[blparent] potty training

Star Gazer pickrellrebecca at gmail.com
Wed Jul 10 20:34:39 UTC 2013 

Put a diaper on their butt and go. A lot of kids figure out real quick they
can control the entire household and will take full advantage. You'll know
if they're going or just using the potty as a control technique. Be prepared
for daycare to yell at you, but ignore them. I am convinced many daycare
workers have no perspective other then their own. 

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisamaria
Martinez
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 4:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training

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
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> 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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