Comments on: Potty Training Round Two

By: Heather

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:49:22 +0000

I trained 3 sons. The first announced at 2.5 that he wanted to wear underwear and he did … the second was slower but I don’t remember any drama. My third- I was sure he would go to kindergarten in pull-ups. Now they’re all grown and son #3 has a daughter in a joint custody situation. I started training her at 2ish and she loved being in undies. But at mamas house she was in diapers. She wasn’t staying dry constantly but enough that she was ok hanging around the house in undies. This went on for about a year and then mama started working on her. Then she went to being dry with mama and having accidents constantly with us. We coordinated reward systems- we never punished for accidents and only used positive reinforcement. We made sure to have identical potty chairs. Then she started being dry with us and having accidents with mama. This went back and forth for awhile. Now she’s 4 and… she’s doing almost perfectly. But she will hold her pee for HOURS- 8-10 hours. It’s been THE MOST complicated potty training experience of my life but I chalk it up to the custody thing.

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By: Susan

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 13:41:39 +0000

My son, second child, was definitely more challenging than my daughter. A preschool teacher told me to do this and it totally worked. After they went peepee or poop let them put two drops of food coloring in the toilet. They get to pick the color and you just leave them in the cabinet over the toilet. “What color do you want to make your pee pee?” Crazy, but he was totally potty trained in a week.

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By: Eva Martino

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 10:33:44 +0000

In reply to Amy Norton.

Thanks Amy! And awesome share about your experience with potty training, thank you!

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By: Amy Norton

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 17:54:04 +0000

When I was a nanny, I potty trained a 2 yr old in 2 days with no toys – just taking her to the bathroom every half hour or so. Didn’t work on my son at all. I tried at 2, he didn’t get it, and we had a full travel schedule (by car) so I waited until he was almost 4 and used the bribe method. He only had a few pee accidents. We used pocket diapers but without the inserts so it felt more like underwear and he could unsnap when he had to pee yet if he pooped it was easy clean up. Several weeks later he had it all down (I don’t remember how long it took but #2 was more difficult and so I found a more enticing toy to bribe him with). Also, he wouldn’t poop in the little potty, so we got the seat that goes over the big potty, and that made all the difference.

What no one talks about is at what age they learn to wipe themselves and actually do a good job! My son was a month into kindergarten before he could, only because we never thought about how helping him with a “safety wipe” made him fear going to the bathroom alone at school.

If my comment is late it is because I don’t have you on instagram, but I still enjoy your blog and read new posts all at once, when I have spare time. 🙂 You are one of the 2 blogs I subscribe to. The other is thebudgetmom – which balances me wanting to buy everything you wear and endorse – ha! But loved the t-shirt post because there are very good priced options!

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By: Eva Martino

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:42:20 +0000

In reply to Amanda.

Ha! Yes it was horrible!

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By: Amanda

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 21:22:26 +0000

Oh gosh. A #2 accident with a leg cast on??? I’d be cutting them off with scissors and throwing them away lol God bless you!

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By: Devon Mendez

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 15:30:04 +0000

OMG I’ve been waiting for you to share round 2 of potty training! I too have been putting it off with our 2.5yr old boy because it was so NOT fun with our daughter. It wasn’t awful but was just time consuming and exhausting getting up every night again after what seemed to be just getting into a normal sleep routine…but I digress.
Any who, you have given me the “push” I need to just get it going with him because he asks to go potty all the time and we take him but he doesn’t do anything…ever. I’m hoping one he’s in undies and feels the wetness he will understand the sensation and start to actually go on the potty. I plan to start it next weekend, there, I’ve committed myself in writing lol!
Thanks for always giving us the parenting realness!

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By: Sierra

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 05:02:30 +0000

Like you I was soooo not looking forward to potty training my son as I’d heard boys were more difficult than girls. That hasn’t been the case for us, thankfully! My son is about Major’s age and was definitely ready to nix the dipe- whenever he was in the process of pooping in his diaper, he’d go to his room, close the door and say, “I nee sum pwivacy” (which is literally the cutest thing I’ve ever witnessed!). We rolled with ‘naked booty’ style for three straight days and he did really well, maybe one or two accidents where he didn’t quite make it to the potty in time. Since then it’s been a breeze, though he still wets his pull ups at night. I am really thankful to be mostly beyond this phase of parenthood! Kudos to you and Major for tackling this while he’s in a cast!! ???

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By: Meaghan

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 22:19:02 +0000

Thanks for sharing. I was wondering how it went. My children are complete opposite. Daughter #1 woke up almost exactly 1 month after turning 2 and asked to go potty and that was that pretty much. So yes, I’ve been dreading daughter #2 because I knew I couldn’t get lucky twice. She is 2.5 and stays home with dad all day. He’s not making much effort and I just learned she fell in the potty one day so now she’s afraid of it. Poor child will never be potty trained I’m afraid!

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By: Mary

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 20:41:14 +0000

Eva hi! I was really anticipating this post since you left some hints about potty training Major! You are so lucky that Major has shown interest in potty training so early without pressure and now follows your instructions without being too fussy! AND with a btoken leg ! This is a budda kid indeed!!! My boy has turned three in February and he is only now starting to show big interest in potty training! So far he would scream if I tried to put on him underwear or even pull ups! He would not abandon his diaper !?Although he often wakes up dry and I tell him to put him to pee on the potty or the big potty, he firmly says “NO, in the diaper” and then he pees in the diaper!
I postponed his potty training until this spring/summer because of the long winter and because he started pre pre school and I wanted him to adjust well before we focus on potty training!I never thought that it would be such a struggle cause I had seen my niece, now 5, smoothly being potty trained within a couple of weeks with very few accidents but I guess finally it must be harder for boys, so many mothers witness that.I am going to follow all the tips and tricks from your posts and from your reader’s comments, I hope some mom of a potty training resistant boy gives us some insight! Otherwise I will follow the shock therapy which will be throwing away the diapers without further notice which I guess it will be crazy but I dont know what else to do!!!

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