Congrats for your kiddo! Don't be disappointed when they regress though. There will be a back and forth! One of the most effective things I found when I was training my second kiddo was just to...
Congrats for your kiddo!
Don't be disappointed when they regress though. There will be a back and forth!
One of the most effective things I found when I was training my second kiddo was just to remove the diaper entirely and let them run around half naked. Accidents were common trying to use underwear, but not existent bareassed.
Congratulations! You have entered a new era. The end of diapers just got a little closer. Once my daughter was pooping on the toilet. She twisted around and looked in the toilet, then up at me,...
Congratulations! You have entered a new era. The end of diapers just got a little closer.
Once my daughter was pooping on the toilet. She twisted around and looked in the toilet, then up at me, and said, "I've got skills."
If this is your first, I'll say that the move from diapers to no diapers was unexpectedly fraught. We went from, "ooh, stinky diaper, let's go find a place where it would be convenient to change this diaper" to "I have to go. Now!" I pretty much had to know where the closest bathroom was at all times.
We had a portable potty seat somewhat like this that was great because you could fold the arms out and put it on a public toilet seat to make it easier (and more sanitary!) to sit on, or make the tabs into legs so it stands up on its own. You put a bag in it, stand it up, and you can use it anywhere, including in the car. We did that quite a lot in those days: pull over, move the passenger seat all the way forward, and set it up in the back floorboard. Use a baby wipe to clean up, tie a knot in the bag, dispose of it at your earliest convenience. 10/10 would recommend.
That potty sure would've been useful to have about a month or two ago. Take this advise to heart and never leave the home before having your kid go. Even the shortest of trips.
That potty sure would've been useful to have about a month or two ago.
Take this advise to heart and never leave the home before having your kid go. Even the shortest of trips.
I've mentioned this previously in a different thread; start carrying a pack of Post-It Notes with you when you go out. Modern auto-flush toilets (in the U.S., at least) are loud and vigorous, and...
I've mentioned this previously in a different thread; start carrying a pack of Post-It Notes with you when you go out.
Modern auto-flush toilets (in the U.S., at least) are loud and vigorous, and the IR beam they use to tell when you've gotten up tends to be just at the top of a seated toddler's head. Any time the kiddo bends down or moves, the toilet flushes, spooking the very person who most needs to be comfortable with using them. When I was potty-training my sons, I've seen the toilets flush 3 to 4 times while they were still sitting.
Before your son sits down in a public restroom, put a Post-It over the sensor to prevent the spurious flushes. Wait until he's left the stall to remove the sticky note and let the flush happen then, not when he's most vulnerable. You can sometimes drape toilet paper over the sensor, but if it's embedded in the wall, you won't be able to do that. Post-Its work on almost all configurations.
While you're at it, cover his ears if he's drying his hands with a hot-air dryer; the newer ones are sometimes so loud they hurt my rock concert-damaged ears.
Oh yeah, all good advice. Never did do this, but the toilets would flush constantly for my kids and my oldest refused to dry their hands because of the noise from the dryers being so damn loud.
Oh yeah, all good advice.
Never did do this, but the toilets would flush constantly for my kids and my oldest refused to dry their hands because of the noise from the dryers being so damn loud.
When people ask me what it's like being a dad, there's a lot of great things I can talk about, but I always make sure to mention: Potty training is, in my opinion, in that exact same line of...
When people ask me what it's like being a dad, there's a lot of great things I can talk about, but I always make sure to mention:
You as a person just don't really appreciate that you're able to eat with a spoon, until you have to teach another tiny human just how exactly to eat with a spoon.
Potty training is, in my opinion, in that exact same line of thought. Congratulations!
Congrats! When my oldest kid started pooping on the toilet, apropos of nothing, she started yelling "MARRR-GER-YYYYYYY, I POOO-PEH-EDDDD" at the top of her lungs when it was time to wipe her ass....
Congrats! When my oldest kid started pooping on the toilet, apropos of nothing, she started yelling "MARRR-GER-YYYYYYY, I POOO-PEH-EDDDD" at the top of her lungs when it was time to wipe her ass. Neither myself, nor my wife, are named Margery. Kids are weird.
Ours probably did it on the same day as yours -- massive congrats! We've been using a big sticker/little sticker system, and for her, all of those big dogs, cakes, cars, hearts and everything else...
Ours probably did it on the same day as yours -- massive congrats!
We've been using a big sticker/little sticker system, and for her, all of those big dogs, cakes, cars, hearts and everything else stood out in her mind while she picked itty-but stickers for each pee.
I'll never forget the excitement when it happened.
Potty training my twins was a really frustrating period of my life and the only thing got me through it was being able to be over the top excited with them when celebrating the wins like this....
Potty training my twins was a really frustrating period of my life and the only thing got me through it was being able to be over the top excited with them when celebrating the wins like this. This is a HUGE deal, so well done, Lapbunny family!
