We’ve been putting Babe-O on the toilet pretty much since she was big enough to do it without fear of accidently flushing the kid (remember the Lindbergh baby?). We started doing it after I very scientifically realized that every night before her bath, when the cool air hit her warm butt, she’d pee all over me. So we started putting her right on the toilet and she quickly got the idea that peeing in the potty is a good thing.
After a while, we stepped it up a notch and got her a little potty seat that allowed her to sit on there by herself. The seat is covered in pictures of Elmo is scuba diving, which is a bit of a strange mental image when you consider the context.
Babe-O doesn’t use a ton of words yet, but she has learned to make it known when she needs to poop. Today was a typical example as she and I were playing and she stopped what she was doing, grunted, and pointed at her diaper. I took her to the toilet, she dumped one in the money hole, and we went about our business.
That’s how it’s done.
And we very, very rarely need to change a pooped-in diaper. Maybe once every two weeks.
We’re not quite as on top of the pee situation, but she’s starting to understand the subtleties there, too.
Either way, this kid is excreting at about a first grade level.
A prodigy? I think so.
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thats great now come potty train my almost 3 yr old with developmental delays please
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ReplyDeletethough I suppose if she would walk, the potty would be a more useful piece of furniture.