Potty Help...WWYD?

[hermione]

Sorry this is long, I am totally lost. C is a few days away from 27 months old. I have (had?) no plans to potty train until fall or later. She is in the toddler room at daycare and they all practice using the potty 3-4 times a day. C likes this, thinks it's great fun. In the last week at home she says yes if you ask if she wants to try the potty. This is new. She always answered no up until now. She has never actually used the potty anywhere.

Sunday when she was put down for her nap, she stripped naked and peed in the crib.

Yesterday at my parents', they got back from swimming and my mom took off C's swim suit and diaper and asked if she wanted to try the potty. C said yes, bolted down the hall, climbed up and peed on their couch.

This evening we were watching Super Why and she started to strip. I asked if she wanted to try the potty. YES! YES! She was excited. Insisted on being totally naked and sat on the toilet forever. She didn't want to get down. Finally I asked, "all done?" Yes.

As soon as I lifted her off the potty, she bolted into the playroom, dove into her circus tent, and promptly peed a ton.

Is all of this normal?

Is it time to seriously think about potty training? Isn't 27 months too early?

BONUS QUESTION: Can stuffed animals go in the washing machine? Some favorites bore the brunt of the circus tent pisscapade.

[cricketwife]

Dying at "pisscapade!" Dying. #nothelpful

[kaycee]

Let me first say I have no idea what I'm doing.
I have a 25 month old. The other day she asked to go potty in the toilet. We put her on the potty and she went. The next day she asked again and went to the bathroom on the potty twice. She then asked to wear underwear. We figured we might as well give it a shot.
The first day was amazing. Only one accident and it was because she put four pair of underwear on and couldn't get them off in time. The second day we had more accidents because we went outside and she forgot to tell us in time.
Around day four she started being fearful of the potty. I think it's because she doesn't want to poop in it.
Today was a rough day. I put her in a diaper for a bit (long story) and then asked to potty and ran in her tent and peed.
Long story to say it is worth a try, but have realistic expectations. I want to be a potty training dropout, but I think we've gone too far.

[mainelyfoolish]

I cannot help with the potty training, but you can definitely machine wash and dry stuffed animals. I do it all the time.

[dcn]

27 months is not too early, I'd give it a go!

[holly116]

Jul 7, 2015 19:59:38 GMT -5 mainelyfoolish said:

I cannot help with the potty training, but you can definitely machine wash and dry stuffed animals. I do it all the time.

I do too. If I'm at all worried about a particular stuffed animal, I tie it in a pillow case.

[Deleted]

Maybe bring the potty out where you are? L spent an entire episode of super why on the potty.
Some of the weird tips. Congratulate you and your partner every time you go potty. 'Way to go grandma! You peed! Potty dance'. Everyone gets all excited. L loved that.

Rewards for trying. My kid is chunky so maybe bad idea....?

[thebreakfastclub]

I downloaded the Oh Crap book and I think I'm going to give her plan a go in the next few weeks. I might as well use my unemployment to its fullest.

The author claims the best time to pt is between 22-30 months.

[dulcemariamar]

Jul 7, 2015 21:33:34 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

Jul 7, 2015 21:07:41 GMT -5 thebreakfastclub said:

I downloaded the Oh Crap book and I think I'm going to give her plan a go in the next few weeks. I might as well use my unemployment to its fullest.

The author claims the best time to pt is between 22-30 months.

Try to keep your eyes in your head. She makes you roll them hard.

But I preferred this method to 3 day method, although I think the 3 day method + 5 weeks of daycare had us 65 - 70% of the way there going into this past weekend and the oh crap method. I also got to skip most of the book.

What is the difference between the Oh Crap method and 3 day method?

[dulcemariamar]

I would give it a try but keep your expectations low. We just did the 3 day method at home with my 2.5 year old and it seems to have worked well for when she has to use the potty at home. I am still waiting to see if she can do it when we are out of the house.

[bugandbibs]

This was how old DD2 was when the potty trained for real. She had been usually a potty combined with diapers since 16 months.

[barefootcontessa]

Not too young. I would take advantage of her enthusiasm. I would try to find a time very soon that you can dedicate to working with her, having her be naked, drinking a lot, etc. It is amazing how fast it can happen when a child wants to be trained. My two youngest sons were trained in a matter of days (during the day) and they were both well under three. If it does not work out now you can try again later.

[leonard131]

We are also using the Oh Crap method. No rewards or constant prompting. He got the idea of using the potty in the house with no clothes on in a day and half. Now we have moved onto clothes and he has had two accidents. One last night and one this morning. She says it more about them learning to recognize they have to go then being prompted. We will see how it goes. I think the clothes thing will be hard. Also she believes that getting past 30 months is too late so this seems like a good time for you to try.