Tagged With: Toilet Training Babies
Final Stage Toilet Training – Our 17 month old is Nappy Free
Our Early Stage Toilet Training Experiment is complete – HUGE SUCCESS to report! I was horrified to read a Media Release by the Wollongong City Council (2011) which, according to the Councils Waste Education Officer, there are 2.1 billion disposable nappies added into landfill in Australia each year. I was even more horrified to learn … Continue reading
Introducing the Toilet
Previous Post Baby Girl was 9 months old when I first sat her on the toilet, but she didn’t take to it at all. So we left it a couple of months, then slowly alternated between the potty and the toilet. It was me who was ready to encourage the toilet, she was quite happy … Continue reading
Stage Four – and it’s a BIG one!!
Previous Post Nappy Free during the day Baby Girl is now 11 months old and I have noticed over the last couple of weeks she stays dry when we leave the house. Actually, it is when we are just hanging out at home, she has the most accidents. Is this because she is more relaxed, … Continue reading
Nine Months – Where she is at now
Previous Post Now Baby Girl is older, very mobile with her crawling and forming opinions, including when she is or is not happy to sit on the potty. It’s getting a little trickier getting her to sit still when we know she needs to use the potty. We keep potty time really fun with a … Continue reading
Stage Three – Introducing Toilet Training Underpants
Previous Post Beach Holiday 36 weeks – Baby Girl crawled to the potty today. I always leave the potty out so it is clearly visible and today, on the first day of our Christmas holidays at Nanny’s, she crawled to the potty. So I put her on it and she did a wee. Finally she … Continue reading
Portable Potty Solutions
Previous Post 33 Weeks – We need a portable potty! I checked in with Tracy at her ‘Potty Training’ stand at the weekend markets and of course she has a brilliant solution to move us into this next stage. Potette plus. It covers everything you need in a portable potty!! It fits nicely on … Continue reading
Word Association
Previous Post 29 Weeks – Started saying ‘p’! Is that poo…?potty? She is Eight Months old and the milestones are coming thick and fast now. 31 Weeks – Started occasionally waking up dry from her day sleeps! Woke up at 6.10am, an hour and a half after her morning milk feed and she was in … Continue reading
Stage Two – Potty Time
Previous Post 6th month (25 weeks) Baby Girl started using the potty. On the 30 September she sat up by herself. This felt like a logical time to introduce the next step and sit her on the potty. So I did. The 10th October was when I felt she was quite stable (and had the … Continue reading
Three to Four Months Old – Where she is at now
Previous Post Helpful Hints – I have tried a couple of different brands of nappy and suggest one with a wider design rather than a narrow shape for during the day. The extra width provides protection against leakage during Communication Elimination. 18 weeks old – The success rate was higher at three months than it … Continue reading
Out and About
Previous Post I have a couple of out and about stories. 8 weeks old Out of the Box Festival – This festival is a big children’s festival in Brisbane and I decided to tackle a day out. Little Man was keen to go and join in with a few events. We were getting towards the … Continue reading
Triggers Timing & Signals
Previous Post Triggers – During our ‘Elimination Communication’ I start by loosely holding Baby Girl’s feet whilst allowing her to move freely. She seems to bend then straighten her knees. This action is a well known massage technique many of us use to relax our children’s tummy and help to get things moving. Having a … Continue reading