When Jeolo hit the age of two, I started worrying about toilet-training him. I felt a little pressure from well-meaning family and friends who'd point out how their own kids stopped wearing diapers by the time they became toddlers. I decided to do some research to get some tips on how to go about the entire potty-training business and was relieved to find several articles such as this from BabyCenter which put my mind to ease. I followed the advice to wait until I felt he was ready.
After we came back from vacation last January, I gave it another go. I'd already noticed that he'd sleep through the night without wetting his nappy and would only pee into it once he got up in the morning. He'd also get up and stand quietly in a corner whenever he was going to poop during the day and would sometimes even tell me. So, on our first day of training, I made him wear cotton briefs and asked him to tell me if he wanted to pee. I'd already made him observe for a few months how his Dada would pee so I wouldn't have to teach him how to "point-and-shoot" when the time came. And, guess what? He did!
On our second day, I asked him to let me know if he wanted to poop but our first three attempts during the day were unsuccessful because he didn't have the patience to sit for long on the toilet. On our fourth try, I brought a chair with me into the bathroom and told him I'd hold his hand while we waited for his poopoo to plop. We sat in there for nearly 20 minutes before I finally heard that magical sound. We had done it!
Since then, we've only had about five "accidents" where he peed into his pants and mostly because was too engrossed playing that he delayed going till the very last minute. There was even one time that he was running to the toilet while peeing all over the floor. :r
This chapter in my little boy's life has merely enforced my realization that I shouldn't hold him up to other people's standards. Every child moves at his own pace and when the time is right for him to achieve a certain milestone, he will. :)
Mood Music: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship
yay, jeolo!! for maia we still have poop accidents. :( but the good thing is, she now goes to the toilet on her own to pee.
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Yay for our babies! It's so great to see them going to the bathroom by themselves, 'no? =D
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