Getting ready for the literal and figurative shit storm that is potty training. I would love to hear some experiences-

What method did you use? Was it from a book or a parenting blog? How long did it take? What would you do differently? What did you do right?

I plan to record evidence of our triumph so I can show her when she get sassy and says I don’t do anything for her. Welp kid, you’d literally be an animal defecating on the floor! Let’s watch exhibit A, shall we?

(I’m not really recording my child, I feel like I have to say this for the former FBI agents who recently have so much time on their hands. I was being entirely facetious…which sounds like feces)

  • alekwithak@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    My oldest was easy, we just brought the potty chair into the living room and removed the diaper, and she figured it out fairly quickly. Supposedly girls are easier than boys though.

    My youngest, he has been a real headache. Having other kids around makes the whole just not wearing pants and peeing in the living room thing a bit more difficult. He’s starting to get it now, at five, but it’s been a long road of positive reinforcement. Finding the right treats was essentially the key, and now it’s routine. Like a dog!

    So I guess-
    Girls: Make it convenient for them.
    Boys: Train them like a dog.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I had pull-ups to ease transition and I caught my daughter behind the door in one of the rooms taking the pull-up off and trying to get the diaper on

  • HairyHarry@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Yeah, that was a bit difficult with junior - but in another way. At the age of 5 he used the toilet but for reasons (nostalgia perhaps) he refused to flush. We were greeted daily with unflushed turds.

    So I upgraded his pocketmoney to 70 Cents and presented him this web-app I wrote on our family tablet:

    “See, you now will get 70 Cents at the end of the week”

    His face was filled with glory.

    “Now you didn’t flush today, see what happens.” I said while pressing the coin and turning it to a turd and reducing his amount to 60 Cents.

    By the end of the week I never had to show him this app ever again. Call me cruel.