Comments on: The Potty Files: In The Trenches

By: Carla

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 21:59:33 +0000

Did you use a little potty or just a potty seat? I’m about to be going through this myself soon…

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By: Eva Martino

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:31:51 +0000

In reply to Julie D.

Ha! Yes so true. Make sure you check out all three posts in the series because I posted all through the process! I will say that potty training is HARD. But worth it, I promise!

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By: Julie D

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 20:39:47 +0000

It’s like my computer is listening to me conversations. Today, my husband and I were talking about how our potty training weekend was coming up (coinciding with sleep training our baby) and I have so much anxiety. I casually popped on to the site and this is on the homepage. Thank you for verbalizing all my fears and setting them at ease. As my mom says, no one goes to college in diapers.

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By: Eva Martino

Thu, 12 Apr 2018 20:39:37 +0000

In reply to Mallory.

aww I’m sorry you’re going through it right now– it really is such a challenging milestone! I promise it gets better! Hang in there xx

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By: Mallory

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 02:31:01 +0000

I know this is an older post of yours but we are in the middle of potty training our son and his first day not at home went terrible. I checked back to see if you had written about your experience and it’s as if I wrote this post myself. I cried to my husband tonight saying “If I didn’t work he wouldn’t have these accidents” which is obviously so irrational. Anyways, I just wanted to let you know your post really helped and I appreciate you sharing such personal milestones about your family.

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By: Anna

Sat, 03 Mar 2018 18:18:19 +0000

Day 2 of the naked potty training underway here, and things are going so well! Thank you, Eva. I’m so grateful for your blog (and Insta page). Your remark about separating your feelings about yourself from the actions of your child has really resonated with me these last few days. This is our second attempt at this method and I needed to understand that the first unsuccessful attempt was not directly correlated to my worth as a mother. (Even though she’s killing it this time around and I’d love the credit — but it’s all her!!!)

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By: Sara

Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:57:09 +0000

Loved everything about this! When Marlowe wanted her underpants, it reminded me of my oldest. She was over 2.5 but before 3 when I started. She had no interest in it and I didn’t push it. But at that time, I was also 20 something weeks pregnant with our second. I tried for more than a week with little success. Then she looked at me and said “I will go potty on the potty when I turn three”. I said “Okay, I am going to hold you to it!” I had our second daughter 2 weeks before she turned 3. We were at our cabin and I gently reminded her that she is now 3 and needs to go in the potty. And by golly, she did! Not one accident and was in pull-ups for 3 or so months at night only. They just know. I didn’t even start potty training my second until she was closer to 3. That may sound like they were too old, but it worked for us!

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By: Eva Martino

Sun, 09 Apr 2017 13:52:12 +0000

In reply to Kelli.

Thank you for the sweet words of encouragement!!

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By: Eva Martino

Sun, 09 Apr 2017 13:51:49 +0000

In reply to Glenda.

Yes! She still uses a pull up at nap and at night time. BUT (and this is a new development) she recently started waking up in the night to use the potty by herself and climb up to the big potty, which worried me about her being groggy and potentially falling off. (I actually heard her several nights in a row dragging her little step stool to the toilet so she could get up there. So cute) So I put a little potty in her room and she has been using that without incident the past few nights. Soooo we may pull the night time and nap time diaper? I think she’s telling us she’s ready!

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By: Julie

Sun, 09 Apr 2017 13:28:56 +0000

You are SO much braver than me, mama! When my daughter was potty training and had a poop accident, those clothes went straight to the trash. Also, it took my daughter 6 months to poop in the potty. She started to hold it until nap time (when she had on a pull up) and poop in that. Shopkins were the magic ticket to get the poop in the potty.

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