Potty-training tips

[marose17]

Hi mommies!  Can you share potty-training tips?  I want to potty-train my two year-old sons.  So far, they know how to say poo-poo and do not object to doing it on the toilet seat (we put a potty seat on a regular toilet seat whenever they use it).  However, they've started to fool us by saying poo-poo even when they don't feel the urge to do so.     I want them to enjoy the process and not feel any pressure.  As a mom though, I am eager to save on diapers ASAP.

[satya]

my daughter is 4 years old..naka diaper pa rin..my daughter's been constipated since 1 year old sya. so advise ng doctor ay huwag ko daw madaliin..until today di sya maka-poo poo kung walang diaper...di ko alam ano gagawin ko

[pinkpotato]

^ kulit ng kambal. hahaha

a friend sent me potty training guide. nakaka encourage. pero parang di ako sineseryoso ng anak ko pag training e. may music kasi potty chair nya kaya ayun.

[grumpybear]

Hi mommies!  Can you share potty-training tips?  I want to potty-train my two year-old sons.  So far, they know how to say poo-poo and do not object to doing it on the toilet seat (we put a potty seat on a regular toilet seat whenever they use it).  However, they've started to fool us by saying poo-poo even when they don't feel the urge to do so.     I want them to enjoy the process and not feel any pressure.  As a mom though, I am eager to save on diapers ASAP.

My son went through this din. Where he'd say he needed to pee or poop when he really does not need to go. My take on this is, believe them. And if they end up not going, no biggie.

I actually was too lazy to read potty training books. I just put my son in cloth training pants nung una. There were days when he'd be ok with them and there were days when he wanted his pocket diapers. I just went along with it. When we were regularly doing the training pants na, I slowly introduced underwear. Ganon din, there were days he'd be ok with it and days where he wasn't. Of course it helped when the print was Spiderman.

I guess my approach to potty learning would be quite the same as what my approach would be to weaning from the breast if I were actively weaning. Acknowledge where he is at and respect that but at the same time slowly encouraging them to wean from the diaper.

We had a few accidents here and there but we didn't make a big deal out of it. I just encouraged him and acknowledged him when he used the potty.

It definitely was not one of those overnight stories that you read/hear about. It was a longer process for us. I started when he was a little over 2 and he was completely potty learned before he turned 3.

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marose: i had the same experience with Kyle. some kids though will tell you when the pee or poop is about to come na. kaya hindi nakakaabot minsan. type nila un anjan na kesa un magwait pa sila. hahaha

fortunately my son learned when he was 2.5 yrs old. kaya at night na lang un nappies nya

[kurdapya]

I can say "I just successfully potty trained my son" .. I started around May.. everyday.. he sits in his potty for 10 mins.. then naging half hour.. then 1 hour..  syempre.. para hindi mainip ang anak ko, i give him toys to play with while sitting.. or putting my laptop in front of him and play Wall-e, or Cars.. something that he likes.

For start i make him sit only in the morning.. then i realized.. he mostly poo during night before bedtime.. after i give him milk.. so I make him sit na rin during the night.. same instruction.
i also  showed him some kids sitting in potty from you tube.. Until one time.. ayun na.. nag poop  na sya. Until now.. after he poop or pee.. we clap our hands together.. just to let him know it was good job. Last month, when he was still peeing in his pants .. i frown.. etc.. just to make him know it wasn't correct. My son is delayed talker.. word by word pa lang sya. So we made a name for his potty.. We call him "Noo-noooh".. so yun yong keyword nya if he needs to go.

 Ang problem ko naman.. he only goes when he really neeeds to go..  parang pinipigal nya

[jelly]

^yun 3yo daughter ko...ganun din pinipigil..kasi parang yucky sa kanya yung poop...nagconstipate pa siya..as in ..last last week 2 days siya di nagpoop...kahit ano gawin namin hirap pa din.di pa siya nagpoop sa cr...although dati marunong na siya bigla na lang ayaw niya parang nandiri siya..nagprescribed si pedia ng laxative...sabi niya after 3 days pag ayaw pa din glycerin na...ayun...pagpasok ko ng suppository...inupo ko na siya sa toilet bowl..sabi ko hawak ko yun hands niya..3 days na kaming ganun.kanina siya na nagsabi upo na daw siya..so yun na marunong na thank god...ngayon naubusan kami ng diaper..sa night time na lang kasi siya nagnanappies...pero nung afternoon nap niya sabi nagising sabi niya mommy weewee..sinamahan ko...then bumalik siya natulog uli..naisip ko kaya na niya siguro icontrol ang pee niya so good luck sa akin sana di siya magweewee ngayon gabi...mahal na kasi ng nappies niya..although one a day na lang makakasave na kami kasi di na kami bibili ng diaper niya..may baby na kasi ko ulit konting tipid sana...

Dati nung natuto siya..lam ko ginawa ko sinasama ko siya sa cr habang nag ccr ako..so natuto siya kaso nagwork ako kaya di ko siya natutukan.ngayon lang uli..napakaimportant na tayo ang nakabantay sa kanila di yun yaya kasi sa atin talaga sila matututo..

