Comments on: Oh Crap Potty Training Method Pt.2

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:17:23 +0000

In reply to Kerrin.

You CAN do this! We did a road trip shortly after we started potty training and for the longer stretches of travel we DID use a Pull-Up. 2 hours is a long time for them, so grab yourself a pee pad for the car seat as well if you do decide to go with underwear…Accidents happen but just carry on! If you’d like you can check out the post about that on the blog. Just search “road trip potty training” 🙂 I would talk to your daycare provider and see what they usually do in this situation as they all have different styles. I am working part-time at an in-home daycare now and we have one lad who is 2-1/2 and training. He wears underwear so I just watch him like a hawk for signals and take him to the potty (wears a nappy for nap time). Personally, I would say once the nappy is off for waking time and your child is showing progress and is “getting it”, keep it off even at daycare if they are willing to work with you. Stay consistent as you can and be patient…Best of luck!

By: Kerrin

Kerrin — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 22:24:30 +0000

We will be starting this journey way the end of the month, we are going on a car safari and can’t leave the car for 2 hours!

I’m just a bit unsure how we will continue life (classes and one day of daycare) when we start.. like do we put a nappy on for these?

We can do this!!

By: Kerrin

Kerrin — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 22:24:00 +0000

We will be starting this journey way the end of the month, we are going on a car safari and can’t leave the car for 2 hours!

I’m just a bit unsure how we will continue life (classes and one day of daycare) when we start.. like do we put a nappy on for these?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 18:32:20 +0000

In reply to Robyn.

Great advice Robyn 🙂 I totally agree with that drawback of the “window”. Our son was 34 months when we successfully got it done! I have no idea if it would have worked earlier on, my gut instinct and knowing my son, is that it wouldn’t have. lol… #2 definitely takes a bit more work and can get a bit messier but hang in there! It will happen!

By: Robyn

Robyn — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 15:03:20 +0000

Just started this method 5 days ago with my 30 month old son. He took to #1 in the potty very quickly. I thought I would be incentivizing with M&Ms for weeks to try to get him to go on the potty, but honestly, he enjoyed the “pride” of going by himself (if that’s even possible at this age) over the treat. We are having some difficulty with the #2, as he has dealt with chronic constipation since he was a young infant. We have yet to have a successful #2 on the potty, so maybe I will be revisiting the poop chapter as well.
One of the only drawbacks to the book in my mind, which was mentioned in another comment was that it made me feel like my son had passed the “window” for potty training. As I started reading the book, I felt as though I was a bad mother for not trying sooner. But seriously, I doubt he would’ve made any progress before this age. So to any other parents of older kiddos, don’t allow this book to make you feel bad in any way. Both me and my husband work (I work night shift as a nurse and my husband works 6 days a week), so we had to give ourselves a little grace.
All in all, so far a good experience though!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 31 May 2021 13:50:57 +0000

In reply to Evie Schultz. I so agree with you, trusting that connection is great advice. You know your child best! Starting too young would never have worked for us either and we did not use OC for nighttime training at all. Lifting out of bed to pee at night may work wonders for some but for others, it may not be a good fit. I'm glad everything is going well for you this time around. :-)

By: Evie Schultz

Evie Schultz — Mon, 31 May 2021 03:24:33 +0000

I am using this method with my 30 month old and it is going ok. We are seeing progress each day. We will not be going back to diapers. However I tried this method when she was 25 months and it was a disaster. We saw no progress, zero catches for 6 days. She was clueless and resistant and we were all exhausted. The author of the book makes it sound like every child from 18 months on will be able to do this and that is the main thing I disagree with in this book. I wish I could would have quit on day 2 that first time and had more confidence in my experience with my own child. This time around, I knew she was ready and she is doing much better than last time. It’s ok to quit this method and give it a try at a later time. The author makes it sound like if you give up, all hope is lost for a good potty training experience. I am here to say that’s not true in every case. Be confident in your connection with your own child. Not only in the author’s opinions.