ozzy (1 yr 8 mos 1 wk) has been doing incredibly well with potty training. i had heard from some people that boys are notoriously slower to train. but i also read that kids who are early walkers also tend to be early talkers and early to potty train...something to do with how fast their muscles develop...leg muscles, oral muscles, pee muscles... rob's mom told me rob potty trained by two, so maybe ozzy is following in his footsteps!
today, ozzy had his diapers off for most of the day and every time he needed to pee he'd tell me 'mommy, pee pee' and would go pee in either the bjorn sit down potty or the peter potty standy uppy potty or use the regular toilet while standing on a step stool (whatever happens to be closer to where we are at the time). he seems to love that i give him complete and absolute attention during these times. i dont know if that is why he goes so frequently (to get that guaranteed attention from me), or if he still lacks the muscle control to go for longer spells between...maybe a combination of both?
he's getting so used to using the potty now that he doesnt even demand that i give him water to flush down several times or a treat. at one point, i let him have a gummy bear as an incentive for using the potty instead of peeing on the floor. after the second day of gummy bears, he stopped asking for them and seemed perfectly happy with hugs and kisses from mommy for going potty instead. and of course when he didnt ask, i didnt offer or remind him of his treat.
later, tho, he did ask me for some 'tandy' (candy) just randomly, and i gave him one gummy bear and when he walked away with it, i dumped the rest of them out of the bag and hid them. a few minutes later he came back and asked for "more tandy?" and i showed him the empty bag and said, "all gone! you ate the last one. no more. sorry." and he repeats, "all gone!" and walks away to go play with toys. he hasnt asked for any 'tandy' since then. heh heh. see? i'm smarter than the average bear.
today he showed me that he can recognize the urge to poop as well. he had had a couple of poop accidents in the beginning, but today, he told me, "mom, change diaper? please?" even though he wasnt wearing any diapers.
so i said, do you want mommy put a diaper on you?
"uh-huh." he says. "poo poo."
so i put a diaper on him and within the next few minutes he poops into his diaper and then comes back to me and says again, 'mom. change diaper. poo poo." and sure enough, he's pooped in his diaper. and he doesnt want a new diaper after i've cleaned him. he just wiggles away from me bare-assed and happy to be nekkid.
later when he asked for a diaper to poop in, i tried to see if he would like to try and sit on the sit down potty to poop, but he told me no and did not want to sit on it and kept telling me he wanted a diaper, so i didnt push it and gave him the diaper.
so he's doing well with the pee training while he can go diaperless. when we are out and about, he is just fine with using the diapers, and doesnt tell me he's gotta pee/poop. transitioning from diapers to underwear will be tricky since they forget they are not wearing diapers. he is doing pretty well with day time pee training at home, so i might start giving the training pants a try with him in the next month and see how he does.
ozzy is still co-sleeping with me and i think i will continue to do this for a while longer, until he gets night time pee trained. it will make getting up in the middle of the night to rush him to the bathroom that much easier if we're in the same room. maybe ozzy and i will move into his bedroom next month...he can get in and out of his bed easier than mine.
as i write this, i am remembering the nights when mimi used to run into my room crying that she had to pee, and me, bleary eyed at 3 a.m. in the morning, staggering to escourt a wailing mimi to the bathroom because she would only use the real toilet, no potties ever, and then basically laying on the bathroom floor trying to catch another minute of sleep while she did her business.
i am a little worried about him waking from his sleep to pee. he hates to be woken up. gets really ornery. might have to start moving his pre-sleep milk to an hour before sleep time to make sure he gets a chance to pee it out before sleeping if it's a problem.
today, ozzy had his diapers off for most of the day and every time he needed to pee he'd tell me 'mommy, pee pee' and would go pee in either the bjorn sit down potty or the peter potty standy uppy potty or use the regular toilet while standing on a step stool (whatever happens to be closer to where we are at the time). he seems to love that i give him complete and absolute attention during these times. i dont know if that is why he goes so frequently (to get that guaranteed attention from me), or if he still lacks the muscle control to go for longer spells between...maybe a combination of both?
he's getting so used to using the potty now that he doesnt even demand that i give him water to flush down several times or a treat. at one point, i let him have a gummy bear as an incentive for using the potty instead of peeing on the floor. after the second day of gummy bears, he stopped asking for them and seemed perfectly happy with hugs and kisses from mommy for going potty instead. and of course when he didnt ask, i didnt offer or remind him of his treat.
later, tho, he did ask me for some 'tandy' (candy) just randomly, and i gave him one gummy bear and when he walked away with it, i dumped the rest of them out of the bag and hid them. a few minutes later he came back and asked for "more tandy?" and i showed him the empty bag and said, "all gone! you ate the last one. no more. sorry." and he repeats, "all gone!" and walks away to go play with toys. he hasnt asked for any 'tandy' since then. heh heh. see? i'm smarter than the average bear.
today he showed me that he can recognize the urge to poop as well. he had had a couple of poop accidents in the beginning, but today, he told me, "mom, change diaper? please?" even though he wasnt wearing any diapers.
so i said, do you want mommy put a diaper on you?
"uh-huh." he says. "poo poo."
so i put a diaper on him and within the next few minutes he poops into his diaper and then comes back to me and says again, 'mom. change diaper. poo poo." and sure enough, he's pooped in his diaper. and he doesnt want a new diaper after i've cleaned him. he just wiggles away from me bare-assed and happy to be nekkid.
later when he asked for a diaper to poop in, i tried to see if he would like to try and sit on the sit down potty to poop, but he told me no and did not want to sit on it and kept telling me he wanted a diaper, so i didnt push it and gave him the diaper.
so he's doing well with the pee training while he can go diaperless. when we are out and about, he is just fine with using the diapers, and doesnt tell me he's gotta pee/poop. transitioning from diapers to underwear will be tricky since they forget they are not wearing diapers. he is doing pretty well with day time pee training at home, so i might start giving the training pants a try with him in the next month and see how he does.
ozzy is still co-sleeping with me and i think i will continue to do this for a while longer, until he gets night time pee trained. it will make getting up in the middle of the night to rush him to the bathroom that much easier if we're in the same room. maybe ozzy and i will move into his bedroom next month...he can get in and out of his bed easier than mine.
as i write this, i am remembering the nights when mimi used to run into my room crying that she had to pee, and me, bleary eyed at 3 a.m. in the morning, staggering to escourt a wailing mimi to the bathroom because she would only use the real toilet, no potties ever, and then basically laying on the bathroom floor trying to catch another minute of sleep while she did her business.
i am a little worried about him waking from his sleep to pee. he hates to be woken up. gets really ornery. might have to start moving his pre-sleep milk to an hour before sleep time to make sure he gets a chance to pee it out before sleeping if it's a problem.
skip the training pants/pullups. They'll just confuse him and it sounds like He SO doesn't need them. I am so jealous. Just put him in underwear and he'll very quickly see that he will need to use the potty and not pee in them or else he'll be all wet. Night-time may be a different story though....if he stays in a diaper/pullup at night, he'll probably just happily continue peeing in them and not bother to wake up to go potty. That is what Adam does and I don't see it ending ANYTIME soon. I almost think if we want to get him night-time trained we need to ditch the pullups altogether. I'm just not ready to go there yet.....Go Ozzy!
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