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What could I possibly be doing to my recently potty trained 3 year old daughter?! 😉
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What could I possibly be doing to my recently potty trained 3 year old daughter?! 😉
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I love this! Ok, not the reason for the picture but, I believe parents need more “real life” pictures to save memories. Temper tantrums, messes, accidents, tears from boo-boos… Those are the things to remember. Not the fancy dresses and done up hair that were only for the purpose of the picture that exact moment.
I think so too! Candid shots always hold more memories then posed pictures.
Great follow-up photo would be a bar of soap and some shampoo… anyone else ever bathed their kid outside in the summer??? 🙂
I just did that after our first encounter with the ice cream man. The kids didn’t think it was as fun as I did though. I guess I should wait until July.
I love it! Was doing the same thing two weeks ago!
Ha Ha. Any parent with a Toddler know’s what you were doing! That is so cute though.
Too funny! Been there done that!
We’re having similar scenes with my 2-yr-old!
This is a great blackmailing shot for her wedding day. Save it until then & then pull out the Ace card & get what you want.
Another moment would be Class night for the 12 grade graduates.
HEHE! LOVE IT! I just had to change my daughter in the grocery store bathroom and rinse out her clothes in the sink! LUCKILY, someone had just recently given us a new booster seat and it was still in my trunk, so I was able to switch her peed carseat for her… YOU GOT IT RIGHT COLLIN, THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD! 😀
Love the real life you share! It makes me laugh out loud at my computer! Especially since I’ve been there and knew what you were doing the instant the picture came up!
there is no better time to potty train than the summer just for that reason easy cleanup
That’s how I potty trained all my children
I just did that about 10 minutes ago to my 2 year old. She was even wearing swim diapers and it was like a dam was breaking! 🙂
I think I notice those sandles!!!!! I have potty trained half my kids…due to timing in the summer….soooooo much easier……and those quick baths in the kitchen sink.
My first is only 10 months old…doesn’t somebody want to share “potty training was so easy and fast” sort of story? These are scary! 🙂
I’ll give you two dream stories! Just to be nice 🙂
My (now) 11 yr old was about 2 1/4, well aware of needing to go to the bathroom and hated being in a dirty/wet diaper but REFUSED to try to go on the pot! he was very tiny and thetoilet was almost as tall as him.. anyway. i told him one day, if you want to keep going in your diaper then i think you need to change yourself… well he said ok and started, this lasted maybe a month until July 4th week, we went on vacation to a lake with my parents, have several aunts and uncles and a handful of cousins over for a cook out and He comes streaking out of the woods..with his pants off.. “Mommy I have to pee! .. and proceded to pee in front of everyone, well EVERYONES cameras were out of course… he never used a diaper/pull up again, INCLUDING nights!!!!!
We are in the finaly days of the second good story
My almost 3 yr old, had NO interest in potty training and barely seemed to notice when she was wet or messy until about 2 months ago. She was watching her big sister put on new princess underwear and asked why she cant wear them, I told her , well you still pee in your diaper and the panties would be all yucky if you pee in them. She says” oh” ..paused a moment.. “well i dont pee anymore!” Sure enough, i let her try an older pair, she stayed dry, so she graduated to her OWN(smaller) princess undies and we have been pretty much accident free ..except when sleeping of course.. for the whole time! woohoo!!!!
I could give 9 more horror stories though 😛 Best advice, REALLY just wait until the child is ready, talk about going in general, let the child see that everyone big goes in the potty, it will happen! Trying to push it will only stress you both/all out and more than likely extend the process WAAAYYYY longer than anyone wants!
I potty trained my 20 month old by using my babysitters advice. Put her in panties and never look back. They do learn VERY fast they hate the feeling and they start using the potty. Within a couple days she was peeing every time on the potty. Now #2 was the hard one. Due to her picky eating habits and lots of constipation she didn’t like it. it was yucky and gross. I had to find the magic word. After a few weeks I found it. I told her it was “awesome” to go poop in the potty. Now she lets is know everytime she needs to go “awesomes”. I do recommend that if you do this you buy the plastic diaper covers in a smaller size and do not use pullups. That gives the go ahead to have an accident.
