Quoting .o°¨ AriannasMama¨°o.:“ My LO was almost completely potty trained! She always told me when she needed to go and everything, ... [snip!] ... about her peeing. She'll yell peepee like she has to go, but it is just to get us to follow her around and try and catch her.”

I think I would just switch to underwear. She may not care about a warm wet sensation in her pull-up. In underwear & clothes she will get a cool wet sensation.
It does result in more laundry, but most people think pull-ups are just a waste. I did use them, but I called them our night time & naptime underwear.
You & your SO arguing could affect her negativly. She gets your attention by peeing in her pull-up, or making you chase her.

Quoting {ERF} Mom of a Genius:“ I, personally, think it could. Then again, every kid/person is different. Oh! Perhaps she's trying to ... [snip!] ... (baby version of winter depression?! maybe...). My prediction is things will turn around by the time warm weather returns.”

I did not know about the winter thing!! That could be setting her back as well.
Or at least contributing to it.


@Booger & Bubba's Mommy I think I am going to try that! She is a really big girly girl, so I think that maybe putting some really cute undies on will make her try harder not to wet them. I just don't want her to ruin clothes with accidents, but maybe a couple times of that and she will learn?

Please say yes. lmao.

Quoting .o°¨ AriannasMama¨°o.:“ My LO was almost completely potty trained! She always told me when she needed to go and everything, ... [snip!] ... about her peeing. She'll yell peepee like she has to go, but it is just to get us to follow her around and try and catch her.”

Sounds like exactly what I've been going through. Unfortunately, for us it's been months. lol. He'll get to the point where I think we're almost there, hardly having any accidents at all, and then he just quits, for weeks. And we have to start all over again. I know he can do it. He has the ability, he is just a stubborn little monster and he chooses not to. lol

Quoting EastonsMom~TOG:“ my son showed interest in his potty but then lost it. now he screams if i even mention sitting on the ... [snip!] ... how to even start the potty training experience. i thought he'd naturally be interested in it, but that came and went quickly.”

Danielle- With everything else going on right now, I'd probably recommend holding off on the potty training. The last thing you both need is more stress. Especially if E isn't interested. Give him some time, let things settle down and then reapproach it. It will be much easier if he wants to do it. And who cares what other people think? Let them judge all they want. I guarantee they weren't and will not be perfect parents.

Quoting .o°¨ AriannasMama¨°o.:“ I did not know about the winter thing!! That could be setting her back as well. Or at least contributing ... [snip!] ... just don't want her to ruin clothes with accidents, but maybe a couple times of that and she will learn? Please say yes. lmao.”

Take her to the store & let her pick them out.The first week I would avise sticking close to the house. After that just make sure you have an extra outfit JIC. I keep one in the car.

My DC wont use pull-ups for training, they just ask you bring in a bunch of extra clothes.

Quoting .o°¨ AriannasMama¨°o.:“ I did not know about the winter thing!! That could be setting her back as well. Or at least contributing ... [snip!] ... just don't want her to ruin clothes with accidents, but maybe a couple times of that and she will learn? Please say yes. lmao.”

Yeah, seasonal depression is what a lot of people experience (lack of Vit D mainly since there's less sunlight and less time outdoors due to weather).

Other moms have mentioned how the winter months slowed things down in the PT'ing dept -- clothes too bulky for LO to get down quick enough, air temp in the house too chilly to wanna get nekkie from the butt down, lack of Vit D taking enthusiasm away, etc etc.

While I've not heard/read anything specifically saying seasonal depression (down & out moods) are directly related to PT'ing issues in winter months, it certainly makes sense to me!  

Quoting Booger & Bubba's Mommy:“ Take her to the store & let her pick them out.The first week I would avise sticking close to the ... [snip!] ... I keep one in the car. My DC wont use pull-ups for training, they just ask you bring in a bunch of extra clothes. ”

....Hm.

I need to find out what my DC does...

Quoting {ERF} Mom of a Genius:“ Yeah, seasonal depression is what a lot of people experience (lack of Vit D mainly since there's less ... [snip!] ... depression (down & out moods) are directly related to PT'ing issues in winter months, it certainly makes sense to me!  ”

That is really thought out, and makes perfect sense! You should write a book! lol

Quoting .o°¨ AriannasMama¨°o.:“ That is really thought out, and makes perfect sense! You should write a book! lol”

LOL  

Aw, shucks. You're making me blush! haha...thank you.

