We were doing so well up until the last couple of weeks of my pregnancy. Closer to the end of the pregnancy, it got harder for me to keep on top of it because I couldn’t bend as much and everyone kind of fell off of it.

When our baby boy arrived, it was complete potty regression.

Now that we’re starting up again, it’s been a rollercoaster, but, we’re making some progress.

How do you know it’s time to potty train?

  1. We found our Daughter was waking up with dry diapers. If your toddler can hold it and no longer pees prior to waking up for the day, it’s a big tell that they are ready.
  2. When your toddler can say the words pee, poo and potty, it’s a good sign. This way they can vocalize their needs.
  3. If you keep one of the floor potty’s around and your toddler will randomly sit on it by themselves without you telling them (diaper or pull-up on is fine) is a really good tell.
  4. When they come into the bathroom with you and they start copying you. Like saying they need to wash their hands too, they need to use the potty too or even just copying the wiping. These are all good signs.

Our top two methods of potty training:

  1. We used pull-ups and would frequently remind her she has to try going to the potty. Sometimes we had to show her the toys needed to go potty too and sing or read to her. Some sort of entertainment helps. note: pull-ups can be a bit pricy.
  2. No pull-ups and bottom half nude. More clean up, but with a lot of patience the progress is actually faster. When we go out and during bed time we of course put a pull-up on her.

Next week I’ll share what potty’s and pull-ups we preferred, so stay tuned.

~*ATBW*~