My daughter is very smart and is ahead of the other kids her age. Was wondering if we could start potty training her now?

To help her want to eat her father and i get a bite of the food first and then she wants some.

Bed time is a pain sometimes but we took her doctors advice and it seems to be working so ill share it with everyone. If your child still drinks a bottle at night then let them drink it till their tired but take it away before they fall asleep. Let the child cry if you need to instead of rocking them to sleep.place the child in his bed and walk out of the room where the child can not see you, check on the child every 5 mins but do not pick up and dont let them cry beyond 20 mins before going to pick them up. do this same routine every night and after about a week or so the child will get used to the routine and once he lays in the bed he will know its time to go to bed.

Hello!


I'm a mother on an incredible nearly three year old girl. 



Our family went through two massive moves this last year that were very hard on our daughter. On top of this, her father works out of town all workweek and only see's her on Saturdays so when he's home he just wants to do nothing. So, I beleive, our little one was been acting out because she has no other way of expressing that she's stressed. Although overall our situation is very calm and nurturning between the two of us. She's in daycare PT but goes FT starting May 1 which also gives her additional structure as I'm  pretty much an "alone parent" as far as her needs. 


Our situation (as far as bad behaviour) had improved dramaticaly by using the Supernanny "naughty chair" approach but out in public is a whole other story. She is flowered with love and encouragement at home so I can't figure out why she has her tantrums in public. I'm really embarassing.



My parenting objective is to teach her how to self-discipline rather then being a battle-ax parent. But where to start with this one?



Thanks,



Kayte

Sorry I sent that with out getting to finish it ... Any ways it works wonders! He was potty trained in no time... Also when he wet his bed I would have him wash his blackets & sheet ... Just carry them to the washer & put them in the best he can with some help of course ... Then spray & wash off his matteress I used white vinegar mixed with water helps take the smell out & won't hurt the kido... He is completely potty trained now & rarely has a wet bed either! Make sure not to make a big deal out of it.. Don't be sad or mad ... Just explain well sorry you made the mess so you have to clean it up... & the underware I threw away was so much cheaper then buying pullups when they have to throw away a pair of spiderman underwear buy putting it in a small bag theme march it out to the big garbage that starts to hit home... Then when they have been doing good as a reward they get to go get more cool undies it really sinks in.....so good luck! The work is worth it in the end! 

Well what worked for my almost 4 year old was this & I was told to do this by the counselor... First have him sit on the potty chair or toilet ... Potty chair might work better at first but remember you may have a fight all over again when you try to switch to the toilet ... So what we did was made him clean himself up! We began the potty training explaining it all the way & we went to pull ups... Well he LOVED pull ups so much that he loved to poop & pee in those too ... We figured out when he would poop his pants then demand that I change him & if I didn't rush in & change him he would jump landing on his backside till he made a huge poop mess for me to clean up.... So our counselor suggested we buy cool undies & get rid of the pull ups all together ..... Then when he pooped or peed his pants he cleaned all the mess! We would put him in the shower to wash up then have him wash the tub out... (I  had him throw out his pooped underware)As clean as a 4 year old can... Secretly go behind & really clean... But don't make a big deal out of it either way ..explain firmly that it is time he be potty trained & it is normal thing every one does & when he pees 1 cup white vinegar to a gallon of water works great .. Put him in the tub place a container that he can wash his clothes out in then have him place them in a towel & have him put them in the washer... Don't leave him unsupervised ! I made that mistake & he had poured my shampoo every where:)  calmly explain that when we make messes we have to clean then up ... When the clothes come out of the dryer have him could them & put them away! I always t

I definitely feel for you! I am a married mother of 4.

Do you a have baby monitor? I am not sure if your 7 month old screams & keeps the whole house up but mostly I learned with my 2nd son that getting him into a good sleep pattern is the best way to help him sleep at night ... Give a bottle at nap time & lay your baby down for a nap by its self during the day to start with ... Let him/her fuss & put its self to sleep ...as long as you know he is fine ( be able to peek in to check without them seeing you) no tv! The goal is to get the baby to comfort him self. Then do the bed bath (i founf the laverder calming bath for babies & the cream worked wonders) book & cuddling giving him the bottle then... Make sure he is burped very well!! Lay him down & let him fuss if he needs to not for long tho ( not over a half our) make sure you can peek in & see him... Turn off the tv! :) & try soft music maybe a Mobil that plays soft music & has soft lights (my son loved his ..way worth the money!)  if you comfort him don't do it in his bed! Rock him in a rocking chair.... The baby monitor will help you feel more at ease...but don't rush in at every sound ...see if he will go back to sleep on his own first! ... Good luck ...I hope this helps.