I have a step daughter whos 3 1/2 and still not potty trained. Shes in pullups but it doesnt seem to make a difference. Shell go potty when I tell her to but sometimes she throws a fit about going and I have to force her to go to the bathroom. She just come back from a month and a half with her mom and is going #2 in them again! I've tried to just throw her in big girl panites but she still wets them and doesnt seem to notice it. I have a 2 1/2 year old daughter of my own who isn't potty trained yet either since I am having suck a hard time with my step daughter.My husband refuses to buy them both pull ups since they are so expencive. So now my daughter if behind in her training because of it. I am aslo about to have ANOTHER baby in March. Im going to have 3 kids all in diapers. How do I kick these kids of theyre diapers and pull ups?

Quoting XSouthOfSanityX:“ I have a step daughter whos 3 1/2 and still not potty trained. Shes in pullups but it doesnt seem to ... [snip!] ... to have ANOTHER baby in March. Im going to have 3 kids all in diapers. How do I kick these kids of theyre diapers and pull ups?”

Hands down your step daughter is yanking everyone's chain to get attention & be in power/control. There's no doubt.

For her, keep her in nothing but regular ole undies. When she messes them, make her clean it up -- as simple as wiping pee off the floor, dumping terds in the toilet & flushing, and putting the dirty clothes wherever it is they need to go. Then put her in fresh clothes. Don't make a big deal about. Don't yell, don't say how it's bad/sad. Just say "Next time let's pee/poo in the potty so you don't have to clean a mess again."

For your own daughter, try some of the techniques on the first post -- there are one day, two day, 3 day, and week long strategies to be completely potty trained. And there's a good list of books for parents on how to PT & FAQ.

Your hubby should also tell his ex of your approach with their daughter (ie no more pull ups, ever.).

Quoting XSouthOfSanityX:“ I have a step daughter whos 3 1/2 and still not potty trained. Shes in pullups but it doesnt seem to ... [snip!] ... to have ANOTHER baby in March. Im going to have 3 kids all in diapers. How do I kick these kids of theyre diapers and pull ups?”

Have you talked with you DSD's mom? What is she doing to potty-train her? You need to be consistant & on the same page.

In your place I would just focus on your DD's progress. She will probably not be trained until after the baby is here though. Whe she sees how tiny babies use a diaper & big girls (mommy) use the toilet she will be done quickly.

I changed both boys diapers next to eachother. I then went & washed my hands used the potty & washed my hands again. I just kept telling my older one big kids use the potty. He also wanted to ride a horse, which he was allowed to do when he stayed dry every day for 2 weeks straight (not naps & night)

For you DSD she will probably see her little sister using the ppotty & want to do so also.

for both, if they are trained by summer all their shorts will still fit from last year. They wont have diaper butt, so will be skinnier.

I need some potty training advice...

http://forum.baby-gaga.com/about945308.html

Hi ladies, I've been on a Gaga break and missed the start of this, but I'd like to share our story..

I started potty training my child before she could crawl, before she could walk, before she could pull her clothes down, and in general, she showed no signs of being ready, not the recommended ones anyway.

Nika has always had super sensitive skin, to the extent of the moment she'd pee in her diaper, her butt would turn bright red, I'd always do my best to rush and change her right away, sometimes it was a case of a diaper change every 20-30 minutes throughout the day and several times at night, otherwise she'd breakout in a hellish rash. It wasn't the diaper brand I tried every brand available, even organic diapers - 100$ per pack of 38.

One week I was out getting our weekly diaper supply and such, I saw a potty and thought why not get it, Nika was 8 months old.

Her poop schedule was always rather on track, morning, afternoon and evening. The next morning I figured since I know she's about to poop, why not put her on the potty, so I did and for every morning after. To get her to poop, I put my hands on her knees and grunted, got her to grunt with me - sure enough it worked. By the time she was a year old she'd actually grunt at me when she had to go, sometimes at spontaneous times but she'd still grunt. I was never forceful about the issue, needless to say if she didn't want the potty, I wouldn't harass her with the idea, no meant no, she was the boss.

