Letting the dream die
In my reading of parenting books, articles and message boards, I've gleaned two points about potty training. 1- kids often show an interest between 18 and 24 months and if you encourage that, you can often successfully make the transition to using the toilet. 2- cloth diapered kids mainly fall into two categories, those who potty train early because they are able to feel when they are wet and figure out what is going on and those who do it late because they always feel wet, so peeing in your pants is no big deal.Howie has definitely been showing interest. Despite his lying about pooping in the last few weeks (I think he just wants some privacy), he's been telling me when he goes since about 16 months. We talk about the potty, we read books about the potty, we discuss it when we change his diaper and when he follows us into the bathroom. He likes to sit on his little baby bjorn potty chair while we are in the bathroom, but has never actually used it. He stays dry for hours at a time, even over naps. I had high hopes for him falling into the first group, the early learners.
Last night I was getting him ready for the bath. I got him stripped down and leaned over to check the water temperature. Warm water running over my hand, warm liquid running over my foot. He was looking down with a horrified expression. Ack! I grabbed his potty chair and said, "here, pee in this." The scream that ensued was as if I had asked him something equally frightening and disgusting, such as eating a live cockroach. "Mom! I have no idea what's happening with my body right now, but you want me to do it in my special chair?!" Despite his ability to hold it for hours, the kid has no idea what's going on. I don't think we'll be buying tiny undies anytime soon.
posted by Valarie @ 8:11 AM
8 Comments:
That is so sad. Poor kid. They are so smart, but still have so much to learn. Their world is so innocent and it's hard for we adults to fathom how they see things. Good luck... I hope he puts it all together soon. I don't look forward to toddlerhood, but I am certainly almost there.
Dude. If you ever want to feel better about yourself and Howie, remember that my kid just BARELY started staying dry all day like 2 weeks ago. And he's 5.5 years old.
(Kelly had better be a breeze to p/t, that's all I'm sayin)
Sounds awfully cute to me. Thanks again for watching my kidlets this morning.
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I guess at this point putting the whole thing on hold might be the best idea (no pun intended).
Kids get ready to go potty at different ages, maybe in a few months he'll get figure it out, don't despair!
Poor little guy! He'll put it all together sometime soon I'm sure!
Just wait until he poops in the potty for the first time. Little Man thought he was losing a body part and freaked, lol.
I think this came out more sad than I meant. Really, I was laughing at the kid.
I'm in a similar boat as Sheri.So, yeah, pt'ing sucks. But I wouldn't give up hope of having an easy trainer just yet.
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