[blparent] potty training

Wed Jul 10 21:41:10 UTC 2013

My daughter hated the potty chair.  I got her a Dora the Explorer seat to 
put on the regular toilet, and the whole process went a lot better.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Star Gazer
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 2:15 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training

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
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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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