When she was a year old, I got her a cloth diaper set which cost me over 150$, the only we get imported here to Russia, an overly priced Italian brand and I must say it's complete crap - bulky, messy, difficult to use: requires folding the cloth and putting a thin absorbant paper around it, putting all that into the diaper like cover on velcro, and putting that all n a wiggly Nika = hell! We didn't do well with those at all.

The thing is, by the time she was a year old I basically knew that she had to pee every 30-40 minutes, so I just started offering the potty to her and she'd go, I'd help her pull her trousers down, and take off her diaper, help her sit, she wasn't walking at that point yet, I mean physically she was, just not an independent walker, she was unsure. What should one do really, if you know your child has to pee, why wait for them to pee in the diaper right?

At that point Nika was wearing a diaper less and less, she was miserable in one and even putting one on her was a fight, scratching, screaming, crying (both me and her heh). So at one point I just stopped putting them on her.

By 14 months, we had the potty schedule down to a notch, every 35 minutes, and poop twice, morning and after her afernoon nap. Accidents ranging between none and 3 a day. No particular reward system, lots of praising, running around with no diaper on was reward enough for her. It was a naked butt and babyleggs all the time, she loved it and became less cranky, much more active.

At 14 months I took Nika shopping, she got to pick out a set of cloth undies - there was no end to her happiness! From then on, she was a big girl, in cloth undies at home throughout the day and diapers at night, she'd still wake up wet in the morning even though I changed her twice at night.

By the time 16 months rolled around, she got the idea that she didn't really have to pee every 40 minutes and figured out that she could hold it in for an hour or more.. more accidents happened as she started experimenting with waiting to go potty for longer, but that lasted for 2 weeks or so, soon enough she basically started telling me when she needed to go by grunting or saying 'pee-pee'. Since she'd remain dry for an hour or hour and a half, we even started going out for our morning walk in cotton undies, with spare clothes in case of an accident, those seldom happened.

Lol I even have this random pic, this was the first day we went out in cotton undies, her jeans fell down as she was all over the place at the park, I snapped a pic for memory's sake:

At 18 months I realized that in the middle of the night (my sleep schedule is insane, I go to bed at about 3 or 4), before she pees she actually wakes up, tosses and turns and says 'pee-pee', to my horror, within a week of me realizing this and panicking, you know a case of 'what do I do, do I put her on the potty, wait it out..', we had also just paci weaned so she was restless in her sleep.

I plucked up the courage and started putting her on the potty when she'd wake up like that, she'll pee, roll off the potty and go back to sleep. This would happen twice at night.

By the time she was 18 months we weren't using diapers anymore, sometimes accidents at night were a pain, accidents at home were a mess, other times accidents outside were embarrassing, but for the most part, neither of the above were as bad as having to deal with the fight that came along with putting a diaper on - by that time putting on one her was close to impossible and I wasn't going to use physical strength to restrain her, which meant it was bye bye diapers for us.

At a little over 18 months, she started being much more independent about the potty, she'd putt her trousers and undies down and sit down, or would bring me the potty if she wanted help, or run up to me saying 'potty'.

She's almost 2 now, and even though is nipping cold outside, almost 0 degrees, when we do go out, she goes out without a diaper, I'm that confident in her, we just don't stay out for prolonged periods of time, not more than 2 hours, and she stays dry. At night she doesn't wake up for the potty anymore, only sometimes.

We go out to malls, cafes and restaurants and even though I'm a little nerve wrecked for accidents, she always makes me so proud, so that's our story, just to show that sometimes circumstances permit an 'out of the box' approach and that guidelines towards potty training aren't always rules, sometimes it's okay to do your own thing, in our case doing things our way was right for us =)

Here's chubkins =)

Quoting Tasha+Nika:“ Hi ladies, I've been on a Gaga break and missed the start of this, but I'd like to share our story.. ... [snip!] ... rules, sometimes it's okay to do your own thing, in our case doing things our way was right for us =) Here's chubkins =) ”

I applaud you!! Can you come live with me and help me with my LO???   I have been trying and I don't force it on her either, just most of the time she just sits there. She is 22 months old in just a few days and I would like her to be potty trained more than anything before the new baby comes!!