Comments on: Early Potty Training Q&A http://www.meglogan.com/2008/07/11/early-potty-training-qa/ Thoughts on marriage, parenting, homeschool, housekeeping, doctrine and my life. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:07:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: meg http://www.meglogan.com/2008/07/11/early-potty-training-qa/#comment-49498 meg Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:27:33 +0000 http://www.meglogan.com/2008/07/11/early-potty-training-qa/#comment-49498 Amy, Sounds like a rough road, but I am glad to hear that your daughter seems recovered. I would recommend going on with the potty training, with a light and cheerful attitude. I WOULD NOT ever mention to her again that she did, or might in the future have pain... forget about it, and let her forget it too.then keep up the fluid, and whatever fruit seems to make her go the most. Start the training by telling her how great it is that she is such a big girl now... and how she knows when she is going to go poopy! So now she can use the potty. If she is unsure about the potty, you can always encourage it with a reward of some sort. I like to start with verbal rewards, excited attitudes, and dances. If those are not enough, then there are always physical rewards, like a hug or kiss while on the seat, a "potty toy" that she can only play with while on the potty, or even as a last resort FOOD. Oh another thought, while she sits on the potty for fun, you can start to tell her "oh are you a big girl now? you are ready to use the potty?" and try to take her diaper off to sit on it even if she doesn't have to go. I would say something like "OH! look you are sitting on the potty! let me show you how to work your pants!" then show her and teach her how to do her own bottoms, that might spark some excitement and take her mind off of the "going". Hope some of these ideas help. Let me know. Mrs.MegLogan Amy,

Sounds like a rough road, but I am glad to hear that your daughter seems recovered.

I would recommend going on with the potty training, with a light and cheerful attitude. I WOULD NOT ever mention to her again that she did, or might in the future have pain… forget about it, and let her forget it too.then keep up the fluid, and whatever fruit seems to make her go the most.

Start the training by telling her how great it is that she is such a big girl now… and how she knows when she is going to go poopy! So now she can use the potty.

If she is unsure about the potty, you can always encourage it with a reward of some sort. I like to start with verbal rewards, excited attitudes, and dances. If those are not enough, then there are always physical rewards, like a hug or kiss while on the seat, a “potty toy” that she can only play with while on the potty, or even as a last resort FOOD.

Oh another thought, while she sits on the potty for fun, you can start to tell her “oh are you a big girl now? you are ready to use the potty?” and try to take her diaper off to sit on it even if she doesn’t have to go. I would say something like “OH! look you are sitting on the potty! let me show you how to work your pants!” then show her and teach her how to do her own bottoms, that might spark some excitement and take her mind off of the “going”.

Hope some of these ideas help. Let me know.

Mrs.MegLogan

]]> By: Amy M http://www.meglogan.com/2008/07/11/early-potty-training-qa/#comment-48568 Amy M Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:20:31 +0000 http://www.meglogan.com/2008/07/11/early-potty-training-qa/#comment-48568 My daughter is 21 months and I had intended on working on potty training when she was 18 months. Unfortunately, however, shortly after she turned 18 months she became terribly constipated. This resulted in several (3 or 4) painful stools, which led to her holding her poop (afraid of the pain). Only just recently (almost 3 months later) has she began to go regularly again without much fear (if she is a bit scared, I can almost always coax her to poop now). She lets me know sometimes before she pees or as she is peeing and before she poops, and she has a potty seat, which she doesn't mind sitting on (for fun). My only hesitation in starting the potty training is with her constipation...it has been such a big issue and I am fearful that a change now may cause her to want to hold it again. Any suggestions or thoughts? My daughter is 21 months and I had intended on working on potty training when she was 18 months. Unfortunately, however, shortly after she turned 18 months she became terribly constipated. This resulted in several (3 or 4) painful stools, which led to her holding her poop (afraid of the pain). Only just recently (almost 3 months later) has she began to go regularly again without much fear (if she is a bit scared, I can almost always coax her to poop now). She lets me know sometimes before she pees or as she is peeing and before she poops, and she has a potty seat, which she doesn’t mind sitting on (for fun). My only hesitation in starting the potty training is with her constipation…it has been such a big issue and I am fearful that a change now may cause her to want to hold it again. Any suggestions or thoughts?

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