[blparent] Potty Training Gone Wrong

[Michael Baldwin]

One thing that seemed to help my girls is having them wear sun dresses with
no panties on.
It seems that is when it really clicked for them. They had nothing touching
them down there for their mind to confuse with a diaper, and there were no
panties or anything else to pull down.
Not Sure where you live, but if it is warming up, this might be an option.
Just another option, if you want to try a different approach instead of
waiting a little bit.

Michael

 

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 19:24
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Potty Training Gone Wrong

Well, I was considering putting her in a nursery school just for a few
hours, two or three mornings a week, for the social interaction.  But once
they are three, a lot of programs want the kids to be trained.  There's no
hurry to put her in a program, though, or at least no deadline.

Jo Elizabeth

"Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that never
were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy

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From: "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin at gpcom.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 6:17 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Potty Training Gone Wrong

> I would just wait, she doesn't seem ready.
> No need to force it, unless she has to be potty trained for up coming 
> school or something.
> Just my opinion.
> Michael
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 18:57
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] Potty Training Gone Wrong
>
> Hi, all.  I'm back again with another question.  I'm so glad I have this
> list of people to talk to.  Sarah and I are having no luck with the potty
> training thing.  I went back through the archives but couldn't find any
> other posts that really dealt with our situation.
>
> I got Sarah a video about potty training months ago, and she loves it.  I
> got two potty chairs, one for upstairs and one for downstairs, and she
> explored them thoroughly and sat on them a few times, first with clothes 
> on
> and then with her diaper off.  I let her watch me use the toilet, and then
> flush it and see the water go down.  We talked about hand washing, which 
> she
> loves, and how she's a big girl now and it's time to move on from diapers.
> So far so good.
>
> Then we picked out big girl underpants at the store so she could be just
> like Mom, and we hit the mother of all roadblocks.  We really talked up 
> the
> underpants, and Sarah was excited when she wore her first pair.  But when
> she wet herself, she freaked out and started crying.  I told her it was no
> big deal, that we would just change her clothes and move on, but that if 
> she
> got a feeling in her tummy again, she should tell me so we could go sit on
> the potty.  She wet herself several more times, and got more hysterical 
> with
> each accident.  Finally, she said she didn't want to pee anymore, and she
> refused to wear big girl underpants.
>
> Back to diapers we went, and I wasn't worried.  I figured I'd let it ride
> for a few days and try again.  But every time I've suggested putting on 
> big
> girl underpants, she cries and says she wants to stay in diapers.  In 
> other
> areas, she's proud to be a big girl--she drinks out of big girl cups and
> sleeps in a big girl bed.  But I guess she scared herself when she wet her
> pants, and she's stuck on that.
>
> Any suggestions?  Do I quit for now and try in a few months?  Is there
> anything I can do to make training more positive?  (I've tried giving her 
> a
> sucker for sitting on the potty, but she's so turned off by it now that 
> even
> that doesn't work.)
>
> Thanks,
> Jo Elizabeth
>
>
> "Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that 
> never
> were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy
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