Toilet training has begun...
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Topic: Toilet training has begun...
Posted By: Maya
Subject: Toilet training has begun...
Date Posted: 11 December 2004 at 10:56am
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I have started TT Maya this week. Wanted to wait a few more weeks, but she insisted on wearing "ayees" (undies lol), so we started. She is happy to sit on the toilet and swing her legs and say "wee wees" but doesn't actually go very ofter. We're using the Pull Ups when we go out, and undies at home. LOL - she loves the ayee's so much that she wears them over her nappy to bed!
Will let you guys know how we get on. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 11 December 2004 at 11:01am
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wow go Maya (and u Emma) Good luck ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com"> 
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Posted By: lou
Date Posted: 11 December 2004 at 1:08pm
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all the best - let me know any good tips that you find work ------------- Mother to two beautiful children - Sophie age 6 and Ephraim age 4 |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 11 December 2004 at 4:13pm
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Good luck! ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 11 December 2004 at 8:14pm
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I want Paris to be starting to be tt at least by the time the newbie arrives.. but well.. she's gotta be walking first! she's really good right now though.. already she will stop and say "poos" before she does it.. so hopefully thats a step in the right direction. let us know how you go.. with summer coming up it should be easier - apparently less chance of them wetting at night when they get cold or something? plus.. you can at least get the washing dry if she does. lol. YAY Maya! ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: melz
Date Posted: 12 December 2004 at 1:46pm
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We had Angie tt during the day for about a month before Andrew would let me try her at night. She had a few dry nappies in the morning though and she has probly only wet the bed 4/5 times since she has been toilet trained - prob bout 10 months now.
Best buy for when you start tt at night is a plastic backed blanket thing. We got ours from baby factory and we still keep it on the bed just in case. We would also put two bottom sheets on her bed with the plastic sheet in between so that if their was an accident at 3am it's easy to just pull off one sheet and baby is ready to get back to sleep. Apparently it is not good to tt within 2 months either side of a new baby coming along. Not quite sure why but I guess it is because their is more chance of regressing with wanting more attention etc. Angie was talking about wearing knickers at about Maya's age but she wasn't quite ready to be tt. We were quite bad though as we would have a morning and have a few pairs of wet knickers and so give up. Just before she was 2 I decided that it was time and after that initial morning of wet knickers she was great. We would ask her if she needed to go toilet a million times a day but wouldn't put her on unless she said yes. Now she is big enough to go all by herself!!! No more baby seat and she is tall enough to hop on by herself. She wasn't into using a stool for some reason! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 12 December 2004 at 6:27pm
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From memory I thing Angie's birthday is around Maya's (28 Feb), so she would have been the same age as Maya this time last year. I think with summer, and it being warm, it's a good time to start, although we are out and about a lot more atm which makes it a bit tricky - I get about 30 secs warning before "weewees" LOL! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 13 December 2004 at 8:53pm
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mm, i agree with you melz.. that is one of our worries about trying to get Paris toilet trained by then..I have heard most children regress at least al ittle when #2 arrives.. also because around that time she will also be moving to the over-two's part of the daycare.. we are scared it may be far too much change for her all at once. I think we will just follow her lead.. she's pretty onto it, I'm sure she'll let us know when she is ready. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: melz
Date Posted: 14 December 2004 at 8:02pm
| All kids are so different though. I know boys tend to be later to tt than girls but at playcentre we have some girls who are 3 and still not fully tt'ed. One of the girls in particular is super bright just different times of developing I guess |
Posted By: Teenmummy
Date Posted: 15 December 2004 at 5:30pm
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o thats cute im guna start marsh soon again he gets abit scared of it though lol and i think my mum is buying him this high tech sorta potty lol they all the same to me ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 16 December 2004 at 10:04am
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I have noticed with Xander that if he has a wet or dirty nappy he pulls at his nappy,Is this a sign of him poss being ready for tt??? im scared to start him as theres only 4 months till new bubs is here and am worried about the regression thing happning so soon after starting tt.would it be better to wait a few months after new baby arrives? ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
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Posted By: melz
Date Posted: 16 December 2004 at 2:52pm
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Nothing wrong with giving it a try. Just buy some knickers and a potty/inner toilet seat (which we prefered as there was no cleaning it out everytime) and see what happens. At least it is summer at the moment (kinda) so you can put him in knickers and don't have to worry about him being cold. If he isn't into then try again in a few months.
