I have been training Lavin to go to the toilet .. like the rest she too refuses to sit on the potty to do her business ... Anyway realised that when I don’t put on a nappy she seems to tell me that she is going to pee by holding her panty .. so we quickly rush to the toilet and let her pee ... no coming out until she does it .. it seems to be working so far ... Not sure if that one way but my maid tells me that how she trained her daughter .. so i decided why not give it a try .. u never know ...
sathiya

I used to set my alarm @ 3am so that I can wake Abhijay up to take him to pee. I find that with boys they tend to have accidents even when they r older. Abhijay still has his accidents every now & then. Since he sleeps in his own room & I tell him to wash & change himself (I keep a set of his PJ near his bed). If the bed is wet I told him to go & sleep in the guest room. I don't want him to come & disturb the others who r sleeping as I have to wake up @ 4.45am.

Good Luck!
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Sheela SAHM

With my kids, I have the 'magic sarong'. They wear pampers till an age when they can put it on themselves and until the tape no longer stick (and we use masking tape) 'cos the diaper is just a security for them. I think it is about 4-5 years old. BTW, girls learnt faster than boys where toilet-training is concerned. Divert a little - toilet-trained is not the same as timing-trained. I will never grill and drill my kids to be 'accident free' and but prefer to slave myself with the puddle of water or the glob on the diaper. Kids then have one less stress to deal with. And moms won't get so many wrinkles, either.

Ok, by a certain age, there is no fixed age, I suppose 'cos different kids have different habits, they will go on for many, many nights without wetting a diaper and yet, they insist on wearing it. It is not a nice thing to wake up in the middle of the night getting all wet, so they are rather careful to avoid that. Then I will move on to the magic sarong. It is actually a child's size kain pelikat (the Malay man sarong) I bought from Trengganu. I told them if they wear the sarong over their PJs, like papa, then they will not wee-wee. And yup, they believe that and then graduated from pampers.

I think bedwetting is a sign of stress and sometime, having drunk too much before bedtime also. I personally have nightmares during pregnancies when I can't find a toilet, or the toilet door won't lock, or the toilet too dirty and I will be searching and searching for a toilet. Oh,how I hate those dreams! Luckily, I never find a nice toilet or I would pee in my sleep too!

Conclusion - live with the wee and the pee and don't stress oneself too much over it and especially don't make it an issue with small kids and toddlers. After all, how much does one piece of disposable diaper cost? Only less than 50 sen.
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Lilian (co-owner, moderator and mom of 5)

Ai! Yo! I having trouble getting Junior to sit on the toilet bowl on his own. Till today, (he is three) still wants me to carry him whenever he wants to poo-poo! I've tried Sheela methods of getting him to read books and do colouring but to no avail. He will scream, and scream that his poo-poo is coming out , Mummy carry me QUICK! and the worst thing is: he only wants me to carry him! No one else will do. So, when I'm not around, he will keep his poo-poo!
What am I to do? Sigh!

Jennifer

Hi moomies,
My 28 mo Beatrisya is finally ready to do potty training, I've been putting off for so long. She woke up at 4 am on Tuesday screaming that she needed to poo. We were so surprised, hubby took her diaper off, let her do her business but later said she changed her mind. Put her back in the diaper and at 6 am, we checked on her and like what we expected, she did it in the diaper. Last two days, babysitter said she screamed that she needed to poo and same thing happen, changed her mind but later did it in the diaper. Hubby's colleague said they trained their kid by using some CDs. Now, where can I get such CDs, any moomies have used them before? Or books, any recommendations? Thinking to look for it this weekend and will get serious potty training. And Jennifer, since I'm new in this department, do not have any advice for you but surely love to hear from other experienced moomies.

Ros

Sorry I did not make myself clear, Ai Lian. In the beginning since Abilash could not reach the toilet bowl I let him piss (make him aim @ the water outlet) on the toilet floor near the water outlet ( I will pour water after that). When he was taller told him to do it in the toilet bowl. He could aim himself (stand on his toe to aim in the toilet bowl).

Happy Toilet training everyone!
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Sheela SAHM

I have a confession to make. I only started potty training my boys recently & they are already 28 months old. So malu...Wanted to start earlier but Qistina arrived nearly a year ago so forgot about it until I saw this thread. Gosh...I am so way behind

So for the past few weeks, I have been like a zombie, carrying the boys, running after them, cleaning messy spills all over the place before Qis get to them first. She got legs already, want to walk everywhere. The boys thought it is a game. I tried making that sitting on the potty is the fun way to poo-poo or wee wee. They were having fun, I have split headaches. Another game that they like to play...the bird looks like it wanted to shoot but the owner refused to go to the toilet but instead let's play catch me if you can! And then...ooops Ibu...wee wee...

My question is how do you manage their training when they are having their naps? I have tried bringing them to the toilets before their naps but they will still pee in their sleep. For night time I still put on their diapers. Or do I work on this together? DH asked when do I intend to start Qis on this, I said not now, not until they boys are settled. Need to figure out the boy's wee wee mystery first
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I.D.

I have one more question - How do you clean those messy bottoms? I have never used wet-wipes since 6 mths old. What I did is to wash with the shower. Each time, I will get him to stand against the wall, hands on the wall (or else he will grab his koo2, get his hands dirty and gosh, rub his face! ) So, I treat him like a criminal. Barking orders - hands on the wall, hands on the wall while I get the shower water to the right temperature, bath foam ready. You can imagine how tedious it is to pack a 15mths old to the toilet 5-6 times a day (plus those bath time and after food time). I usually ended up with wet clothes and all sweaty.

So, do you all have any easier steps?
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Lilian (co-owner, moderator and mom of 5)

Yep! Junior used to do his big business on the newspaper. My brother kept asking me when I'm going to toilet train my son??? Now, he has graduate to the toilet bowl but still wants me to carry him. These days my brother keep asking me "Are you going to carry him like this till he is 18 years old ???" I'm officially shifting to my new house this coming Sat. Junior has promised me to poo on his own in the toilet if I make him a nice kids toilet of his own. So, toilet pun sudah buat cantik, cantik. We'll see how it goes...................... More report later on........he...he...he....

Oh! Lil, about washing the bum-bum after the big mess, I still use wet wipes then only wash. I find it easier and less messy.

Regards,
Jennifer