[blparent] Potty Training Gone Wrong

Wed Mar 30 20:27:00 UTC 2011

She is close, patience grass hopper.  You just watch and see, pow, it will
be done before you know it.  What ever you do, stay away from the diapers
and pull-ups.  Let her feel the wetness and praise her to high heavens when
she is dry.  And by all means, take her often, even if it is every 10
minutes.   Smile and have a super wonderful day. V

-----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 6:26 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Potty Training Gone Wrong

Hi.  Sarah turned three years old about a month ago.  I thought she was 
ready to train because she's waking up dry in the mornings most times, and 
she goes for three or four hours without a wet diaper.  So she was sort of 
showing the signs till we got derailed.

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: "Brandy W" <branlw at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 6:14 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Potty Training Gone Wrong

> Hi, Maybe get her a diaper cover to put on over the panties? Take her to 
> the
> potty often although she has diapers on. Switch to cloth diapers for a
> while, but still taking her potty? Another reward that is more special a 
> few
> m and ms maybe? This is usually a problem with poop not pee. Remind me how
> old she is?
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> -----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 6:57 PM
> 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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