[blparent] potty training

Wed Jul 10 20:28:04 UTC 2013

Okay, so how long do kids take? The few times Erik would sit on the
potty it took him forever, and I mean like 15 minutes plus. What do
you do if you have to get going ... like to work?

On 7/10/13, Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
> I refused to get a potty chair. The thought of cleaning it made me ill. Not
> sure why. Diapers don't bother me, bodily fluids don't bother me, but I
> drew
> the line at the potty chair.
> Indoor plumbing is a great invention, and my daughter was going to learn to
> appreciate it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Erin Rumer
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 12:50 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
>
> Hello,
>
> In our home we just switched yesterday from using the potty chair to using
> a
> Thomas the Train potty seat on top of the regular toilet.  I was getting
> really grossed-out with cleaning the potty chair every time and my son took
> to using the big potty beautifully.  Some key points that I think aid
> tremendously in the success thus far is that I made sure to get a
> comfortable seat with handles so that he feels secure and doesn't mind
> sitting on the toilet for a bit while waiting for everything to come-out.
> I
> also keep bathroom friendly toys around for him to play with and I also
> keep
> a small boom box on the counter for my son to listen to some of his
> favorite
> tunes while he's going potty.  He loves it when I sit on the tub and we
> sing
> songs and play games to help pass the time.  The step stool is also really
> important.  I was using the Boon Potty Bench for his potty seat that turns
> into an amazing wide and strong step stool when the lid is closed.  The
> stool is wide enough that Dawson can turn around on it and not feel like
> he's going to take a header.  It's also got some storage spots on the side
> for toys which is a huge convenience.  As a mom who's blind I love my son
> going in the big potty because it's easier to hear what his little body is
> doing as the pee and poop have further to fall on their way down. GRIN
> This
> seems to also be helping Dawson as he's learning what sounds poop makes as
> it plops into the water and what sound pee makes as it tinkles down.  The
> sounds excite Dawson and he feels a lot of gratification after he's gone.
>
> Happy potty training.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Melissa
> Ann
> Riccobono
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 12:41 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
>
> You know, in all seriousness, I would take diapers almost any day over
> those
> early potty training days! Potty training is just down right messy and
> gross
> any way you look at it, unless you have a child who trains him or herself
> in
> just a day or two--which happens... Not to either of our children, but
> maybe
> Elizabeth will be easier!
> Sorry I don't have any advice for you except to hang in there! Oh, maybe
> something that might be helpful... Is there a particular place Alex likes
> to
> go in order to do number 2? For Austin, he had a little toy house, and he
> often went in there in order to do number 2 in his diaper. So, when we
> started training, I did always grab him and take him to the potty when I
> saw
> him hanging out in the house. Oriana had no such "special" place however,
> so
> she was a little harder. We did not have our kids naked. We did put them in
> underwear and only in pull ups when they were going to bed at night, taking
> a nap, or when we were going out in public and really did not want a huge
> mess on a bus or in a cab.
> Hang in there!
> Melissa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronit
> Ovadia Mazzoni
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 1:00 PM
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> 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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