[blparent] potty training

[Pipi]

here's a link to training pants like what you are talking about.
http://www.babybestbuy.com/dappi-early-trainer-vinyl-training-384.html
pipi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joy Wolf" <joy at kevinlwolf.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training


> We used these wonderful one piece training pants.  They're like the older
> style training pants in the sense that they're cloth on the inside and 
> have
> a vinyl type cover, but they're all one piece.  They were enough different
> from the pull-ups that my daughter noticed, and they would feel wet inside
> more than diapers or pull-ups, but they kept at least much of the mess
> inside.  For my daughter, who took a bit longer to really get it, they 
> were
> wonderful.  I wasn't too worried about the carpet at home because it 
> cleaned
> up fairly easily.  However, in my opinion there is nothing worse than 
> taking
> a little one out somewhere and having them end up completely soaked, and 
> oh,
> by the way, that was the one and only time you forgot to pack enough extra
> clothes, lol.  Can you tell I've experienced that one? Anyway, sadly I 
> can't
> for the life of me remember what those training pants were called, but for
> us they were helpful.  I've known parents who swear by pull-ups, and 
> others
> who absolutely hate them.  I refused to use them myself becase as you
> mentioned they just didn't seem much different than diapers, but I think
> this is an individual choice.  Also, don't expect potty training to go the
> way you planned, no matter what your hopes are, lol.  My daughter took 
> many
> months to train.  My son absolutely refused to sit on the potty, and would
> get upset if I tried to push the issue.  I finally gave up and put him 
> back
> in diapers.  One day we were shopping and he insisted on a new potty seat,
> even though we had one for him at home.  I grumbled about how if I was 
> going
> to spend 20 dollars on this thing he'd better use it, lol, but I bought 
> it.
> He was just 3 at that time.  Well, we came home, he used it, and never 
> went
> back.  In fact, from that moment on he was both day and night trained and
> probably only had two or three accidents total.  So, neither potty 
> training
> experience went as I thought it would for us.  I'll stop rambling now, but
> wish you the best of luck.  Just try hard not to get frustrated, be
> consistent, and above all, pay attention to his signals.  He will let you
> know when he's really ready to make it happen.  Take care.
>
> Joy and family
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Shannan Zinck
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:12 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] potty training
>
> Starting the wonderful Potty training process. One of our biggest 
> parenting
> fears. any tips? We can never tell when he has to go and using underwear
> just seems way too messy for us since we can hardly find out where he goes
> and our house has carpet in every room except the kitchen and the 
> bathrooms
> I hate carpet. I heard that pull ups are not the best because it's too 
> much
> like a diaper and I believe it since our son treats them as such. Some one
> suggested using underwear with a pull up over them. He is averaging peeing
> half in the toilet and half in his pants and hasn't tried to do # 2 in the
> toilet yet which I expected would be the case. I remember when we started
> the adoption process and this was in the top 5 list of parenting dreads.
> Myles has shown interest for a long time and right now we have a window of
> opportunity, It's summer, we have a decent time eriod of little upheaval
> and busyness, I know it's a good time to really go for it but, what do I 
> do
> next that won't ruin my carpets and furniture. any ideas would be great.
>
> -- 
> Shannan Zinck
> Survival is letting GOD take over!!!
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