Our Potty Training Story
As at the time I'm writing this blog my baby 'Vida' is two years old and she's potty trained. Initially she got potty trained at about 21 to 22months old officially even though before then she'd indicate when she needed to use her potty but i choose to say 22months old because she decided independently on her own to stop wearing diapers, whenever I wore her diapers she'd remove it and that's when I came to the conclusion that we were potty trained!
So initially I introduced potty to my daughter quite early, I think somewhere around 8-9 months; reasons because the bath my mum gifted us came with a potty and also she (my mum) engineered the idea of how nice it'd be if I started potty training early. So I do as told even though I wasn't doing it consistently, reason because it was difficult to tell when she needed to pee or poo, it just happens plus I wasn't always into it, so it was off and on for me.
Fast forward to when she was a year old I decided to take this potty training thing way more seriously, with time there were days when she informs me about wanting to pee and days she just pee or poo on herself before telling me " Mummy! Poo!"
What to expect when Potty Training
* Vina would freak out at the sight of poo thereby making her scared to use the potty.
* Accidents are bound to happen, don't get discouraged, just keeping encouraging your kid to use his or her potty whenever he or she is pressed.
There were days when Vida would pee on herself and I'd get really frustrated.
What you'd need
* A potty and
*Lots of Patience
In addition Vida doesn't wear diaper to sleep at night, what I do is , I make sure she pee at night before going to bed and so far that has worked well for us. To avoid soiling the bed i usually place a leather mat (can't recall exactly what its called) on the bed surface under the sheets.
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