Monday, July 18, 2016
Potty Training/Kuivaksi opettelua
When our quadruplets were little, I remember potty training being one of the hardest phases of parenting. It was so traumatic, in fact, I had made the Captain promise we wouldn't have any more children.
Eventually the quads started a full day kindergarten, and I forgot quite how horrific potty training was.
I was ready for another child.
When Little Miss was little, I decided not to potty train her. I'd wait until she was in 2nd grade and was begging for underwear.
Little Miss, however, always thought she was as old as her siblings (seven years older), so she trained herself at the age of two to use the potty. Truly with very little help from mama.
And Mei Mei? Well, as an older mom this time around, I knew not to rush things, but at the same time, *I* was ready for her to be done with diapers. At about 2.5, we started reading potty books and watching potty videos.
She would happily sit on the potty, but no results.
For months.
The day before her third birthday she decided she was ready. Yay! It has taken her about a month to be completely day trained, and we still use a pull-up for the night (just in case), but she is finally done with the diapers!
Even during RV travels.
Even during flying.
Even at the summer house in Finland using an outhouse!
(Fortunately our cabin does have a real bathroom, too.)
PS. A couple of our favorite potty resources are Sally Lloyd-Jones' book Skip to the Loo, My Darling and Signing Time DVD Potty Time.
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Mei Mei on vihdoin oppinut kuivaksi tämän kesän aikana (housuvaippa on vielä yöllä käytössä). Jee!
Neljän taaperon kanssa se oli niin traumaattista, että sain Kapteenin lupaamaan, ettei meille tule enää lapsia. Kun neloset aloittivat kokopäiväisen eskarin, olin unohtanut kaameasta vaiheesta tarpeeksi, niin että olin valmis uudelle pikkuiselle. Pikkuneiti liittyi adoption kautta perheeseemme, mutta vannoin, etten koskaan opeta hänelle pytyllä käyntiä. Hän saa tulla anelemaan pikkuhousuja tokaluokkalaisena, koska kaikilla muillakin ystävillä on jo... Noh, Pikkuneiti päätti itse opetella kuivaksi 2-vuotiaana, koska hän on aina uskonut olevansa yhtä vanha kuin isosisaret (seitsemän vuoden ikäro).
Mei Mein kanssa taas äiti on ollut valmiimpi jo jättämään vaipat, niinpä olemme harjoitelleet jo kuukausia - ilman mitään tuloksia. Kunnes päivää ennen 3-vuotissynttäreitä tyttö päätti alkaa käymään pytyllä. Ja nyt onneksi onnistuu niin kotona kuin asuntoautossa, lentokoneessa ja tarpeen tullen myös hyyskässä!
Labels:
Adoption,
Photography,
Travel
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