At one point, Jaiden came and stood right in front of me and then just started peeing. Drats! Ok, ok. I decided this was a good time to talk to him and let him know what it is he is doing and what I would like him to do. I then sat him on the potty, hopefully to associate the two acts together, and read him another story.
This went on for the rest of the day. When daddy came home, he took over. Still with no apparent success. The potty didn't ever get to talk. I'm beginning to think that Jaiden isn't quite ready yet. I haven't decided if I will try tomorrow or wait a couple of days. We will see how I feel I'm the morning.
If anyone has and tips or tricks or advice, please share. Thank you!
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Potty Training--Day 1
I'm beginning this post with an apology. I didn't think about tracking Jaiden's potty training until day 2 so this post will be how I remember day 1. Day 1 began about 2 weeks ago.
Insert dream sequence music here.
Day 1 of potty training began with excitement. I read some books saying what to feed your toddler when trying to potty train, what signs to look for to see if your toddler is ready, what to say to your toddler, and others of the sort. I also talked to friends who recently had also potty trained their wee ones. I was ready!
I started by talking to Jaiden and telling him what we were going to do that day. We were going to learn to use the potty and we weren't going to wear diapers. Jaiden doesn't really like diapers so that is a plus. I knew that the first few bathroom tries were going to be chance so we needed to get the timing right.
I put Jaiden in big boy underwear and set an alarm. Every 5 minutes we were going to go to the potty. It seems a little excessive but I though I would have a better chance at getting him to go in the potty and not his underwear. As it turned out, my 5 minute alarm didn't work. He wet his underwear in between the times. So much for that idea.
We changed his underwear and tried again. I gave Jaiden snacks that would make him thirsty and plenty of water. All that did was make him pee more often! And not on the potty.
4 pairs of underwear later...he went on the potty!!!!! I couldn't have been happier. I praised him, the potty praised him (we have a talking potty), and I thought maybe we did it. Now that Jaiden knew what I wanted he could tell me when he needed to go. Right?
No.
By noon, I couldn't do it any more. I was done. Jaiden was frustrated because I kept putting him on his potty. I was frustrated because Jaiden was "going" on his potty. So in the end we stopped. Jaiden wasn't quite ready and mommy wasn't quite ready. We will try again.
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Insert dream sequence music here.
Day 1 of potty training began with excitement. I read some books saying what to feed your toddler when trying to potty train, what signs to look for to see if your toddler is ready, what to say to your toddler, and others of the sort. I also talked to friends who recently had also potty trained their wee ones. I was ready!
I started by talking to Jaiden and telling him what we were going to do that day. We were going to learn to use the potty and we weren't going to wear diapers. Jaiden doesn't really like diapers so that is a plus. I knew that the first few bathroom tries were going to be chance so we needed to get the timing right.
I put Jaiden in big boy underwear and set an alarm. Every 5 minutes we were going to go to the potty. It seems a little excessive but I though I would have a better chance at getting him to go in the potty and not his underwear. As it turned out, my 5 minute alarm didn't work. He wet his underwear in between the times. So much for that idea.
We changed his underwear and tried again. I gave Jaiden snacks that would make him thirsty and plenty of water. All that did was make him pee more often! And not on the potty.
4 pairs of underwear later...he went on the potty!!!!! I couldn't have been happier. I praised him, the potty praised him (we have a talking potty), and I thought maybe we did it. Now that Jaiden knew what I wanted he could tell me when he needed to go. Right?
No.
By noon, I couldn't do it any more. I was done. Jaiden was frustrated because I kept putting him on his potty. I was frustrated because Jaiden was "going" on his potty. So in the end we stopped. Jaiden wasn't quite ready and mommy wasn't quite ready. We will try again.
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