We took a HUGE step last week and started potty training baby girl. We actually had no plans to start potty training her seriously. I bought a training potty just so she could get used to it and the idea...I mean she's been walking for 3 months already, so why not?
After a few days of letting her play with it like a toy I moved it to the bathroom, so we could explain to her that it was her potty just like this big one is mommy and daddy's potty. Shortly after she was making the poopy face, so I thought I'd sit her on the potty so she got the idea. She must have been ready to be potty trained because that's all it took! She went in the potty the very first time I put her on the potty. We decided to teach her the sign for potty, she loves her baby signing. The next day she came up to me and grabbed my arm and signed "potty". I took her upstairs and she immediately peed in the potty!
Since then she's totally gotten the hang of it, she even waits sometimes overnight or during her nap. She's obviously not ready for big girl panties but I've only had to change one poopy diaper since we started this! Sometimes she wants nothing to do with sitting on the potty, which is fine with me, I never force it. It's not like she needs to be potty trained right now.
I'm blown away that she seems to get the idea. I'm amazed that she's catching on so quickly! It just goes to show you that it never hurts to try, your kid might surprise you!
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