Potty training
MY SON IS 20 MONTHS AND WHEN HE WAS 15 MONTHS OLD I STARTED TAKING HIM AND SITTING HIM ON THE BABY POTTY WHEN EVER IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING. I LEFT HIS DIAPER ON AND EVERYTHING, IT WOULD JUST BE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. AND THEN AS HE GOT A LITTLE OLDER, I DID THE SAME THING BUT WITH HIS DIAPER OFF AND I TOOK HIM TO GO POTTY BEFORE BED AND WHEN EVER HE NEEDED A DIAPER CHANGE. THIS SEEMS TO BE WORKING WELL BECAUSE WE HAVE ONLY BEEN DOING IT FOR 5 MONTHS AND HE IS GRABBING MY HAND AND LEADING ME TO THE POTTY AND PULLING AT HIS PANTS WHEN EVER HE HAS TO GO! I AM SO EXCITED. MY SISTER WHO IS THE MOTHER OF 4 AGES 7 TO 1, SAID IT BEST TO REALLY START ENFORCING POTTY TRAINING WHEN THEY CAN LIST 5 BODY PARTS AND TELL YOU THEY HAVE TO GO. NOW MY SON CANT TALK BUT HE SEEMS TO BE GETTING THE HANFS OF IT WELL. I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE CHILD. I DONT EXPECT MY SON TO BE POTTY TRAINED REALLY SOON AND I DONT PUSH HIM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE IS STILL SO YOUNG ( MOST KIDS ARENT POTTY TRAINED UNTIL THEY ARE BETWEEN 3 AND 41/2 ). ANOTHER THING THAT MIGHT HELP IS IF SHE HAS A LITTLE POTTY AND YOU PUT NEXT TO THE BIG POTTY AND "GO" WITH HER. HOPES THIS HELPS!!
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