I have wanted to do a parenting blog for a long time and just have never got around to doing it. I am not sure I am doing for others to read or so my children can read it someday when they have children to help them in the difficult, fun, rewarding task of parenting!

I am a blessed Stay-At-Home-Mom! I do believe in many of the things from attachment parenting, but I would like to consider my parenting style, INVOLVED parenting! Something anyone can do. I am not judging others or how they parent but this is my blog on my style of Involved Parenting.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Potty Training

My daughter will be 3 a few days before Halloween.  I am going to be having a baby in 10 weeks!  So, I have been thinking about potty training but I just never feel well enough to do it (I have hyperemesis......I am sick all the time).  Well I either need to do it now or when she turns 3 because I do not want extra stress in her life with the baby coming.  So I gave it a go this morning when she woke up with a dry diaper (she usually does).  I sat her on the potty and she went!  YA!  She has gone 6 times and no accidents, it is 2pm!  I called my hubby at work and told him there is NO turning back now!  We are all done with diapers!  I am not a pull up person either, I am 100% underwear!  When I potty train I use LOTS of treats, every time she pee's she gets a SUCKER!  Then if it has been a while since she has peed I get her to go by giving her ice cream dyed any color she wants it!  We watched  you tube: all the potty training movies (elmo, etc) and we do the potty dance on line!  My girls have all been potty trained in one day and I hope our son is as easy!  I know many moms feel stressed about potty training and keeping up with friends who have kids the same ages and potty training.  I luckily do not feel that pressure and I feel like when your child is ready you should potty train not because everyone else is doing it.  Have you ever felt that pressure?  Are your kids easy to potty train?  Are boys harder?  Whats your story on potty training?
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  1. AngieJuly 5, 2012 at 9:25 PM

    That's really great that potty training went so well for your girls. I don't ever feel any pressure to potty train my boys early. I know they won't be ready until right before they turn 4 (yes, FOUR) and even then it will take at LEAST a few months for them to be fully potty trained. With Torrin, it has taken almost a year, and he will be 5 in October. (This is pee-training. He has been poop-trained since he was 3 yrs). Anyway, with Grayson I'm not going to bother even trying until he says, "I want to wear underwear," and we'll take it from there. I don't do preschool or anything like that, so there is no rush for us. Not sure if it's a Wilcox or a Williams gene, but I'm thinking it's both b/c my parents have mentioned that they thought many of us would go to Kindergarten in diapers. lol

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