It seems so strange to say my baby is potty training but its true. I just want to say that every child is different and this is just what worked for us. We tried a few different techniques with
It was around April that we started noticing Baby bear was telling us when he had done a wee or poo in his nappy. After about a month of him telling us nearly every time he went to the toilet, we decided to go and buy him a potty for the living room. We were gifted a toilet seat for the bathroom. We thought that Baby bear would take to the potty straight away but as soon as we got it in the house Baby bear stopped telling us when he had been to the toilet. He hated the potty he refused to sit on it or even pick it up.
We decided to just let Baby bear take the lead, there was no rush for him to become dry. After a couple of months of it just sitting in the corner,
I then started to work with him on sitting on it. I used one of his favorite teddies to show him how to sit on it and that it isn’t as bad or scary. It took a while to convince him but after a little while, I had him sitting on it even if it was fully clothed.
I then started showing him books about potty training and within a week he was sitting on it with just a nappy on. We couldn’t believe how well he was doing little did we know he was about to start running with it.
No lie again within a week he was sitting having a wee. I looked into a lot of rewards I could use with Baby bear, and I tried stickers and high fives with praise but we found sweet rewards worked best for Baby bear.
We reward him by giving him 1 sweet every time he does a wee on the potty. I have put the sweets in a pot on the side mainly so it is easy for me to grab but I have found letting him pick what sweet he would like is part of the reward for him.
We don’t really have many wee accidents on the floor so I just assumed it would be the same when teaching him to poo on the potty. We were very wrong. The first poo Baby bear did was on my floor. Lovely right?. Pooing has been slightly harder, Baby bear seems to be struggling with knowing the difference between needing to poo or just passing wind. He has been waiting for me to put a nappy on him for naptime and bedtime to do a poo.
This being said, he did his first poo on the potty yesterday. I cried, I don’t know if it’s because I’m pregnant and hormonal or just super proud of my little boy but I cried a little. We decided because it wasn’t as easy for him to poo on the potty we would give him a slightly different treat reward. He loves lollipops so that’s what he gets for a poo.
It is still early days we aren’t ready to start wearing any type of pants as he still has an accident in them every time I put them on him. He is also still wearing nappies when we leave the house or when he sleeps. However
The rewards sweet pot is a fab idea, I used chocolate buttons with my son!
Baby bear isn’t a huge fan of chocolate and Daddy bear would just eat them all haha x
I remember our potty training days, we ended up getting an all singing and all dancing potty that played a fanfair when she did anything, it worked thankfully, only a parent will understand the joy in your child doing a wee and a poo in their potty x
We looked at them but decided to try the normal potty first. I never thought I’d get excited over a poo before becoming a mumma haha xx
Potty Training is one of those things that really challenges you as a parent. NO child is EVER the same. It’s sometimes so difficult and othertimes, they’re just ready for it and they let you know. I had really issues with Luke but eventually he got there. We ended up bypassing the potty and starting properly with the seat that goes on the loo. I didn’t see the point in teaching him to pee and poop in the potty and then teaching him that actually, that’s not where you go, you go in the loo! That being said, potties are useful for when you’re out and about.
I tried that with Baby bear but he was so scared of the toilet even with the seat on there so we had to start with the potty but I completely agree with you I think the potty is confusing in the long run but every child is different.
It feels like just yesterday I was potty training my little one. The sweets are a great idea. I had a chart and when she completed it she got a treat
We are moving onto next sticker rewards next now he is going nearly everytime without many accidents.
Asda have really great reward boards that are wipe clean and have stickers too. And they are only £3
Oh, I might need to check it out thank you x
We are just about to start potty training with my youngest – I’m dreading it!
Good luck – I was the same but it’s not as bad as you think xx