Potty Training - Boise,ID

i just posted a whole post and lost it!
i'll just copy and paste when i sent out to some friends not long ago..
also.. she may not actually be ready.. you can't force the issue. it will only make things worst. i think my daughter is ready because she does all these readiness things too. but when i ask her if she wants to sit on the potty she says no! so i don't push it. we stopped once with my son at about 2 1/2 because we were both frustrated. but we still talked to him about the positives of wearing his underwear some day etc.. all positive like. then one day he said on a saturday morning he wanted to wear his underwear. he had accidents saturday adn sunday but non monday forward.
a great book we got was The Potty Training Answer Book.. it's in a question and answer style. very easy to read.
moving and vacations can be a stressor..so maybe wait.
one major suggestion. don't use pull ups. they are a waist of money. we used m&ms.. one or two per going potty(not my idea! lol)
i was making it too stressfull for both of us.. by trying to force things. once i stepped back and didn't stress about it. he figured it out and wanted to do it. .:-) good luck. i hope you have the same success..
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**even though this class was basically about potty training,,, the Institute-that put on the class- also deals with many different children issues-listed below- so they may be a place anyone could keep in their memory banks incase it's needed.. but some good information on potty training.. Or you can pass this along to others you may know who could use the information as well.

we went to this toilet training and sleep issue class a few weeks ago..and I emailed this to a friend after her and I got talking about it for her son who just turned 3..so I sent this to her and realized that others may benefit from the information as well.
so here ya go..

this class was thru the Munroe-Meyer Institute pediatric psychology thru children's. Brett Kuhn phd did the class.
contact numbers ###-###-#### 800-696-3937
munroe-meyer deals with academic/school problems,,, adjustment(death/divorce), anxiety/fears, attention & behavior problems, feeding/eating problems,, habits(thumb sucking example),,, sleep problems, toileting.

Toilet training readiness skills:
at least 20 months old or preferably 24 mo
pick up objects, lower and raise paints, and walk from room to room
staying dry for several hours at a time.
urinating only 4-6 times a day
completely emptying the bladder each time.

toilet training:
bladder and bowel awareness-making a face or assuming a special posture like squatting, or going to a certain location
language readiness-understands toileting words like 'wet' 'dry' 'pants' 'bathroom'
instructional readiness-understands simple instructions, such as come hear please, and sit down
-complies with 6-10 instructions
-likes to imitate
toilet training:
procedures-
make sure both you and your child are ready
get rid of diapers during day- don't go back to them even if you go on errands. prepare for accidents, bring along a change of clothes.
increase fluids(eating salty food will make them thirsty and a little caffeine will make them go,, both good things for this)
scheduled/prompted toilet sits(set goals low to ensure success)
(atleast 5 sits a day no less than 3 a day, 15-20 mins after major meals, schedule during high frequency likely times)
dry pants check every 15 mins with high praises when dry(this is done with out diapers on. with underpants - kind of hard if naked..lol)
expect accidents
use positive practice procedure after every accident(this is after each accident , have them go sit on the potty at least 10 times as a 'practice run' from where the accident happened to the potty)
praises/reinforce every time any part completed correctly. (4 positive reinforcements to 1 negative)


the class also went over sleep issues.. but that's too long to type up..lol
but here are a few links to the sleep t hings if you want to take a look at them in the event you have any problems with that..
resources they listed to us:
http://www.aasmnet.org/
http://www.sleepfoundation.org/site/c.huIXKjM0IxF/b.24171...
http://www.sleepeducation.com/
http://www.babycenter.com/

Munroe-meyer assessed Bella when she was about 6 months to see if she needed any therapy for being premature but she didn't.

they also referenced this book Toddler owners manual by Brett Kuhn and Joe Borgenicht
book

a few other potty things they talked about was starting the boys sitting to urinate instead of sitting because that can lead to issues with not wanting to or being able to sit to have a bowel movement. the dad should also sit to urinate in front of the child.
if there has been past issues with constipation and the child is afraid to sit on the potty to go,, you may have to take very small baby steps with getting them back comfortable with the potty. like just having them sit on the potty with a diaper on with a timer for only 5 seconds at a time at first.. then increase it a few seconds etc. very small baby steps. lol

it was a very informative and good class

L.-
I just went through the same thing with my 2 year old!! She was doing good for a short time then one day she wanted to wear diapers and would tell me that she went potty after the fact. So I stopped pushing and didn't talk about it for a few weeks. Then one day she came up to me with Big girl panties and she has been going in the potty ever since. She is actually doing better than I could expect. Last night she got up three times to go potty all by herself. (I know this b/c I am 8 mo pregnant and I was also up going potty!!
I would say put her big girl panties where she knows that they are and stop talking about it, altleast until your vacation is over. Then see what happens. Good Luck

just give it time. My daughter was the same way. I tried EVERYTHING!!! Finally she just did it herself. I took her out of her "big girl" panties and put her back in diapers. It wasn't 2 months later and she decieded she wanted to wear her panties again. Sence then we have had very few accidents. It had to be her idea. My mom always said, "you will never see a kid go to kindergarden with diapers on give her some time for crying out loud." I think she is right. So often we as moms are ready and we read the books and the milestones and then we start to push. It sounds like you are on the right track. Just give little Bailee some time.

I was fed up with my boys being lazy. So when we moved I threw out the pull ups and said that's it. It worked! I was told that pull ups are just like diapers. You should go straight to underwear and just deal with the messes.

definitely wait until after your vacation. Then, see how things go. I'd suggest using pullups for a little while if you don't want to bother with cleaning up the accidents, but the padded underwear work well too-they absorb quite a lot and also let them really feel what it's like to be wet. My daughter was using pullups and was doing really good for a while with going potty in the toilet instead of the pullup, but then started to just use the pullup. At that point, I stuck her in "big girl underwear" and we'll only had a handful of accidents since then and that was over a year ago! Another thing we did instead of the rewards like stickers or treats, is I wouldn't let her flush the toilet unless she actually went potty in either the toilet or her potty chair. Try to stay positive with her and praise her when she uses the potty and try to encourage if she has an accident instead of scolding her for it.

well on my little girl it was easier to use money as an insentive. you know start a penny bank give her a penny of a coin for everytime she poties.i also used that time to teach her the impotance of money. also used the fact that she got to potty like me and wear pretty panties with flowers or ponies or the disney perinesses. hope i helped

Talk to your peditrician, my daughter was 2 1/2 when she finnaly used the potty all the time. Buy her her own potty chair put it where she can use it (in the bathroom) and than stop putting diapers on her and use the cloth training pants they are thicker and will hold more or use the disposable panties at bedtime, but always refer to them as panties. A reward does help a treat like the fruit bites a small package of them but you have to see the pottie before she gets a treat. Wait til after your vaca or no one will enjoy your time away. Positive talk such as what a big girl now, big girl panties wow, you get the drift. Good luck I think this is the hardest part of our toddlers life. Enjoy her