Potty Training
Autumn took right to potty training at 11 months, but it has taken over 7 months for her to be potty trained. She however, is now trained before she is two and near the time of her brothers birth. Only one child in diapers was my ultimate goal. For us we found different phases in training Autumn. There was the purely parental timing in taking her to the potty. Then their was the milestone of her being able to sign “potty” and then not long after that she was able to verbalize “potty”. She then used “potty” only to go pooh and then it became a manipulative tool for her to get away from whatever unwanted task mommy and daddy wanted her to do. Then came a time when she was just in panties and started holding her pee until she got to the potty and then she finally started verbalizing when she needed to go potty and when asked if she had to go she would reply with a “no” or a nod of the head. For me it has been a long arduous journey, but an awefilling experience observing my child’s mental, verbal, and physical development.
