potty training

The boys are 2 1/2. I dont know if they are ready yet. One might be close...every night before bath, I put him on and he goes. I also put the other on every night before bath and he has never gone.

I just dont think I have the patience yet to try. I am thinking it will be easier when it is spring/summer and they dont have a ton of clothes on.

Anyone else just not have the patience/energy to get started with it at 2 1/2.

 

Me! I waited till they were 3. It's definitely easier when they aren't freezing and you can naked train them! IF you have the gumption, GO for it! Good luck!

 

Mine are much younger but I can tell you that I am horribly terrified about the entire process. I would like to wait until they are old enough to read a book about it and teach themselves!!!

 

My twins are younger than yours, but I am SO not interested in potty training! I'm really not looking forward to it. It's partly just that I'm chicken about trying new things - I mean, I know how to diaper them, but how the heck do you PT??? :blush: And cleaning up after accidents... Ai yi yi.

I'll probably wait until they're really chomping at the bit (and/or until I get up the nerve). Right now I tell them that when they're older, they'll get to wear underwear and go in the toilet just like Mommy & Daddy, and they won't have to wear diapers - just putting the idea in their heads - but I'm really not looking forward to it! You're not alone!

 

I seen this in a magazine and looked into it, even though my boys just turned one. $300 per child is a lot. If everything else fails, I might give it a try when the time comes. :

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Nicole, I just talked to our pedi about this at the girls appt on Friday. He also mentioned waiting until warm weather to aid in the process.

But then we started talking more about the signs that the girls are showing and he then said that maybe they are ready :shok: and we could always try for a little while and if it doesn't work....just try later.

I'm just afraid of missing that "window". Right now the girls are very upset if they're wet or stinky. Ellie's been asking to go on the potty (hasn't done anything yet...). We're just getting over a stomach bug here, but I'm thinking I'm going to try starting next week.

I'm petrified too! And to add to my misery...we've got wall to wall carpeting and a kitchen that's not big enough to corral everyone in while we're training. <_<

 

I was worried about it and had every intention of waiting until they were very, very ready thinking it would be 3ish. They had other ideas so I went along for the ride and let them set the pace. It actually seemed very easy and it may be because my expectations were so low that they just wowed me.

 

Nicole,

I am absolutely in no hurry to train them. I feel like it will happen when they are ready. I am not at the point where I'm ready to push it and I'm not looking forward to them not wearing diapers anymore. That's not why I'm not pushing them or anything. I really don't think they are ready. I think Arwen is closer than Lorien because she will ask me to sit on the potty even though she has yet to actually have anything go into it. But she feels proud just to sit on it. Generally she just farts and she feels so proud about it and I laugh. I ask her if anything came out and she just says, "I farted." and I say "Hey that's great. Farting is good." LOL

I just find that diapers are so much easier and I dread the day they are both in underwear and we are at the check out line at the supermarket with half the groceries on the counter and one of them turns to me and says, "Mommy I gotta pee." Ugh. Just the thought of it gives me the shutters.

But alas. I know it has to happen at some point. My friend said she waited until her one daughter was three and it just happened so much easier she said (she has four kids, 2 of them are twins). I think I'm going to go that route and by then it will be summer so I can let them run around in the back yard naked (OMG, they will be in HEAVEN) and have a potty out there and we'll work on it then.

You are not alone. I dread it but not so much as I would as if I was forcing it on them when they simply weren't ready. In fact I tried to encourage Lorien before bath time tonight but she started crying. she just isn't ready!

 

:wavey: <--- I am the #1 dreader of PT'ing out there. :blush: Thank you ladies for speaking up because I was seriously getting anxiety attacks about it all of it. I have tried three times with mine and each time I am so stinkin' frustrated and give up rather quickly. :blush: :blush: I just get so scared that I'm going to mess them up somehow by not potty training them in time. ardon:

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I am taking the proactive yet layed back approach, lol! I ask every day if they want to wear undies and go on the potty, they always say no for now but will go with it when they say yes!!! I am also getting them to take their dolls/lovies to the potty and making big comments on how well they do

 

I didn't feel like either of mine were ready at 2 1/2 and I REALLY wasn't looking forward to the training process. Mine turned 3 almost a month and a half ago and I only have one trained so far. Alina trained in about 3-4 days at 32 or 33 months, I can't even remember now, but she does still have accidents, so I guess she's technically still training. Madison is just now showing interest, going on the potty a couple times a day for the last week or so. She still often wants a diaper though and usually won't wear underwear or a pull up. I'm basically just following her lead. I have been telling her that this is the last of diapers I'm buying though and that she has to start going on the potty after that. We'll see how that goes. I just didn't want to struggle with them over it if they weren't ready.

 

If you are not sure if they are ready yet I would definitely wait.

I tried when my girls were 2 1/2 and it just didn't click. Now the reason I tried was that they were pp'ing in the potty when they woke up, went to bed and various times during the day. They also were dry overnight at that point for about 4 months or so. They would also keep a pull up dry if we were out of the house for a few hours in the morning. But in the end they still didn't get it at that age and it was very frustrating for all of us.

I did move them into underwear 2 days before their 3rd b-day and they did great. Almost no major accidents and a very smooth transition for evereyone.

 

trust me you're not missing any "window"...DS at 2 years 8 months is NOT ready to potty train....he will cry to sit on the potty (at times) and do nothing, or tell DH he has to pee AFTER he's done it in his diaper...DD on the other hand is doing OK - some days she will tell you every time she has to potty and some days she won't tell you at all - and poop - fuhgeddabout it - the one time she got her poop look and started to fart - I ran her to the potty and she cried till I pulled her pull up back up - she took her dump and was happy...so I have a feeling it's going to be a while for both of them

 

I have heard from many people that boys are easier around age 3. Trevor will be 3 next month and I just started with him, I started 3 months ago with Emilie. My sister tried her DS at 2 1/2 and he wasn't ready, she tried again at 3, and he was ready then.

 

It really is making me feel better hearing from everyone. I feel like it's a PTA meeting {Potty Trainers Anonymous :laughing:} in here. :lol:

 

I think our twins are about the same age and I am in the middle of my second week of potty training. I think my girls are doing amazingly well for being as young as they are, but we still have some work. They pee in the potty reliably and have few, if any pee accidents during the day. I'm still doing diapers at night since they are so young, but poop is another story. They hold it for days and days, and then just poop in their panties when they can't hold it any longer.

BTW- I love your pic. I can't believe how stinkin cute your boys are and how big they are getting.


ETA: I know my tickers are awefully old. I am trying to fix that as we speak.

 

Jumping in here late!!

Glad I'm not the only one that feels this way.
Mine are just over 2 1/2 and I've had zero success so far and I hate even trying. I'm hoping one day it will just click for them, because so far I am hating this whole process...

 

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Mine are much younger but I can tell you that I am horribly terrified about the entire process. I would like to wait until they are old enough to read a book about it and teach themselves!!!


Too funny!!

Potty Trainers Anoynmous--I love it!!

 

Honestly, the only reason I started to PT is because the girls were constantly harrassing me about it. I was totally happy to put it off a bit longer because I was dreading it so much. It really hasn't been nearly as bad as I anticipated.

Honestly, the only reason I started to PT is because the girls were constantly harrassing me about it. I was totally happy to put it off a bit longer because I was dreading it so much. It really hasn't been nearly as bad as I anticipated.