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A mother’s diary...<br />
the joys of potty training<br />
My daughter Isabelle is two years old and<br />
not long after her second birthday she<br />
began to show me some signs that she was<br />
ready to start potty training, i.e. telling me<br />
that she wants to do a poo or just jigging<br />
around on the spot when she’s doing a wee<br />
in her nappy. At this point I would take<br />
Isabelle to the toilet with me whenever I<br />
needed to go and I would talk to her about<br />
what I was doing and she was eager to no<br />
more!<br />
A couple of weeks before I intended to start<br />
potty training I brought out the potty for<br />
Isabelle to familiarize herself with it, and<br />
once again I explained what it was<br />
for. Isabelle was more than happy to sit on<br />
the potty (fully clothed) and get her toys to<br />
do the same! After that settling in period, as<br />
soon as she woke up in the morning I<br />
wouldn’t put a nappy on her and let her play<br />
as usual, making sure to remind her to use<br />
the potty when she needed to. I also<br />
encouraged her to drink lots of water and for<br />
her to sit on the potty approximately every<br />
30 minutes. However, if she didn’t want to<br />
sit on the potty I wouldn’t force her, neither<br />
would I force her to stay on the<br />
potty. Although to distract her enough to<br />
stay on the potty for some time we would<br />
read books and play games.<br />
Week 1<br />
Day 1: Isabelle’s up bright and early as normal<br />
and playing with no nappy. She’s had some<br />
water and is sitting on the potty watching TV…<br />
Oops, she’s had an accident, never mind, better<br />
luck next time. After I clean her up I take her to<br />
the potty and explain to her that the wee or poo<br />
goes in the potty. Isabelle had a few more<br />
accidents for the day but she still likes sitting on<br />
the potty!<br />
Day 2: Much like day one, a few accidents but<br />
we’re both still enthusiastic.<br />
Day 3: Hooray, Isabelle did a tiny wee in the<br />
potty, most of it was on the floor, BUT she got<br />
some of it in the potty. Yes!<br />
Day 4: No success today, lots of scrubbing of<br />
floors for mummy to do but Isabelle seems to<br />
love the freedom of not wearing a<br />
nappy. Whenever it’s nap time or bedtime she<br />
runs off when I mention the nappy.<br />
Day 5: Isabelle is still fine to sit on the potty but<br />
she seems to do a wee as far away from the<br />
potty as possible, like in the corner of a room or<br />
in the hall way. Once she’s done this she comes<br />
to me and says “wet” hahaha
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