[blParent] Toilet training

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			I used to use a guide dog. I remember saying to my
husband in all seriousness when I was teaching our oldest about the potty "I
love potty training". He asked why, and I said "I get to stay in the house,
I'm warm, I'm comfortable, I don't need to know or care what's happening
outside, different species of poop, way better working conditions" I meant
every word of it. 

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Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2022 7:51 PM
To: nadine.lattimore at gmail.com
Cc: sonshines59 <sonshines59 at gmail.com>; blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blParent] Toilet training

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."
Sent From The HIMS U2 Mini

----- 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

>
>
> Hi Judy thanks for response. 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Regards 
> Nadine
> 
> On 13 Feb 2022, at 19:48, sonshines59 <sonshines59 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> "Hi, Nadine,
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Also look for some potty training tips online.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> judy
> "Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings."
> Sent From The HIMS U2 Mini
> 
> ----- 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
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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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