I expect potty training to be difficult but I didn’t realize it would take so long for my daughter to even start the process. My daughter is 2 1/2 now and she still has not done her business on the potty. I’m not worried, I know she will use the potty one day.
That’s the funny thing about being a mom. I was so worried that she got her first teeth at a year old instead of 6 months like ‘normal’ infants. BUT you know what? She has all her teeth now, it just took a little longer. She didn’t start walking on her own until 2 weeks after her 1st birthday also. My point is, kids are on their own time table. If they aren’t walking or teething or using the potty NOW, they will eventually. I Promise. Like when you feel you have been pregnant forever and you think you’ll never have your baby, you will eventually have your newborn. It just depends on when your baby’s ready.My daughter is giving me cues for potty training and I blame myself for the lack of progress. She at times will undress and take off her diaper right after she ‘goes’. She will sit on the potty but it’s basically a reading chair. She accidentally went #1 on the floor after a shower about a month ago. I hadn’t got her diaper on yet. As she went she yelled, “A mess, a mess,” and pointed to the floor. But besides her occasional undressing, she still won’t ‘go’ on the potty. In fact, she usually immediately goes once I put her diaper on after sitting on the potty.
I make it a point not to make this potty training a big deal because I don’t want her to have any issues in this department.My goal will be to make her sit on the potty more often than I am currently. Maybe this will make her feel more comfortable and she’ll ‘accidentally’ go on the potty.
My irrational thought at this point is her infant brother will use the potty before her! I know that’s ridiculous.
My advice:
Modeling is also very important. Let your child watch you use the potty.
Get them involved! If they go #2 in their diaper, put it into the potty. Show them that this is where it goes! Also let them flush the toilet and say bye-bye to their peepee or poopoo.
Be really excited for them!
Posted on July 2nd, 2007 by admin
Filed under: Parenting
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