Comments on: potty training

By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:40:49 +0000

I was told to share this with you from a friend, Erin. I just designed this.
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd268/momma2carsonbelle/More%20shirts/potty_image.jpg?t=1236809173

By: carrie

carrie — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:04:28 +0000

gracie turns three in may, and she has successfully used her potty, oh, probably a half a dozen times. some people ask me about her potty training, and i always respond that it’ll happen when she wants to. right now, though, she is not overly excited, and i am not going to create some lifelong issue for her by forcing her to sit on the darn thing. ;)

so yeah, don’t stress.

By: mary kathryn

mary kathryn — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:48:13 +0000

Hi there Keli! Hope you’re well! I had to comment. We thought our Emma was ready at 18 months (she’s SO smart, you know!), but alas, she only potties when she wants to. My son learned in one day and has never ever had an accident. He’s almost four now and he trained at 26 months. I’m convinced he was so successful because we just let him do it whenever he was ready. I never even really talked about it with him – he just wanted to be a big boy and put away the diapers! Hopefully the same plan will work with Em!

By: Andrea B,

Andrea B, — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:47:00 +0000

Love that ladybug pic. : )

Keli, this is such an important parenting tip! I, too, fully fully agree that kids will do things and hit milestones at their own pace. You are smart to have figured this out early on.

It’s hard when you hear about your friends’ kids hitting these milestones and your kid isn’t there yet. The tendency is to think, “What is wrong with my kid?” But every kid is different.

My son was 3.4 years old when we started potty-training. It took two days. : ) It’s sooo much easier if you just wait until they are good and ready.

By: Jen@Our Daily Big Top

Jen@Our Daily Big Top — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:45:28 +0000

From a mom whose children were over 3 by the time they were potty trained, don’t rush. Pushing it will only cause more headache/heartache for you and Emma. Sounds like she gets it now it’s just a matter of when she wants to do it all the time. I never thought my kids would get it but they did…when they were ready, not me.