Comments on: Diaper Free Ashley

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

Well, I’m still new in this area. But my Mum did managed to train my little girl to shit in a pot when she is ~6 months. What she did is to get her to shit at a fixed time (usually in the morning after her drink). However, we are not very successful with the peeing (probably it is too frequent). I have read some articles about potty training and most of them recommend to start potty training ~18months of age, when they start learning how to control.

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

You cracked me up when you mentioned ‘bs’ hee hee… so cute la you! This entry reminded me of a post you did sometime back … thanks for your search engine Dec 03 2004 where you did a note about Yauyau’s habits.

Potty training seems to be a long journey for us and i think the ‘zeal for it fizzes out sometimes when we don’t see results and head back for the ‘convenient’ way. Fret not! Ashley has displayed that it can be done!

We are not alone. While i thought i am getting some success from Tim being better trained now, it has been really hard to tell when he needs to go. Like Yauyau, he will be all quiet for a moment then shivers after that… *cough* thats when he has peed! *sigh* He loves to stand in the bath and pee too! *Peng san*

By: eemiily

eemiily — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

“shh shh” and “poo poo” is quite innocent sounding =) mom said she used to bribe me to seat on the potty by giving me some smarties (those in lil boxes, not the whole tube) n if i poo-ed/pee-d, i get more. i think. lol.

By: yl

yl — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

what is wrong with 上厕所??

all the best!!

cheerio,
yl

By: Hsin

Hsin — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

Great thing about being not in Singapore. I use the bs word and no one knows what I”m talking about!! Anyway, we’re all very laid back here. None at our baby group discusses toilet training, even though the oldest are about 18 months. I say hooray if the child is toilet trained by 18 months, but frankly, I believe they’ll be ready to pee/poo in a pot when they’re good and ready to. Good luck!!

By: hait

hait — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

Thanks all, for sharing your personal experience and encouragements. I haven’t strip her from the diapers yet, still trying hard to get her to understand what is pooing is all about.

yl, oh yeah, there is definitly nothing wrong with 上厕所 and it sounds so much nicer. But I guess that three words have to wait a while longer, as it doesn’t differentiate between wee wee and poo poo.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

My mum lets Damien go diaperless for around a week and after the initial mess, he finally indicated to my mum that he wants to “shh shh”. However, we had a hard time getting him to poo in the potty. Drama man, no matter how we coaxed, distract him with story book, showed him how we do it (desperate already), threatened him (very desperate already), he simply refused to. He will perform his “bang sai stunt” standing in the shower, and will cry non-stop until the “sai” is out… Until one fine day, he finally tell me: mummy i want poo poo in the potty! Wah, so happy, no more drama thereafter:) Dont’ worry, my mum always tell me: they will naturally want to go diaperless once they’re ready:)

By: mel

mel — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

We also use ss and bs, hehe. Agree with you, quite crude.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

My mom also advocates the let-them-go-diaperless-until-they-cannot-tahan-wetting-themselves type. wah piangz, i totally refuse to do so. Cos it is actually very dangerous to have a pool of urine on your floor and the child might slip and hurt himself.

Dun rush your child, it might backfire. when they are ready to ditch the diapers, they will let you know.