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Potty Training: Get Ready
In the previous post , I talked about finding out when to start potty training. Once you decide that both you and your child are ready, it is time to prepare for it.
Be ready to be:
Flexible You might have a well-thought-out plan, but things take a very different route. My plan was to totally ditch the diapers (except for nighttime) and use underwear without looking back. Also, I decided to use training pants. Also, I was planning to stay home until Salma is potty trained for the most part before we go places. We were doing great following the plan. But after three days, Salma had fever and cough that I was concerned about. We had to go to the doctor's office and since she wasn't ready yet, I had to put her in a diaper. Couple days later, I got sick too and I could keep up with the effort needed for the potty training. So I decided we are going back to using diapers. I struggled a lot taking this decision. I din't want to give up my well-thought-out plan. But keeping in mind that I have to be flexible and choose what's best for Salma and I, I chose not to go on with my plan while we were sick to make things easier and less exhausting. We ended up using the diapers for another two weeks since Salma had a diarrhea.
Surprised It might take longer or shorter than you expect. I was a little bit sad when we had to use diapers after we started potty training, but Salma surprised me that she was asking to use the potty even though she had her diaper on. So for the whole time we used the diapers, she was using the potty exclusively. I was very proud of her and still :)
Calm There will be accidents and the best way to handle them is to be calm, be ready with your cleaning supplies and talk to your child about it calmly but ....We didn't have a lot of pee accidents but for the first few days, I had to clean a fair amount of poop accident, something that I hope I don't have to do ever again.
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Be ready to be:
Flexible You might have a well-thought-out plan, but things take a very different route. My plan was to totally ditch the diapers (except for nighttime) and use underwear without looking back. Also, I decided to use training pants. Also, I was planning to stay home until Salma is potty trained for the most part before we go places. We were doing great following the plan. But after three days, Salma had fever and cough that I was concerned about. We had to go to the doctor's office and since she wasn't ready yet, I had to put her in a diaper. Couple days later, I got sick too and I could keep up with the effort needed for the potty training. So I decided we are going back to using diapers. I struggled a lot taking this decision. I din't want to give up my well-thought-out plan. But keeping in mind that I have to be flexible and choose what's best for Salma and I, I chose not to go on with my plan while we were sick to make things easier and less exhausting. We ended up using the diapers for another two weeks since Salma had a diarrhea.
Surprised It might take longer or shorter than you expect. I was a little bit sad when we had to use diapers after we started potty training, but Salma surprised me that she was asking to use the potty even though she had her diaper on. So for the whole time we used the diapers, she was using the potty exclusively. I was very proud of her and still :)
Calm There will be accidents and the best way to handle them is to be calm, be ready with your cleaning supplies and talk to your child about it calmly but ....We didn't have a lot of pee accidents but for the first few days, I had to clean a fair amount of poop accident, something that I hope I don't have to do ever again.
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