Twins or Triplets: Toddler, Baby Bjorn
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Potty Training Twins
Asked by M.C. from Seattle
on December 7, 2008
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I have 19 month old boy / girl twins and I am looking for advice on potty training. Signs from the kids, different techiques, seat attached to toilet or portable potty...
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- I strongly recommend the book "Diaper Free Before Three". I thought it was encouraging and well written. I used it for my second child and potty training went much mor...
- If they are able to "go on command," then I think they may be ready to begin this process. Children have the muscle control to begin the process of toilet learning at...
- Hi M., Well I have 8 year old twins and remember the potty training stage. It was hard with two. Get pott seats, one toilet with a training ring doesn't work real w...
Need Help Potty Training Twin Boys
Asked by A.K. from Chicago
on December 24, 2006
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Any tips of potty training 21 month old twin boys? They each have their own potty, but the splash guards are a pain-one falls down on him and comes off and the other ...
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- That's great they have gone on the potty. Statistically, boys are generally later and twins are generally later. Anyway, I highly recommend the bjorn potty. It work...
- I have twin boys, also - they're 3 now. We potty trained at about 2 1/2. We just bought 2 stools at Babies' R Us (one for each bathroom) and had them sit backwards o...
- That is great that you are starting to get them familiar with the potty. I have twin boys myself that are 3 1/2 yrs old. I have been trying to potty train them since ...
Potty Training Advice
Asked by A.R. from Charleston
on January 21, 2009
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We've been wondering which is best - the little seat that attaches to the big potty, or his own special little potty? Not quite ready to start potty training him yet, ...
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- Either is ok, the main thing is to have encouragement. 18 months is not too late to start but start immediately. Have the dad take the son in with him most of the ti...
- Hi A., I use the attachment because that is what Ive seen work best and it seems to be less work because no nasty clean up. My daughter is 22 months and i think she'l...
- Most of them are both and I would try that. The one we used for our daughter is a 3 in one: starts as a little potty that has a seat and a removable cup, then the se...
Potty Chair Suggestion for Toddler Girl Who Is Tall
Asked by A.B. from Chicago
on July 24, 2009
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Hi Moms,
Do any of you have any suggestions for potty chairs that worked well for your tall toddler girls? I like the Baby Bjorn seat, but the reviewers say they ar...
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- We have a 19-months old and have been using potty chairs for a while - she is tall (100th % of her age group) but has no problems with either Baby Bjorn or Ikea potty ...
- Hi, I just wanted to add my voice to the "skip the potty chair" choir. We bought an Elmo seat at Babies R Us that fit on our own toilet seat and she learned to go pot...
- I have used our potty chairs through 3 kids and I like it. My little ones used it short or tall. It's the Graco SOft seat potty. Here are some reviews:http://www.epini...
Potty Training
Asked by S.B. from Seattle
on April 10, 2008
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I have a 2 1/2 year old little girl we have been potty taining for about four months and she will go both pee and poop in the toliet she does very well but she will no...
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- Hi S., I remember a little of this with my kids. I think it's to early. This has to be 100% her choice and decision. I would say in a very unattached/non-emotional...
- My granddaughter, now age 11, came to live with me shortly after she turned two. What worked for her was to keep a small bag of jelly beans in a kitchen drawer that s...
- Try to not make a negative issue of it. Her body probably isn't telling her until right when she has to go. Give her complements for telling you and leave it alone. ...
Gate at the Stairs and Potty Training
Asked by C.W. from Las Vegas
on August 19, 2010
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I'm living in a split level house and the bathroom is upstairs (well mine is).... How do you get around that with potty training, doesn't it make it difficult because ...
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- Sorry, but my thought is, why do you feel like you still have to have kid gates up at 21mo? My son was up and down the stairs successfully by a year and I took down t...
- At this age, she is going to need your help to go to the bathroom anyway. So if you feel safer having gates, keep them up and take your daughter to the bathroom whene...
- I would remove the gates at the first sign of her trying to climb it. It would be better to fall down the stairs without a gate than if she fell down them while tryin...
Advice on Potty Training My 2 Year Old Son...
Asked by C.S. from Boston
on January 24, 2008
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Hi! This is my first post at Mamasource! I've been reading it for over a year now, and it's been so helpful to so many that I thought I'd try it out for myself...
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- Hi C., I'm the mother of four boys, and boys take longer than girls to potty train, which in my case was true. My pedie told me to wait till they're close to four. H...
- C., I'm in the same boat you are. What I have been doing is. I went out and got him a toddler seat for the "big boy potty" (real toilet) and I showed him how to ...
- My only advice is to wait until he's ready. My son was completely trained in less then one week with no accidents after that. Of coarse he was 3 1/2, but he was read...
Which Potty Training Potty to Buy??
Asked by M.S. from San Francisco
on March 25, 2008
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I need to ask the pros who have already potty trained, which potty is best to buy? I was a little overwhelmed with 10 or so toilet options to choose from. Although the...
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- we got a toilet insert, it's a padded Dora The Explorer potty seat that fits right on ours. We went to Ikea and found a step for about a buck. Works great.
- Hi M., I'm also beginning to potty-train my older son. After reading many good reviews on it from amazon.com, we decided to buy the Baby Bjorn potty http://www.ama...
- For small spaces, the baby Bjorn "Little Potty" worked great for us (we got two b/c we have twins and a small bathroom) http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Bjorn-050021US-BABYB...
19 Month Old Won't Keep Diaper On
Asked by M.M. from San Francisco
on June 23, 2008
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Hello,
My 19 month old little girl won't keep her diaper on! She takes it off the minute she is even slightly wet. Does this mean she is ready to be potty trained? ...
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- Hi M., I am a sahm to 4 boys ages 9,6, and twins that are now 4. Let me start by saying it does get better! My twins did the same thing, and it drove me crazy, unti...
- HI, M., I agree with the mom who posted about keeping off her diaper and taking her to the potty when it looks like she might need to pee or poop. I did that with my ...
- Go for the potty. Why not? She doesn't like to be in a wet diaper -- she may be ready. Or get her pull ups and have her change her own when she is wet.
Potty Training in Public Bathrooms
Asked by A.M. from Eugene
on January 5, 2009
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So my 2.5 year old daughter is starting to make progress in the pee department, which is awesome! However, she will not sit on a regular sized toilet, only her potty ...
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- Potty chair in the trunk is exactly what I recommend - even if your daughter didn't have issues with the big potty or public restroom. I potty trained two boys using ...
- Hi A., My daughter potty trained very early and was happy with the big toilets at first - I could put her on any big toilet, no problem. Then one day she said sh...
- My 2 daughters were frightened by the flushing sound, too, so we made a game of covering our ears every time we heard someone flushing. It turned a scary experience i...
