Froggy Potty vs. Normal Training-PottyYou may be asking yourself, how do I start potty training and which potty is the best? According to my own experience, the froggy potty may look more attractive but it does not serve its purpose in the best possible way.
I started out with the froggy potty. It was fun for my daughter to sit on it and even go potty inside of it at times, but my vote goes to the normal potty-trainer. Why?... |
My Attempt with Potty Training... |
Should we start potty-training or not? That was the question that continuously ran through my mind.
#1. It will probably make things harder. #2.We won't be able to go out as often. #3. I'll have to make sure there are bathrooms everywhere we go. #4. i'll probably have to bring along a change of clothes. Our little one is only 2, turned 2 on October 22. A lot of people have been telling me to potty-train her, that it will save on diapers...etc You get the picture. Others have said to wait and not rush it. We are expecting baby #2 in April so less diapers is probably a better option for us. Personally, it's up to you and what you want to do. Is your child ready for it? Does she hint that she is ready for it? And most importantly, are YOU ready for it? I finally decided to try it out and give-it-a-go. This is how day #1 went: 1. We put underwear on her and took off the diaper. 2.We constantly had to go to the bathroom and sit her on her potty, flush, wash hands, repeat. 3. She pee'd on the couch( luckily we have vinyl), on our bed....but there were lots of other times she also pee'd in the toilet so that was a plus. 4. I had to remind her about going potty ALL THE TIME. If she was doing something else she would forget and pee on herself. 5. We put a diaper on her during nap-time and she pooped in that sometime so I didn't experience her pooping in the potty this time around. 6. We didn't go out. So...not the best kind of day. But we tried and that's what matters! The next day, a friend invited us to go work-out and we played at the playground so we went back to diapers. I learned: 1. You have to be consistent and committed with it-if you're going to start, make sure not to make plans to go out. It'll be a sacrifice, but do it! Don't go back to diapers. I don't think she is learning anything this way. 2. Buy lots of underwear in case they pee on themselves so you have lots of extras to use. 3.Remind them to potty all the time- you have to be on top of it! 4. Give them prizes to look forward to, especially when they poop ( we did not do this one) but I think if we had given her a prize she may even have been more excited to pee/ poop in the potty. I'll have to start...OVER AGAIN soon and really commit myself to doing it. It is definitely a change but she has to learn it eventually so we may as well start...again... sooner or later! |
My Tip... |
Wait until your little one is ready!
Don't push him/her into potty training! I ended up waiting it out, even if I felt my family insisted on me potty training my little one sooner. When Emma was ready, she learned to potty train. Wait it out. My little girl is now potty-trained and she figured it all out at (I think it was) age 3. I don't think bribes helped her at all. i think it was just when she felt she was ready she decided to pee in the potty, rather than the diaper. I highly recommend waiting it out until they are ready. Now at age 4, Emma is potty trained but still uses night-diapers. We have yet to potty train at night...but we will get there baby steps at a time and I don't want to push her too hard to get there. We will get there soon enough. **Take a look at the following books below, they are sure to help and make potty training an adventure rather than a nightmare: |