I agree. This is how I potty trained mine.It was just a fact of life- no more diapers.That’s it. No drama. No begging. Time consuming for mom, but my kids just knew that they had no other option.Diapers were gone. No pull-ups.( except bedtime , of course)
Same here. My mother gave me some great advice and it worked great with all of my children potty trained with a few days to a couple of weeks and well before two years old. You don’t have to start so early but these tips are helpful at any age of potty training. Some of the things she mentioned were this: #1-starting very early when you notice your child pooping or peeing in the diaper (peeing is pretty hard to catch, by the way, unless you’re holding the child and can feel the warmth!) tell her what she is doing so she can equate what she’s doing with the words. It helps when she’s older and you’re telling her to pee pee in the potty she’ll know what pee pee is. Otherwise, how will she know? (I think this is one of the things that makes potty training take so long for some people because it’s hard to explain to a child how to pee pee unless you’ve been telling them while they’re doing it. Go ahead and try to explain it to yourself and see if you can do it terms for a child to understand!) #2-A couple of months before you start let your children see mom and dad go. They probably already do but if not, don’t skip this step. It helps to talk about it as if it’s no big deal. No need to make it huge and put that pressure on your child. Plus, again they can see what pee pee is and it will help them see what they’re going to be doing. #3-Go straight to panties or underwear, even at night. (if you don’t like the mess put one of the underwear covers on top to contain any messes) People will say that kids don’t like the feel of pee pee, which is why this works, and I think it’s true for some. Two of my children hated it, but one didn’t care if his whole outfit was wet. Still, with him it was only a couple of weeks until he was trained. I can’t be certain, but I think pull-ups would have prolonged potty training quite a while. #4-I didn’t make a big deal about going in the potty. I just treated it as matter of fact…something we all do and isn’t really a big deal. I would mostly say a short praise about the effort to go in the potty rather than praising the actual going. People may disagree with me here and that’s okay. Go with what works for you. In my opinion, too much praise can make a child feel more stressed out especially if they don’t receive the same level of praise each time. #5-Don’t give anything to drink for a couple of hours before bedtime with the exception of a sip at bedtime. If you’re making sure your kids get plenty of fluids during the day this is not a big deal at all. This way, when she pee pees before bed she can empty her bladder fully. Now, with two of my children this worked great and they woke up dry every morning and have NEVER had a night accident. Now, the one that didn’t mind being wet was also the one that would need to pee again during the night. We figured this out very early and started taking him to the potty one more time before we went to bed. I’m telling you he would pee in the potty in his sleep basically and we’d put him back to bed. It would be enough to get him through to the morning without an accident. I have a friend that was getting up 2 times a night with her son due to accidents. (he’s 7). I told her to quit giving him so much to drink right up to bedtime and that got him down to one wetting a night. I told her to get him up one more time before she went to bed and that cut the night wetting right out. #6- Be consistent. This is really the hardest for parents. Take the child to the potty on a regular schedule until they get the hang of telling you. Every hour if you have to. Don’t back down even when you’re child is mad that you’re taking her away from something fun to potty. Also, make the point when there is an accident of how much longer it takes to clean up than just going to the potty in the first place. Eventually, they will understand it will be a lot faster (and can get back to playing quicker) for me to just go to the potty than to have to get all cleaned up and changed, etc. if I have an accident. I think that’s about it. #7-Don’t get mad at accidents but definitely don’t say “it’s okay.” Because getting mad will stress the child out and saying “it’s okay” implies, well, that it’s okay and she’ll do it again. I hope this helps someone. I know every situation is different, but for those who have no idea which way to go…this may be one way to try.
Love this. My kids both potty trained themselves. One day something clicked and they were done with diapers … day and night … at ages 2 1/2 and 2. We have had enough parenting challenges. I’m so thankful potty training wasn’t one of them!
My 20 month old just potty trained herself last month – not much help from me at all! My first daughter was not so easy, but this one wants to be just like her big sis, so it was a snap! Now…her twin brother may take a while…
I love this also…my granddaughter is 3, potty trained, but won’t us a public potty. So…we carry around her potty seat in the trunk of the car or back of the van. We figure “What ever works!”.
Haha. We carry a kiddie potty in the back of our vehicle too. It’s been a lifesaver many times! Public restrooms seem so dirty I’d rather not take my little ones in there if it’s easily avoidable.
We never leave home without our “car potty”. 🙂
I Love it! Too funny. I am “working” on getting my soon to be 3 year old twins trained and I am in total fear of all my shopping trips turning into bathroom trips/mishaps!
Oh my 4 year old daughter has driven me nuts with the whole bathroom thing while shopping.. I was running errands a few weeks ago and she had to go in Target while I had a cart full of stuff then 15 min later she had to go again while we were in BJs while I had a cart full of stuff..
always when shopping … and it’s never just a pee!!!
I have been doing that on a daily basis lately. We have a pool so we are out there everyday and my 3 year old gets “too relaxed” or something because everytime she gets in she poops her swim suit and I have to “hose her down” lol
OH, I am so there. My almost 3 year old son has mastered the art of peeing in the potty, but the other is yet to be figured out. Thankfully it’s summertime and we spend most of our days outside!!!
Love the picture!!!!!!
That is priceless Collin..been there..done that with 3 kiddos myself! BTW..did you notice…the next coupon ad below your picture with your daughter is CHUNKY Soup??? That only added to my giggles. 🙂
Too cute……….. I to am in the process of potty training my 2yr old. She has picked up on the deed o f if she is in a store and does not want to be there she ” I gotta go potty” I know rotten. Does your little on do this?
Oh that is tooooo funny – I love it!
We are potty training our youngest. She turned 3 last month (okay I know she should have been trained by now but shes VERY STUBBORN/HARD HEADED)….we had her believeing that you cant turn three until you start using the potty. Who says Moms cant decided when you celebrate your birthday…and for the most part it worked!
Not at all – 3 IS NOT TOO OLD to still be at the potty-training thing. Every child is different and there is much more going on in a 3-yr old’s mind than going on the potty. Don’t get on yourself, or especially your child for that!
Am right there with you except my daughter is 3 1/2 years old & she still isn’t potty trained! She’ll go pee in the potty but #2….kind of a different story. she went a few times but she’ll poop right in her panties…drives me up the wall. When she is at her maw maw’s she wants to poop in the drive way!! (I really don’t understand why she wants to do that) I have to keep telling her to go to the potty thats where its suppose to go!!!