Another tip for those with girls, boys undies fit a lot better than girls ones. Angie is quite tall for her age but the size 2/3 knickers were all really baggie round the bum and didn't fit very well. Boys ones work a treat! |
Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 16 December 2004 at 3:30pm
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thanx melz. haha better not tell her she wore boys undies when she was younger!! Then again that would make a great 21st story if u wanted to majorly embarras her lol. we might go out and buy a nice potty for Xander so we can at least give it a go and see wot happens. ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 16 December 2004 at 3:55pm
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Thanks for the tip Mel. Maya is in the size 2-3 girls, and they just about fall down on her skinny bum!
We have an inner toilet seat too, thought the whole potty thing is a bit gross, but Maya won't use the toilet seat - she tells me she is "big" and can sit on the big seat LOL! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
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Posted By: lou
Date Posted: 16 December 2004 at 4:09pm
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I brough some size 1-2 knickers for Sophie and they don't seen to be too bad. She like wearing them. I often put a folded half nappy in it when I don't want to have to be cleaning up little accidents ------------- Mother to two beautiful children - Sophie age 6 and Ephraim age 4 |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 16 December 2004 at 4:36pm
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Maya likes her 'ayees' so much that we have to put them on over her nappies when she goes to bed! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 22 December 2004 at 8:43am
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hows it going with the toilet training? ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 22 December 2004 at 9:27am
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Lots of puddles, but she is gradually getting the message. It's quite hard atm as we are out a lot, so she is wearing Pull Up's when we go out, and she tends to just wee in them. At home she tells me sometimes that she needs to go, but I pretty much get about 10 seconds notice. Still, we're getting there. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 24 January 2005 at 10:13am
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Just an update, we kind of let things slide over xmas, with being out and about a lot, and all the stress etc. But we have started again seriously today. Maya and I had a discussion at breakfast about her wearing undies, and going wees in the toilet, and she is really excited, keeps clapping her hands, and she kept saying "Maya wear undies to daycare". So she has been on and off the toilet all morning, Potty Elmo goes with her too, and now she is at daycare. I hope she is going okay,but she did proudly announce when she arrived "Maya wear undies go weewee in toilet" so I figure she's got the right idea! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 24 January 2005 at 6:16pm
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how did you start it all?
we have noticed paris tells us before she goes #2, and is starting to say wee-wees as well, so we went and got a cute pink seat for the toilet today. thought i might as well give it a try and see how we go - just even maybe getting her used to the idea might be a start. went to a family gathering a week or so ago and one of my sister's friends was there with her little girl, who is only 2 months older than Paris. she is fully toilet-trained during the day, and has been since 16 months - still in naps at night right now though. I know every child (and parent) is different, but that did help me make the decision that maybe we should give it a try. any tips and pointers anyone can give would be great. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 25 January 2005 at 1:20pm
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We bought Maya a pink toilet seat too, and a step that she can use to get on the toilet. I got serious about TT this week because last week Maya took her own napy off and climbed onto the toilet by herself. So I decided that Monday would be the day. We had a discussion about it at breakfast and she seemed to understand...
Well she had one little accident at daycare, and a wet nappy when she woke up from her sleep, but no wees in the toilet. I brought her home and sat her on the toilet while Potty Elmo did his thing, and she went! She was so excited!! I put heron and off quite regularly and a little while later she went again. The last time, before she had her bath, she was actully grunting trying to make herself go LOL! Today we have had one accident, but she has been once on the toilet at home, and then again when we went to visit a friend, which was great because she didn't have Potty Elmo, and she had to sit on the big toilet seat without the plastic insert. So all in all it's going pretty smoothly (touch wood!) but I will certainly keep you guys posted, and let you know what helps.. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 25 January 2005 at 3:28pm
| What is Potty elmo? I'm new to all this children stuff! |
Posted By: Mummy
Date Posted: 25 January 2005 at 4:38pm
 
Hello all, Trust other's are having a little more luck with potty training than us. My daughter Isla, is 2 years and 8 months. I started her on potty training several months before she turned two. Unforunately I discovered a few months down the track that this was probably a little early for her. We took a little break and have been at it solidy for six months now, but are still basicly at square one. She refuses to sit on the toilet or potty and only very ocassionaly will she tell me that she needs to go. I am trying to be very relaxed about it as I feel my husband and I might have been pressuring her a little a few months back. If anyone out there has any tried and true methods they can recommend it would be much appreciated!!!!!!!!!!! I know you can't rush these things. Also has any had any success with the dolls that can wet themselves and would you know of any brand names in these. Cheers. Yeah, and who's this potty elmo! Glad to hear it worked for you. they can re |
Posted By: melz
Date Posted: 25 January 2005 at 5:06pm
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I wouldn't worry about it too much Mummy.....all kids are different. Maybe just not worry about it and not even discuss it for another couple of months. We have kids are playcentre that are 3+ and still not toilet trained. In fact, 2 of the kids I am thinking of are very smart onto it kids, they are just not ready.