Let's goooooo! I'm excited for you and your son! A great development milestone, and hopefully a near end to the real stinky diapers that you get to deal with.
Let's goooooo!
I'm excited for you and your son! A great development milestone, and hopefully a near end to the real stinky diapers that you get to deal with.
And they look at me weird when I announce I did it…
We’re all proud of you, don’t worry.
I do sometimes (to very close friends or family) announce that I pooped. The reactions are funny.
Yup! "Sorry I'm late, I was pooping." Worth it for the reactions some of the times!
At work, I'll use the term "ill-timed biological imperative."
Just be patient. Once you get really really old it’ll be eventful again.
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I reluctantly, bemusedly, slow clap for you good sir or madam or nonbinary gentlebeing.
Congrats for your kiddo!
Don't be disappointed when they regress though. There will be a back and forth!
One of the most effective things I found when I was training my second kiddo was just to remove the diaper entirely and let them run around half naked. Accidents were common trying to use underwear, but not existent bareassed.
This is your unsolicited advice for the day.
Hey now! I might have had some too... do I have to wait for tomorrow now?!!??
Unsoilicited advise more like it
And that may continue for years...
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I’m going through something similar at the moment with my little one. Stay strong and stock up on laundry detergent!
Congratulations! You have entered a new era. The end of diapers just got a little closer.
Once my daughter was pooping on the toilet. She twisted around and looked in the toilet, then up at me, and said, "I've got skills."
If this is your first, I'll say that the move from diapers to no diapers was unexpectedly fraught. We went from, "ooh, stinky diaper, let's go find a place where it would be convenient to change this diaper" to "I have to go. Now!" I pretty much had to know where the closest bathroom was at all times.
We had a portable potty seat somewhat like this that was great because you could fold the arms out and put it on a public toilet seat to make it easier (and more sanitary!) to sit on, or make the tabs into legs so it stands up on its own. You put a bag in it, stand it up, and you can use it anywhere, including in the car. We did that quite a lot in those days: pull over, move the passenger seat all the way forward, and set it up in the back floorboard. Use a baby wipe to clean up, tie a knot in the bag, dispose of it at your earliest convenience. 10/10 would recommend.
That potty sure would've been useful to have about a month or two ago.
Take this advise to heart and never leave the home before having your kid go. Even the shortest of trips.
I've mentioned this previously in a different thread; start carrying a pack of Post-It Notes with you when you go out.
Modern auto-flush toilets (in the U.S., at least) are loud and vigorous, and the IR beam they use to tell when you've gotten up tends to be just at the top of a seated toddler's head. Any time the kiddo bends down or moves, the toilet flushes, spooking the very person who most needs to be comfortable with using them. When I was potty-training my sons, I've seen the toilets flush 3 to 4 times while they were still sitting.
Before your son sits down in a public restroom, put a Post-It over the sensor to prevent the spurious flushes. Wait until he's left the stall to remove the sticky note and let the flush happen then, not when he's most vulnerable. You can sometimes drape toilet paper over the sensor, but if it's embedded in the wall, you won't be able to do that. Post-Its work on almost all configurations.
While you're at it, cover his ears if he's drying his hands with a hot-air dryer; the newer ones are sometimes so loud they hurt my rock concert-damaged ears.
Oh yeah, all good advice.
Never did do this, but the toilets would flush constantly for my kids and my oldest refused to dry their hands because of the noise from the dryers being so damn loud.
Oh yea, this was a major problem for my second. It helped once the parallel to vacuum cleaners took.
When people ask me what it's like being a dad, there's a lot of great things I can talk about, but I always make sure to mention:
Potty training is, in my opinion, in that exact same line of thought. Congratulations!
Congrats! When my oldest kid started pooping on the toilet, apropos of nothing, she started yelling "MARRR-GER-YYYYYYY, I POOO-PEH-EDDDD" at the top of her lungs when it was time to wipe her ass. Neither myself, nor my wife, are named Margery. Kids are weird.
👑🧻おめでとう🚽💦
Grats! Soon enough you won't have to wipe their butt anymore and you'll get that piece of your soul back.
Congrats! As others have said, prepare yourself mentally for the possibility that this is just a flash in the (bed)pan.
Ours probably did it on the same day as yours -- massive congrats!
We've been using a big sticker/little sticker system, and for her, all of those big dogs, cakes, cars, hearts and everything else stood out in her mind while she picked itty-but stickers for each pee.
I'll never forget the excitement when it happened.
Potty training my twins was a really frustrating period of my life and the only thing got me through it was being able to be over the top excited with them when celebrating the wins like this. This is a HUGE deal, so well done, Lapbunny family!
Let's goooooo!
I'm excited for you and your son! A great development milestone, and hopefully a near end to the real stinky diapers that you get to deal with.