Is it toilet time?

[brigid]

Niko doesn’t take his clothing off, which is one of the potty training readiness signs. I mean, he assists in getting dressed and undressed (or strenuously refuses, if he firmly feels that a particular day should be a no-pants day), but he gets tangled up when trying to take off a shirt and when he tries to pull his pants down he loops his thumbs into the waistbands of both his pants and his diaper and then he can only scoot his diaper down so far, no matter how much he grunts and says “eesh! ish! EEEEESH!”

But he HAS started coming up to me after he soils himself and either grabbing his crotch or touching his butt and saying “baht.” He also says “baht” after he farts or belches. Anyway, he’s started indicating when he’s dirty and wants a diaper change. I’m torn between going out and obtaining underpants for him NOW and diving right into diaper-less (during the daytime at least) potty training, or waiting until he gives the alert BEFORE he soils himself.

He doesn’t poop while he’s sleeping, and he mostly pees in sudden bursts instead of little dribbles throughout the day. So he’s got some holding capacity.

I’ve never potty trained anyone before and I’m not really looking forward to cleaning up extra urine. But maybe the unpleasant wetness of peed pants will prompt him to use the toilet?

What say you?

Give me your best potty training advice. Also: give me the worst potty training advice you’ve gotten so we can laugh at it together.

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Comments

[waldo]

Okay, I've never done this either, but if the commercials are to be believed, maybe he's ready for pull-up diapers? Then he won't have the frustration of not being able to get things down to his knees when needed and you won't have an extra mess when he doesn't make it?

Just a thought...

[cleverthylacine]

I don't have kids but it does seem like this is what Pull-ups were made for.

[brigid]

Yeah.

Pullups are more expensive than diapers, though. Although if he spends a day or two in them and they don't work we can switch back to diapers I guess.

[cleverthylacine]

Do they not have a generic brand? I mean I know Pull-Ups are a brand name, but it seems to me that store brand diapers would have a version of this.

[brigid]

We use Target's store brand diapers and I haven't seen Up & Up branded disposable training pants. The last time I looked at pull-ups/disposable training pants versus diapers they were more expensive than diapers. I need to price them out again. Part of that, of course, is that the larger the diaper gets the less you get in a box, so it's more per unit.

[waldo]

But think of it this way, if he makes it to the toilet even half the time you've gotten two "uses" out of one pull up. So at the end of the day you could be spending less since instead of, say, 4 diapers, you're only using 2 pull ups.

Maybe?

[pinesandmaples]

Bad advice, you say? Maxi pads as toilet training tool. Apply pad to toddler underpants and release into the wild.

[brigid]

Haha! I know people who've done that in IRL emergencies.