Let’s Go Potty
April 26, 2007 3:37 pm Learning at HomeI was reading Alli’s blog today, and she’s thinking hard about potty training, so I told her I’d post about it here. Here’s what works for us. I start talking about the potty every now and again once a child turns 2, and gradually increase the frequency of my potty-mentionings until the child expresses interest. If they haven’t decided to use the potty by 3, then I just say today is the day on their birthday, and we go without the diapers. This isn’t a shock to them because I mention over and over that when they are three, they will be too big for diapers.
Yeah, I know that may seem to be a bit late for potty learning. I learned my lesson the hard way, though. I had one child that I pushed at 2 when he wasn’t ready, and it became a total issue between us. That child was well over 6 before he stopped having “accidents”. I’d rather wait a little longer and ensure success for both of us.
Once they are diaper free, I remind them about once an hour to go potty, until they start going reliably on their own. That typically takes a couple of months. And there you have the patented Cass Method of Potty Learning.
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mrscrumley (17 comments.) :
Date: April 26, 2007 @ 3:45 pm
I wonder about taking him to my inlaws lake house and letting him run around naked there. My husband isn’t took keen on the idea of letting Fuller run around here naked. I know that I need patience… maybe I should just focus on teaching him the last five letters of the alphabet.
Thanks for mentioning the topic.
cass :
Date: April 26, 2007 @ 5:14 pm
Glad I could help. Naked is fun, but I do keep mine mostly clothed. Well, I try, LOL! I’m impressed that he knows 21 letters.
Loretta (22 comments.) :
Date: April 27, 2007 @ 8:31 am
I don’t think 3 is too late at all. Only one of my boys made it to being “officially” potty trained before his third birthday. Of course I’ve had scores of people tell me that boys are much more difficult than girls and are just different. To which I always respond, “every child is different. See? There’s Dylan, there’s Lucas. Different. Duh!”
cass :
Date: April 28, 2007 @ 11:31 pm
Hahaha! That’s good, Loretta. Priceless! Drama is working on teh potty thing just now. I avoided mentioning her so the post would stay useful down the line.
Deborah Gamble (5 comments.) :
Date: April 29, 2007 @ 7:51 pm
When my oldest son was 3 1/2 and not trained, I questioned our dear pediatrician, whom I adore. He assured me that they all healthy boys are trained by the time they start college and not too worry.
Thanks for nothing, Doc!
cass :
Date: May 2, 2007 @ 12:32 am
But he was right, wasn’t he?
Ocean mermaid (1 comments.) :
Date: May 19, 2007 @ 4:24 pm
In such matters good timing is important, so I do think you did the right thing and made a wise decision.
cass :
Date: May 21, 2007 @ 5:31 pm
We try