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How did you Potty Train? How'd that go? (lemmy.world)

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Getting ready for the literal and figurative shit storm that is potty training. I would love to hear some experiences-

What method did you use? Was it from a book or a parenting blog? How long did it take? What would you do differently? What did you do right?

I plan to record evidence of our triumph so I can show her when she get sassy and says I don't do anything for her. Welp kid, you'd literally be an animal defecating on the floor! Let's watch exhibit A, shall we?

(I'm not really recording my child, I feel like I have to say this for the former FBI agents who recently have so much time on their hands. I was being entirely facetious...which sounds like feces)

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[–] gianni 5 points 15 hours ago

We didn’t force it. Bought the potty and “big boy” underwear. He was excited to try them at first but ultimately wanted to go back to diapers. We kept the potty out and continued to ask him if he wanted to try underwear. Eventually (several months later) he warmed up to the potty and the switch to underwear soon followed. This happened maybe a couple months after his peers—but we never had a single accident and we didn’t have to do any traumatic training. It was a very smooth transition.