We went to the store and he picked out his own "frog" potty and Spider Man underwear. This did stir some interest. He loves anything Spider Man and seemed to like the idea that he would get a piece of candy if he went in the potty. So for now the potty is out in the open where he will occasionally go and sit on it (usually fully clothed) or when I am changing his diaper he will sit on it for a minute with nothing on. The picture below is of him trying to "get the pee out." :)
He gets off and says, "Now candy?" No Kash, you have to pee in the potty to get a candy. "Oh, ok." And that is the end of it. So my debate is this: Do I potty train him before the baby comes so I will only have one in diapers? This is a very nice thought but the idea of being 8 months pregnant and on my hands and knees all day cleaning up pee is not too appealing. Or do I wait until I have the baby and he seems more ready but I have a newborn to take care of?Matt insists that he is NOT even close to being ready and forced me to buy a new box of diapers today at Costco. I keep telling him that at least I am getting him used to the idea, even if I don't full-on potty train him for a bit longer. But I just don't know.
Decisions Decisions...
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Lindsay: I had this same dilemma with Parker, should I potty train him before I have the girls or after? I thought about before, it would be one less thing for me to do once the twins arrive. But my friends with boys all talked me out of it and said if you wait until they are ready it will be so much easier and less stressful. I decided to take their advice and wait until he was 3 and then try. He did great and hardly had an accident. For boys especially they say don't even try it before 3 unless you want to be mopping up pee day in and day out. I would definitely wait :) I don't think you'll regret it! He won't go to kindergarten in a diaper so who cares if he is 3 1/2 when he gets it. (I'm sure he won't be that old either :))
Good Luck! Potty training is the worst thing about being a parent. I potty trained Shaylee when I was 8 months pregnant, but it was her idea NOT mine. If he isn't ready you might want to wait. I hear that some kids regress when the new baby is born because they want attention. You might want to wait. Then give him that attention while potty training and kill 2 birds with one stone. Good Luck!
Well. Coming from a mom who has potty trained 3 little boys--- Everett at 17 months, Benny at 2.5 and Sawyer just before he turned 2, I say GO FOR IT! There's no doubt that it is the suckiest job ever as a mom. But- the first week is the hardest. Yes- week. With all mine I have taken a week off from EVERYTHING else and focused on potty training only. Don't leave the house, don't answer the phone, make easy and quick dinners, but take him to the potty every 10 mins to "catch" it. I let him them wander all day with just new underwear on. When they DO have an accident then they can see it saturate the underwear and my boys all hated that feeling. Not a big advocate for pull ups either. I think they feel like a diaper still. Sticker charts, treat rewards, bring it all on. I always gave my boys a small treat when they would try- ONE chocolate chip- then they were atleast inspired to try here and there- and then a bigger treat when they actually did it. I used alot of Dr. Phil's potty training agenda. Get a doll, have KASH teach the doll to potty....throw a potty party...etc. MY sister waited and waited to train - partly because she was lazy and putting it off, partly because she had another one on the way,,, then tried after the baby was born- it was harder on him THEN because he correlated the new baby to this new task- didn't work out and she had to wait even longer- she finally HAD to potty train him before Kindergarten...yuk. I also trained them on those seats that fit within a real toilet seat so that they wouldn't get scared of the big real one and have to train them all over again, but I know a lot of people that the little portable ones work too....
That being said, boys ARE harder and it is really really frustrating so I won't judge you if you decide to wait!
Well, we already have Finnley potty trained, so good luck with a 3 year old! haha. just kidding.
I am reading all the advice for future reference...I have none to offer, but GOOD LUCK!
p.s. Please go with Mufasa for baby #3 :)
Ewwwh. don't get me started. It doesn't work unless they are interested, right? I am not ready to be mopping up pee all day long. NO THANK YOU. (Who is doing the training, you or him?)
I had the same dilemma with Jake. He was ready last year, but I didn't want him to regress after Brynnlee was born. Then I was too tired with a newborn and just too lazy until now. I had a friend e-mail me this 3-day potty training PDF book, and we just did it a couple of weeks ago. He loved it, and I'm so glad he's potty trained now. I'll e-mail it to you, too.
Good luck with that! I have no advice for you because I have yet to do it myself; however, the idea of only 1 in diapers is really appealing. If you do it go hard-do it in a week and get it over with! That's what I've heard from a few moms that I've talked to with little boys. I can't wait to hear how you do it when it happens:)
Good luck Lindsey. I tried potty training Ellie doing the one week method- no diapers, no pull-ups, charts, and treats when she attempted and went. Well that took a good month before she had peeing in the toilet down. June was born 3 months after we started and at this point she still couldn't poop in toilet.
Then she rebelled because she was having such a hard time with the new baby, and she just started peeing and pooping all over the place on purpose. It was the most frustrating thing I have ever went through in my life. Mainly because I knew she could do it. I had the hardest time not getting mad. After a couple months when she had adjusted a little bit to June, she got it down just fine. ( I was so stubborn I wouldn't put her back in diapers during that whole time. I did get some pull-ups which are just expensive diapers pretty much.
I would say don't force it at all and maybe waiting until the baby is born is a better idea unless he seems really ready. I think the introduction is a good idea-just letting him use it if he wants to. (I think ellie felt too much pressure to go potty and used it against me.) On the other hand, it still wonder if it would have been better to wait until June was born. It might have taken Ellie just as long at that point to. Its hard to know what to do sometimes.
I just hope it goes easy for you. I have never hated anything so much in my life, as I hated potty training! That was the longest comment ever! Sorry.
I say GO FOR IT NOW! You will not have the time with a newborn. Check out Dr. Phil's potty training in a day! P.S. boys are so much harder!
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