[blParent] Toilet training

[sonshines59]

Hi, Nadine,

You sound great! 

You're mentioning the guide dog reminds me of when potty training really took off for our older one in 1987. She had been working on it for months, when I went in mid-November to San Rafael to train with my second guide dog. When I got back with a new dog orginally from Phoenix, Arizona, traveling to Idaho and two feet of snow in December, I was having to get my new dog used to going out back in the snow, which she had never seen or experienced, to potty, at the same time helping our toddler get on the potty when she needed to. I spent about two months of sometimes, getting our daughter on the potty, taking new-dog outside, circling a few times, then attaching her leash somewhere, rushing back in to check on our daughter, finishing up, going back outside to finish relieving new-pup. What a rush!
  



judy
"Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings."
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----- Original Message -----
From: Nadine Lattimore  <nadine.lattimore at gmail.com>
To:  sonshines59 at gmail.com
CC: blparent at nfbnet.org
Date: Sunday, February 13, 2022 4:11 pm
Subject: Re: [blParent] Toilet training

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> Hi Judy thanks for response. 
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> Yep all ready here has potty and seat for big toilet. Knows exactly what to do and reads through potty training theme book while sitting on potty. 
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> Possibly overthinking it re my blindness, but it can play such a subtle role in everyday life as a parent. Just wondering if anyone has any specific tips or tricks. Hoping I will be alerted to any accidents and like I said guide dog won't find them first. 
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> Regards 
> Nadine
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> On 13 Feb 2022, at 19:48, sonshines59 <sonshines59 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> "Hi, Nadine,
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> I'm a grandma now, but we were very relaxed about potty training with both daughters, and they managed it in di"erent ways at different ages. We to ook our cues from them.
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> Some parents try to put kids on a potty schedule which works when they are truly ready, but sometimes, if the kids aren't ready, the parents have actually unknowingly scheduled themselves, and not the kids, into putting their kid on the toilet when they aren't really ready yet. They try to get kids trained before their systems are mature enough.
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> I had a niece who didn't "get it" until she was three. Our youngest daughter started "practicing" several months before she was consistently able to use the toilet, about the middle of her second year. A lot of this you play by ear with your kids. Watch for when they show an interest in the toilet. Get them one of their own they can sit on. Praise them for having a toilet just like mom and dad. It starts out being something they imitate and do just for fun, not knowing what it's really for, but they catch on when they're encouraged.
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> Our younger daughter wanted so badly to go to school like big sissy. She had her own little potty seat, and was wearing pull-ups to get the hang of how it is to wear underpants. I took advantage of her desire and told her that the school wouldn't allow her to go until she could potty all by herself. This was three months before her third birthday, and she was super-motivated, and was rady for preschool by her third birthday. The whole process is a series of steps forward and backward then forward. Reward the positive steps, and don't sweat the misses. It can be a slow process, and all depends on each kid.
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> Also look for some potty training tips online.
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> judy
> "Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings."
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nadine Lattimore via BlParent  <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> To:  blparent at nfbnet.org
> CC: nadine.lattimore at gmail.com
> Date: Sunday, February 13, 2022 7:07 am
> Subject: [blParent] Toilet training
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>> Hi there anyone care to share experiences of toilet training? No useful vision and a guide dog who I'm hoping won't get to accidents before I do. 
> Regards 
> Nadine
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