Potty Training: Day 4 – Luci: 1 Potty: 0

Potty Training: Day 4 – Luci: 1 Potty: 0 (4 comments)

Posted on on January 17th, 2010 in: A Day in the Life of Abbey (and her family), Articles, Articles & Guest Blogs, MoM Thoughts, My Kids.

After much consideration and fighting with Luci to sit on the potty, we are taking a much needed break. I thought that she was showing signs of readiness but alas I was wrong. Today I asked her if she wanted to put her diaper back on and she could have cared less, so I figured it’s not worth at this time to try and potty train her. I was also literally forcing her to sit on the potty and holding her down and I know that can’t be good for her mentally. In the long run, me giving in this one time because she is not ready is not going to affect her in any way.

I want her to be ready and after talking with a few other moms about this, they said that around 2.5 years old their children were ready to be potty trained and the process took 2-3 days. I’m all for that. Luci will let me know when she is ready and now is just not the time. I don’t want this to be a stressful situation for either of us because I don’t want her to be scared of the potty and this weekend proved me that if I kept forcing the situation that she was going to be scared to do it.

Thank you so much to all my supporters and telling me that she will eventually get it, and I know that she will but now is just not the time. I knew the moment I asked her if she wanted to put her diaper on and she said ok that it wasn’t the time.

I did feel like I let myself down and I should have stuck with it but it was highly stressful always being on the lookout for pee and after yesterday’s fiasco of not peeing in the potty once, I am now ok with the decision to wait until she is ready. I was so excited to have one child out of diapers and financially it would be have been great. But for the sake of my sanity, I’m willing to spend the extra 40 dollars a month to make sure that no one is stressing out about potty training.

I will say that I did get the one day potty training method a try this morning but something was just not clicking. She was more interested in having the baby doll pee in the potty over and over then anything else. There are some things that just cannot be forced and potty training is one of them. I am confident though that when she is ready, she will be a champ!!!

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4 Responses to Potty Training: Day 4 – Luci: 1 Potty: 0

When she is ready she will let you know. I think I scared Will by puching him too soon and that is why it took him so long to finally decide to do it on his own. It’s hard! I’m not going to say a word to Isla until she 2 and a half! lol

Kids learn when they are ready to learn. Forcing the issue would have just made you nuts. Good for you! When she is ready, you will still have struggles, but you sort of know what to expect a little bit better now.
I tried at 2 years with my daughter, it did not work. Then I did it again when she was 2 years and 8 months-spent the entire month of July dedicated to the potty. Started with the Potty Watch – it reminded her to go every half an hour. I found that did not work. She needed to “feel” when she had to go.
So I just kept showing her the Elmo Potty Training DVD and sat with her while she watched and stressed that she needed to LISTEN TO HER BODY, because it will let her know when she has to go. It took a week and she learned, but not without accidents after that. Lots of changes took place right after that, so she had an accident per day from September to about November…..and I was not happy about it, but now she does very well.
Kids learn in their own way…….just have to find the way that works for your little one and ride the wave. LOL.
I do recommend the potty training dvd with Elmo. It really hits home with “feeling” when you have to go. She was pee and pooped trained at the same time and I believe the DVD was a big part of it.
I’ll have to do it again soon enough with my son…….and boys are always different! YIKES.

Yepp…always best to wait till they’re ready Good luck next go around

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