[maricar14]

my daughter learned to conrol her pee at 2 yrs old.

poops though is another matter. she doesnt want to poo in the CR or even sa potty chair! lagi nya pinipigil kaya nagiging constipated pa. hay ...

[aleng_maganda]

   ako late ko na rin tinuruan son ko... 2.5y/o sya nung talagang tinutukan ko. pero saglit lang mga 1week lang... TIP: Ipa experience mo sa kanila yung feeling being wet and dirty... sa anak ko kasi he hates the feeling kaya nag sasabi na sya agad if wiwi. ganon din with poop... utot lang pala sabihin nya poop...

[rotap]

   ako late ko na rin tinuruan son ko... 2.5y/o sya nung talagang tinutukan ko. pero saglit lang mga 1week lang... TIP: Ipa experience mo sa kanila yung feeling being wet and dirty... sa anak ko kasi he hates the feeling kaya nag sasabi na sya agad if wiwi. ganon din with poop... utot lang pala sabihin nya poop...

hahahha ganyan din anak ko ang cute nila kapag umutot feeling poo poo at least diba warning na ibig sabihin nun ..nagtatatakbo naman kami sa cr ...=)

[AmbersMom]

when is the best time to potty train our babies? 14  months pa [textspeak!] baby ko but i want her to start early.

[AmbersMom]

when is the best time to potty train our babies? 14  months pa si baby ko but i want her to start early.

[hotchick_19]

same question with ambersmom.. my son is 1 year old.. nakakalakad na.. [textspeak!] ng mom ko pag nakakalakad na saka turuan ng potty training.. totoo ba un? TIA

[marssie]

my son naman (1yr and 10months) marunong na magsabi ng wiwi at uu, kaya nga tipid nako sa diaper ngayon May potty chair din siya, a rabbit style, constipated din kasi si baby kaya ganon binili ng mama ko, para may kakapitan siya pag iiri,pero ngayon okay na poops niya at everyday naman niya ginagawa yun, di nga lang pare-pareho oras pero most of the time morning.

Pag nagwiwi naman siya, ina up ko siya sa toilet bowl and i let him flush after para medyo maaliw siya. Kaya nga excited siya pag nag wiwi siya na matapos agad hehe.

[hunny_ally]

^^when my daughter started refusing to wear nappy. as in she removes it.

my daughter was semi-potty trained around 20-22 mos old. "semi" bec she wears a nappy when she sleeps and when we got out.

my problem though with my daughter, she holds her pee cause she hates the wet feeling in case there is an "accident". so regularly you'd have to remind her that it's time to pee.

this is extra hard late at night. cause even though she wears a nappy, in the morning it's still dry. she holds her pee even when she's asleep (btw, is that bad?). it's really extra effort for me to wake her up in the middle of the night and deal with a cranky toddler to remind her to pee.

[grumpybear]

when is the best time to potty train our babies? 14  months pa si baby ko but i want her to start early.

I pretty much followed the potty learning readiness signs.

http://www.babycenter.com/0_potty-training-readiness-checklist_4384.[textspeak!]

hunny_ally, when we started potty learning with my son, we also had to remind him occasionally to pee. Hanggang sa natuto na lang siya to go "I need to pee (or poop)!"

About keeping dry at night, I think it's ok. Their bladders can contain so much more naman na so if they wake up dry, then it should be fine. In our case, our son has to go pee siguro mga twice per night. Sometimes he's cranky but most times, sanay naman na siya sa routine.

BTW, my son wasn't completely potty learned until shortly after he turned 3.

[mami violy]

dun sa 1st baby ko di kami nahirapan mag train sa kanya kasi maaga sya pumasok sa school (2.5yrs old) sa school na train sya ng husto then follow up na lang sa bahay.
grabe laking tipid sa diaper he's now 4yrs old at di na sya nagdiaper kapag natutulog. nilalagyan na lang namin sya ng diaper kapag super pagod sya kasi for sure maya't maya yung wiwi nya. kaya yung isang big pack ng diaper nya na XXL aabot yata ng more than 6 mos na stock nya or lagpas pa dun.

[kurdapya]

just sharing this link from youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9v-nKxH2NE

my son was watching this while i was potty training him and helped a lot.

[maldita_ako]

My daughter is 18 months old going 19,she can say wee wee and poo poo. sabi ng sitter ko pede na umpisahan at this early,so i bought her a potty chair,yung normal lang walang design or music pero may flushing sounds. At first,she knows na na dun uupo if magwee wee cya,isang beses lang cya nag wee wee doon nung gumamit ng toilet si hubby. Sabi ng sitter ko,huag ko daw i-diaper sa umaga,problem ko is im working nights,so sa umaga minsan antok na ko & wala na ko patience to clean the floor kung mag wee wee sya. ANd besides,everytime we go to the bathroom & sit her sa potty chair uupo lang sya for awhile then pag nakita na nya yung tub sasabihin nya ligo. Mukhang mahihirapan akong mag potty train.

[sweet_sexythang]

Mga sis I found this site helpful for potty training, actually its about toddlers talaga, here it is http://tantrumtoddlers.blogspot.com  in fairness informative yong blog nya.