So back to the farting newborn, I started cueing him and realized the irony of the situation so
I actually took him to the potty and had a catch!
Not exact matches
In fact I remember
taking my little baby (when she was maybe 3 months) and the nurse insisted on
taking the temperature rectally and was
actually gloating how she knew
to stand aside as it sometimes made kids
to have the sensation
to go
potty.
Our service is 2 hours long and Bohdan stayed dry the whole time (I was asking him
to tell me if he needed
to go) «WOW» My husband and I then
took the kids out for lunch where Bohdan told us three times he had
to go
to the bathroom!!!!! By this evening Bohdan is
actually tells us when he has
to go making it (4 pee's and 2 poops on the
potty this evening).
He will even
take it off and tell me he has
to go
to the
potty - he will then sit on his
potty chair and
actually use it.
How long you talk about the
potty training, before
actually starting will vary from child
to child, however a month give or
take is about how long this process
takes.
Many kids will catch on
to your «put it in the
potty» desperation and
actually do it (thought it may
take more than one trip
to the bathroom).
One of my friends
actually is starting EC with her second one because she saw that eventually she will have
to take the plunge and learn the 4 roads (and she realized that clean - up is easier when
pottied)!
It
took a couple of days
to get her
to actually sit on the
potty for the first time but I praised her extremely when she did it!
Often with visiting cousins or friends it is simply a matter of having so much fun playing and visiting that the child
actually forgets or tries
to delay
taking a moment
to get up from play and go
potty.
The authors state that «if you don't rush it,
potty training will
actually take less time in the long run» and «even if you do manage
to potty train your son early in his second year, he's then more likely
to have a setback... than if you'd waited...» but they do not have any evidence or cite any studies
to support these statements.
So while this method may result in younger
potty - goers, it
actually takes LONGER
to achieve.
The opposite is
actually true because Rumparooz diapers truly
take you from birth
to potty training!
But in the meantime, what I know for sure is that caring for small children day in and day out, managing every bite of food, nap, diaper change,
potty break, bedtime routine, and tantrum while trying
to actually raise them
takes a lot of energy — both mental and physical.
As for being house trained... well if you regularly
take her out... usually no accidents... but she doesn't
actually let you know... she will start walking around with a purpose and then I ask her if she wants
to go
potty outside and she will head for the stairs.