My Moms advice. (crazy? Or good?)

[hannamaren]

My Mom has worked in childcare her whole adult life. She has a diploma but it is 40yrs old.

Anyway, on the weekend she suggested we start giving Layla her formula in the daytime (not before bed or middle of the night) in a sippy cup to start the transition off the bottle. (this advice seems good to me)

The other advice. When she worked in a group home/orphanage home, she said as soon as the babies could sit up on their own, they were put on the potty. After any meal and after waking - they were immediately put on the potty. Sometimes pee came out, sometimes not. She insists it helps with potty training later. She said I should think about trying it eith
Layla (almost 9 mths) crazy?

[mishap]

The first one -- I really don't know. I guess it could work. We always tried something new in the daytime anyway to try reduce any night wakings if it ended up bothering DS's stomach.

The second -- yes, that sounds crazy to me.

[zeewifeandmama]

About the cup: Sure, give it a try she might surprise you.

About the potty: Hey, it couldnt hurt, right? This sounds the same as Elimination Communication and some people swear by it.

[Deleted]

I use the sippy cup but only for " snacks" like a few ounces after a meal of solids. I agree with pp # 2 sounds like EC which is crazy but some people love it.

[bunch]

1. I agree. I've been giving dd her Wcm in a sippy.

2. At times I consider it. Dd is very obvious when she goes (holds on and squats) which both my mom and mil tell me is a "great sign.". I have a book on early pt checked out from the library, but haven't read it yet. I'll let you know what it says

[Deleted]

1. Sure, but make sure she gets her oz in or she'll be hungry.
2. Sure, but just don't leave her on long. Put her on, sing a few songs or read a book, and when she wants to leave diaper her up and away you go. I have some friends that have great EC success - but they had a baby that HATES wet/dirty diapers. Mine doesn't care. We might have tried harder if I was still home, but I'm not and just don't have the energy for it anymore.

[bronxgirl]

They both sound like good advice to me. I wish I had done that.

[luvmagoldn]

1. You can try it. My guys knew that formula was in a bottle and refused it in a sippy. But it does work for some kids.

2. My SIL's Indonesian nanny did this with all three of SIL's kids. Not sure at what age they were potty trained but she did it religiously so I assume there was some pay off.

[hannamaren]

I may wait until we have a nanny for the potty training one. She would have to be on board.
I gave her the formula in her sippy today mid morning. She drank most of it, but then started whining as she got tired, so I put it in a bottle - less work.
I am going to wait amd start after our weekend away

[ijack]

1. that's what we do
2. can't hurt.

[rubytuesday]

#2 Who has the energy for that?

[Deleted]

1. I tried this, but DS had a very strong association with formula=bottle only. He would throw any sippy or straw cup I gave him that had formula in it (started it around 9mos, but I wasn't very consistent). However, I did stop the bottles cold turkey a few weeks after he turned one. He fought for a few days but has been fine using straw cups for both WCM and water since then. I had to offer him several different brands before he settled on one he liked. We haven't had issues since, thank goodness.

2. That is crazy.

[thedash]

1. I had a little guy so did not want to interfere with his calorie intake at all. I did offer water in a sippy pretty regularly with meals around 9-10 months I think. But he rarely drank any. He prefers a cup with no lid. He gave up bottles fairly easily around 15 months so NBD.


2. Who has time for that?

[h]

Jul 24, 2012 12:30:39 GMT -5 ijack said:

1. that's what we do
2. can't hurt.

Yup.

[iheartbanjos]

1. DD was breastfed, but we started water in a sippy cup around 9 months with snacks.

2. Couldn't hurt?! DD was potty trained at 22 months (including naps but excluding night time) and we started sitting on the potty around 14 months to get her used to it. Sometimes she went and sometimes she didn't. When it came time to potty train, it only took 4 days and that's without following the instructions in the popular boot camp book.

[satama]

Jul 24, 2012 12:38:00 GMT -5 rubytuesday said:

#2 Who has the energy for that?

My thoughts exactly. Why do people want to rush to potty train anyway. It makes life more difficult. You have to always worry about accidents and using public bathrooms is not fun. If my kid would've stayed in diapers (he started taking them off himself) I would have waited as long as possible to potty train.

We did water and milk in a sippy only from about 9 months. Breasted milk straight from the tap at that point. So DS never even got wcm in a bottle and there was no transition. So I would totally try #1.

[dragonfly08]

I'd started my kids on sippy cups with water or formula by 9 months, so that's normal IMO.

As for #2, I'm not a big fan of things like EC. To me, using the potty on a schedule trains the parent and not the child. But some people swear by it, so it's really up to you. Both of my kids trained when they were ready, which in the case of #2 was long after *I* was ready, but it wasn't up to me.

[jena]

I think both sound normal.

We kinda did #2 with DD. At 13mo she started pooping in the bathtub on a semi-regular basis after never doing it her entire first year. So we sat her on the potty before and after bathtime and sometimes in the middle of bath if she started tooting. This was for self-preservation of sanity. However, pretty soon she would yell "poopoo" and run for the bathroom. By 18mo she refused to poop in a diaper. At 22mo we finished PTing her.

DS also sat on the potty early and often, but that was because he was shadowing big sister and wanted to do what she did. But it had a similar result. Frankly, I didn't PT him, my 4yo did when he was 26mo.

[Deleted]

1. I have no issue with it.
2. Seems like a PITA--I early potty trained DD1 (she was done at 23mo day & 27mo for night) & learned it's not worth the hassle (unless you really can't afford diapers). I waited for DD2 & DD3 to decide & they just did one day. There was no "training" involved & a lot less mess & frustration. They were 2.5 & almost 3 when they just decided they would use the potty & that was that.

[rosebud]

No idea about number 2, but I'd retired all bottles by 10 months or so, so that seems "normal" for me...

[pamela]

About #2 - I just started reading a book that advocates a method like that. The most interesting part of the book is the discussion upfront about potty training history and about how the US has one of the latest potty training ages and the reasons why. Many of those reasons were already mentioned in this thread - who has time for that, seems like a PITA, and not bothering until the child is ready. The average age of training here has crept up over 3yo, closing in on 4, where the rest of the world is closer to 2. The method you described is typically a starting point for those who are potty trained earlier.