I appreciate the wanting to get rid of nappies. Maybe just pop her on the toilet before her bath as part of the routine and encourage her to try before getting in. Just make it part of the routine. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 25 January 2005 at 7:21pm
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Potty Elmo came from KMart, cost me about $40. I bought him for Maya for xmas, because she loves Elmo and it seemed like good timing. Potty Elmo drinks, then you pull his undies down and sit him on the potty and he talks about going and then he "tinkles" and there's this fanfare music and he sings a song about going on the potty. If you don't put him on the potty in time he says something about "sorry. Maybe next time".
He has an american accent which drives me nuts, and we are using an adapter seat not a potty, but Maya loves it and it is a bit of incentive for her. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Mummy
Date Posted: 26 January 2005 at 10:56pm
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Hi,
Just wanted to let the two lovely ladies know who helped me out with advice yesterday that we have had the best day ever today as far as potty training goes and I am positive it can only get better. She went on the toilet three times this afternoon and produced something on each occasion with no accidents bar one first thing this morning. Your advice helped no end. It's probably because i've stopped pressurising her. Cheers, LO |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 27 January 2005 at 12:32pm
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Yay! We have also had a few accidents, but so far so good. And this morning she did her first "poos" in the toilet. I think I was as excited as she was! I hope everything continues to go smoothly for you. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 27 January 2005 at 1:33pm
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Paris has done poos once in the toilet, was so excited to flush the toilet and waved, bye bye, lolol. haven't had anything else, although she is still wearing a nappy, just being put on there regularly.. have noticed she tends to be dry constantly, then after her nap her nappy is saturated. right now she just sits there and says, "paper, parper" till she gets some toilet paper. she schrunches it up, wipes puts it in the toilet and asks for more. so at least i spose once she starts actually GOING she'll have the clean up down-packed. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 27 January 2005 at 3:11pm
LOL, Maya is a big toilet paper fan too! So it's kind of a reward for her, because I won't let her have paper and wipe herself unless she has actually done something. But when my back is turned.... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 27 January 2005 at 9:28pm
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lol, felt so bad this afternoon - paris tried to reach the toilet paper holder, leant a bit too far and ended up falling off the loo head first into our bathroom cabinet - managed to stop herself hitting head thank goodness - on one hand i was trying to console her, but on the other hand i sorta laughed a little. i'm so mean. definately a 21st story - (nah, THAT would be meaner!) ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 27 January 2005 at 10:58pm
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yes well,Xander (who hasnt yet started TT) finds it rather amusing to dump a whole toilet paper roll into the loo GGRRRRRRRR,at least he knows where i goes lol lol lol ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 28 January 2005 at 9:21am
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They are all so alike our toddlers! Mine put the toilet duck down the toilet one Sunday and flushed it down, and it cost me nearly $200 to get the plumber to make an after hours callout to unblock it. Definitely one of those "Lucky she's so cute" moments! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 28 January 2005 at 11:54am
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lol, was there a "disturbing silence" moment first that led you to this discovery? we keep our bathroom door closed pretty much constantly just to stop little hands getting into things they shouldn't - otherwise everything in the room ends up in the bath.. and well - now she's discovered the toilet, i would hate to think what she would do if given the chance now.
