[blparent] potty training

[Star Gazer]

I didn't find potty challenging. I found the various approaches annoying,
but once I got it into my head that it was just like training a dog, I was
fine. Most of the cues you will be told about are visual because that's what
most people go on, if you pardon the pun. You just need to find cues that
work for you. 

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronit
Ovadia Mazzoni
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 1:00 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training

Thanks everyone. We feel pretty srongly that this is the right time, Alex
seems ready and he is also in fulltime daycare and has just been moved to
the classroom where they work on potty training, so it doesn't really make
sense for us to wait longer. I Know there's lots of opinions on when is the
right time so I'm not going to get in to all that. He's very verbal for his
age which does help and it is a learning process for sure. Just one of those
things about parenting that's extra challenging, in my opinion, anyway.

On 7/8/13, Jennifer Bose <jen10514 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Ronit.
>
> Good luck with this; it does work out eventually. I agree with waiting 
> a little longer, too, when kids are cognitively a little further 
> along. We got serious about potty-training when my daughter Abigail 
> was close to 3-1/2, and by then I could just have little conversations 
> about it with her, reminding her that if she needs to go potty, she 
> should tell me. Now, she almost always just takes herself to the potty 
> when she needs to and is pretty independent. But I guess it's great if 
> you can go through this process earlier, too.
>
> Jen
>
> On 7/8/13, Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
>> A couple things that worked for us was that I could hear a difference 
>> in my daughter's voice and she moved differently.
>> Basically find behaviors that are nonvisual that you can pick up on.
>> Also,
>> realize that this method and/or this period in time may not work for you.
>> Nothing wrong with that.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni
>> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 11:48 PM
>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: [blparent] potty training
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>> We have just started potty training our 27 month old son and we are 
>> using the method described in the ebook "oh crap potty training." 
>> Basically this method advocates letting the child be naked for a 
>> while while you teach them to go to the potty and then move on to 
>> pants but no underwear. One of the big concepts that they stress is 
>> looking for signals that they need to go so you can prompt them to 
>> get on the potty. I'm finding this very challenging since it is 
>> mostly a visual thing and mostly subtle. My husband has picked up on 
>> a few things since he is sighted but when I am alone with Alex, I am 
>> finding that I only know he's had an accident after he goes. 
>> Sometimes my husband can catch it right before it happens and rush 
>> him to the potty but I never can. Does anyone have any techniques for 
>> figuring out these signals in a non visual way?
>> Thanks so much.
>> Ronit
>>
>>
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