Today was the first day of my new years resolution to start potty training my 21month old son ( 22months on the 9th)
I am trying to do the barebottom route,
heres how today went
Woke up took him downstairs, got him milk, and took off his diaper. Sat him on the potty.
He wasnt big on staying on it but did for a few min. I gave praise for sitting on it good job your sitting on the potty.
He peed on the floor. I say no no pee on the floor,clean it up, and mark the time. an hr goes by and I put him on the potty again, after 20min or so i make breakfeast and sit him in highchair. And almost done with eating he pees and it goes to the floor. Again I say no no pee goes in the potty. I place him on the potty and clean up.
Since there is carpet downstairs i move us upstairs to a playroom.right before I go to take him upstairs he poos on the floor..lucky not on the carpet so i pick it up and say no no poo goes in the potty, take him to the toilet,throw it in and put ont he potty seat and set him on it , while i clean his feet ( steped in it) and said see poo goes in the potty. Good job sitting on the potty. and flush
In the playroom he pees on the floor, everytime I put him on the potty for any amount of time he wont go. I even put him on it when i caught him mid stream and he stopped. ( he had just started to pee and i put him on the pot) I made him stay for 15min, nothing. he gets up plays and 5min later pees....
sucess came when daddy came home, went downstairs had dinner and put him on the potty letting him watch cartoons. he sat about 20min got up ran around then i made him sit back down. he sat 30min watching tv and got up when it was over. I looked and he peed!
I gave him a piece of gummyworm( only candy had handy lol) said yay! good job all that, had him follow me to the bathroom where i dumped out the pee and my hand on his-flushed the potty, he closed the lid.
30min later he pees on the floor....
I dunno if I am doing anything wrong, or if there are any tips you can give?
is it okay to smack his hand and say no no pee on floor when he does? or just say no no?
I only put him in a diaper for nap and bedtime.
Do not smack him when he pees/poops and it's not on the toilet. He doesn't know how to use the toilet yet so you are punishing him for something he doesn't know how to do.
This is what I recommend: http://www.cafemom.com/journals/read/1182517/3_Day_Potty_Training. It's what I used to train my son when he was 23 months old and it worked great for us.
You said you were using the naked bottom method. I discourage people from using that method. As the owner of this group (for over 3 years now) I've seen way too many moms come through the group having done the naked bottom method that were having a heck of a time trying to get their kids to go potty on the toilet once clothes go back on. They end up having to totally retrain the child after clothes go back on. I'm of the belief that I need to do things once and not have to repeat them if at all possible so I'm not a fan of training one way and then having to redo another time when things are changed up. So, your best bet is to put him in underwear and maybe a shirt and train that way, as described in the link above.
Let me know if you have questions.
After reading it I am thinking maybe gettin him to wear undies is an okay idea, id just have to tell him not to take them off ( hes a wanna be nudist lol) |
I have started potty training because he has been taking off his diaper a while now when hes peed.
I had put him in onieses so he wouldnt rip it off lol
Just put them back on him if he takes them off. Remind him that we have to keep clothes on unless we are getting a bath, going potty or changing clothes. If you are watching him like you are supposed to with the 3 day method, you'll be able to keep him in check with keeping the undies on. :-)
Plus, if you sell it as "You'll be a big boy" and let him pick which underwear he gets to wear, he'll more likely keep them on. :-)
He seems to like them, hasnt taken them off. Just had a poop accident. I caught him squating to go but when I pulled them down ( wasnt hard poo) most was already out. He got upset that I sat him on the potty and said stay. I pointed at the poopy undies and said no poo in underwear.
have a feeling it will take longer then 3 days but thats okay
Quoting Mama869:
He seems to like them, hasnt taken them off. Just had a poop accident. I caught him squating to go but when I pulled them down ( wasnt hard poo) most was already out. He got upset that I sat him on the potty and said stay. I pointed at the poopy undies and said no poo in underwear.
have a feeling it will take longer then 3 days but thats okay
The 3 days is typically for pee only. Almost always poop takes longer. After all, we poop typically once or twice a day and pee a bunch more than that so we get way more practice with peeing per day than we do poop. :-)
Potty training gone wrong!
- Mama869
on Jan. 1, 2011 at 9:51 PM