am pretty happy with how TT is going - considering we have only been at it 3 days (and thats only after we get home from daycare until bedtime, so, maybe 3 -4 hours a day) but we have the whole day at home today, and tomorrow as well - cos daddy's gone to stockies in wellington, so i think we'll really get serious about it and see how it goes. it's nice to be able to share this sorta stuff with other mummies doing the same thing - most of the timei am left thinking - "am i doing this right? am i going about it the right way? Is she actually getting the concept?" before you are a parent you certainly never picture yourself worrying so much about your children's toilet habits, that's for sure! lol ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 28 January 2005 at 12:46pm
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Kiya's been day tted for about 10 months now, I started properly training her just after she turned 3. I didn't use a potty or toilet seat, the potty I really didn't want to be cleaning all the time, and I knew I'd forget to take the seat out with me somewhere, so I figured I'd just get her used to sitting on the toilet... also, then a bit of "what a big girl! Look at you, using the grownup's toilet!" came into play.
Here's something my mother-in-law suggested that worked really well initially: we got some sticker charts (or you could make them on the computer) and some small stickers. The charts had a grid of 5x4 squares, so each one would hold 20 stickers. We wrote her name big across the top and every time she went to the toilet (and did something) she got a sticker on her chart. We had the chart up on the fridge, and made a big deal out of putting the stickers on. When she'd filled the chart up, she got a small treat... for Kiya, it was going to the dairy and choosing a "special" iceblock type of thing. Once she'd got the hang of that, we changed it slightly. Now, when she'd stayed dry for a set period of time she got a sticker. It worked out as Breakfast to morning tea, Morning tea to Lunch, Lunch to Afternoon tea, Afternoon tea to Dinner. Again, she got a small treat for filling up her chart. Then we extended the time periods: Breakfast to lunch, Lunch to Afternoon tea, Afternoon tea to Dinner, and a bonus sticker if she'd stayed dry all day. With this one, about halfway through her chart we bought her the DVD of Piglet's Big Movie and put it on top of the fridge, leaning on the wall so she could see it. We put up another chart and told her that once she'd filled up both charts she'd get the DVD to keep. It worked! As Kiya is a bit older, this part might not work for all of you, but once she'd got the hang of staying dry all day (and had received the DVD) we retired the sticker charts in favour of "pocket money". When Kiya stayed dry all day, she got 5 cents. She also got 5 cents for tidying her bedroom (throwing her toys into the toybox) and for making her bed (pulling up the covers and putting her nighty under her pillow). At various times, I would help her get some money out of her money box and we would walk to the dairy where she would buy 20 cents or so worth of lollies with her own money (with the added bonus of teaching her about purchasing things... that sometimes you just don't have enough money to buy everything you want to get!) As far as night tt goes, we'd just got that under control (we started it about October) with her having no drinks after dinner, going to the toilet before bed and mananging to stay dry most nights. Kiya doesn't wake up if she wets her bed in the night, so after any nights she did wet the bed, she'd wake up in the morning shivering. We decided to put her back into nappies at night a couple of weeks before christmas, however, as she broke her arm  ! and there was no other way to guarentee the cast would stay dry during the night! The cast came off just over a week ago, so we're back into reteaching her how to control her bladder all night.------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 29 January 2005 at 9:28am
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How awful! It must have been hard for Kiya being in plaster over xmas in the heat and with all the excitement!
TT in our house is still going well, no accidents at al yesterday, and this morning she has been asking to go... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 29 January 2005 at 10:00am
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I think the worst part for Kiya was that she got a Slip 'n' Slide for christmas, and had to wait until her cast came off before she could play on it! She also got Daddy a water pistol, and received one herself but had to wait for the water fight as well... we found not being able to take her to the beach or for a swim at the pools hard, especially as we were in Tauranga over Christmas and again just after New Years! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Mummy
Date Posted: 29 January 2005 at 10:56pm
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Just wantet to say thanks to you Becca for the interesting info re toilet training Kiya. It was all so detailed and sounds like it's worked a treat for you. So i'll give it a go and let you know how things go. I liked your idea of putting the pooh dvd on top of the fridge halfway through one of her star charts. Only trouble is I know my daughter would find a way of getting it down.
All the best, especially with your forthcoming new addition. Lo 
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 25 November 2005 at 8:16am
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Bump! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |