Potty Training 101 Pt. 2

The last time I posted about potty training I spoke about how I trained my then not even 2yr old day and night. Take into consideration that he still wears a pull up to bed at night most nights, but that's for my own personal sense of security. He wakes up 1-2 times a night to potty and goes back to bed. Today I will be writing about how I trained him outside the home. 

I started by not allowing him outside the home for about a week and a half. It may seem cruel, but I wanted him to really have a sense of what it was like to have to potty. After that week and a half maybe two weeks, we started taking him out wearing a pull up. We would have him sit in the potty before we left, put a pull up on and when our destination was reached (usually no more than 20-25 mins) we had him sit again. The reason why I put the travel time up there is because if it was longer than that he wasn't allowed to come until much later. Those first few weeks of out of the home potty  training the potty went with us everywhere. 

Within a couple of weeks we had him holding it much longer so he were 
able to take longer trips, no longer having to wear a pull up there or back, and using a big boy toilet. We still take him potty when we reach our destination/s and before we leave whether its a 5 minute ride of 1 hour...just to be safe. Accidents do happen! 

I do encourage calling things by proper names and not baby names. Potty or toilet, poop, pee, butt, pipi etc, I find that it is way easier for my son to communicate with me about these things  this is what we call them. Baby naming things can turn them shy about things that are complete normal human bodily functions.

Also a reminder: each child is different. This is my experience with my child. I'm not promising it will work on yours, but simply pick and choose what you can work with. Accidents happen. Do not show your child frustration and do not yell. They will become afraid of going thinking they did something wrong. You can in turn encourage your child to try for the actual potty chair next time. Give positive criticism not the negative kind. 

Good luck!