Then you actually catch the toddler in the act of taking off his own diaper!
My daughter started doing this when she was 23 months old. I did 2 cycles of cleaning up #2 that had been spread on more than one surface in my house before I potty-trained her at 24 months! It was either potty train her or figure out a way to duct tape the diaper on!
But the problem is that a few previous attempts at potty-training my toddler have not gone well, which is why he's made it to 2 years and 7 months old and still wearing a diaper when his big brother and sister were potty trained months earlier.
Take my advice and if your kids' preschool offers a special lecture with a guest speaker, an expert, even, on potty-training, don't skip the lecture because you have potty trained 2 children already and feel you know all you need to know in order to train your 3rd child. Don't do it! Or your 3rd child will be like mine and destined to go to college wearing a size 19 diaper!
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Good luck with it. My potty training years with the kids are done. Kind of grateful! When they seemed ready, I let them run around nakie for a while in the house. It's no fun peeing on the floor. They got the hang of the potty pretty quickly!
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My PT days are over too. THANK GOD. Good luck! I hope it's not to crappy. :)
ReplyDeleteWell, I have "issues" with my twin girls (they are 3 and not potty trained). I don't if the problem is me or them, so if you have tips for me please, visit my blog.
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LOLOLOL, I am having the hardest time with my daughter...it's nice to know I'm not alone!
ReplyDeleteMy little guy is 20 months old and he's starting tell me that he needs a new diaper... that's encouraging right? Awareness? He's my first, so i have no idea!
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahaha...size 19!!
ReplyDeleteMy two pretty much did themselves, I'm down to the once a week night nappy. SO glad it's over, I sympathise.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the potty training! You're right. Every single child is different!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!! I sympathize. I am at the end of potty training my daughter. She still needs a diaper at night.
ReplyDeleteWhen our oldest was nearing 3 he was not fully potty trained. AT his checkup, his pediatrician asked me to step outside so that they could "have a man talk" about using the potty.
ReplyDeleteTo this day I have NO idea what he said but it worked, he never ever pooped his diaper again!
My daughter refuses to go and she's almost three, so If I ever saw potty training classes I would take them
ReplyDeletesize 19! funny! don't worry, i feel you! i started training my daughter too few months after she turned too :) til now she still sleeps with diaper on :)
ReplyDeleteLOL! We were worried that Princess Nagger was going to be wearing diapers to her high school graduation... ;) She was a late bloomer in the potty training department, too - but once she decided it was time, then it didn't take too long. You're right - every child is different for sure! But you're not alone... ;)
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