I have two foster kidos a boy & a girl ....we are now adopting them.

my little 3 yr old daughter was more interested in pottytrainning then her brother! They where both potty trained at the same time he was almost four & she was three! Now 6 months later she is wetting her pants ... It started when ever she got mad .. Told to do something she didn't want to do... Go to bed take a nap things like that.... Now she just seems to preference to wet her pants instead of going in the bathroom... If she is confronted about this she just screams & cries ... She tries to hide her wet pants ....when I take to the bathroom she throws a fit won't get on the toilet & then sits there holding it... Then pees her pants later... She got very angry when she wanted more stickers at the doctors office then she was allowed to have so she squatted down after her tantrum & tried to poop her pants while glaring right at me...which she has pooped her pants & smeared it on the wall after getting mad because I sent her down for her nap before! Ggggrrrrrrr I am fed up! Help

My Grand daughter will be 4 in 3 months and she does very good at home but refuses to use the potty at preschool and at her daycare.  She screams and acts terrible when the teacher tries to get her on the potty.  I think she is embarassed.   Do kids this age get emnbarassed?  Any when have any ideals on how to get her to use the potty away from home.

hey, i am a married mother of 2. but i put both kids  to bed. my oldest tells me when shes tired and will go to bed and shes only 2 years old but my 7 month old is a pain. i give her a nite nite bottle, it consists of water,powder formula, and a little bit of cereal. But i also just switched her to her crib. she use to sleep in my room in a play pin and would sleep all threw the night but now that she is in a different room she wakes up 1 or even 3 times at night and getting her to sleep times a good while. i give her nite nite bottle, sit in her room with a calm, disney movie like right now its rudolph and a rock her to sleep. then i wait 15-30 minutes then lay her down and keep the movie playing cuz when she was in my room i had problems sleeping so i would watch movie until i fell asleep. so i thought it would help her sleep but i guess not. she has been in a different room for 2 weeks! im so tired and i have been sleeping in her room on a uncomfortable twin bed. and since i been in a different room my husband has found it to be harder to get up for work in the morning. he is a extreme hard sleeper because he has a sleep disorder so when he falls asleep a screaming baby or anything couldnt wake him up but somehow at 625am the alarm can but not so well if im not there. idk what to do to help my little one sleep, im so tired and i cant nap during the day.

Hi. My wife and I have tow toddlers, 32  and 20 mo. The 30-mo-old is already using the potty, and the younger one is not interested at all. I read in a book about a little boy who was 7 and still wetted his bed EVERY night. Nothing worked to convince him he was old enough to go to the badthroom by himself. One day the parents decided to take him shopping for HIS OWN bed. When they got to the store, the father said to the sales clerk that their son "was looking for something very special". Obviously, this made the kid feel very important, and the clerk complied to treat him as if he was the actual buyer. Needless to say, the boy never wetted his bed again after that.

Maybe you can try something similar and it just might work. You should take him to a big store where they have lots of potty options. This might make it feel more of an adventure for him.

Let me start out with saying i am a single mother with 3 wonderful children ages 6,5, and 4. My children are the light of my life. My 6 yr old was potty trained at about 22 mth my 5 yr old daughter has been potty trained since shortly after her 3rd birthday. My 4 yr old son Kevin just doesn't want to do it. Jordan (age 6) was simple i explained and he went it took a few months but he eventually got it down quite easily. Kylie (age 5 ) came to me said no more diapers and went with only one accident in the 2 yrs since. Kevin just turned for in august he looks at the potty the way most children look at food they dislike. I've got him to finally stop screaming when he is placed on it he will occasionally use the potty if i put fruitloops in there, but that's only if he is in the mood. He has gone #2 only once. He knows that it is where it is all supposed to go  he sees every other child using it and has himsolf done it. He is just about the most stubborn child i have ever seen. I am almost to the point of taking him to a behavioral health office in our town.  Within the last month when i have placed him on the toilet he throws himself onto the floor and cut his forehead on the edge of the bath tub. I have had patience and continue to do so. Without the benefit of a man to show him he's seen the other children in the home going both sitting and standing. I just don't know what else to do at this point.