Dindin's new pink potty chair from her grandmother
About two weeks ago, my mother just thought of buying something for Dindin and she thought of a new potty. Well I told her to make it pink because it seems that Dindin is preferring pink stuff lately. And so Nanay did. The potty comes with a purple cover and so it is a cute combination.
Dindin would really cover her potty after each pee or poo.
Nanay also bought Dindin some baby wipes that come in purple containers. tee hee So cute.
When Dindin was just several months old, we tried to get her used to the potty. That was when she can already sit down. We did not really force her, we just wanted her to get used to it and also to have a regular time at the potty.
But when she turned a year old, this was stopped because she got sick very often and most of the time, the only thing I did was to giver her medicines and to clean away her vomit. It was very tiring and stressful. When the sickly episodes were over, she was already about 1.5 years old and she got used to peeing and poopoo in her diaper.
We tried all methods, but she refused to sit on the potty. Oh yeah, she would sit alright but she will not use it. Sometimes she would sit there for several minutes and then stand up to pee at the corner of the bed. She knew what the potty is and what it is for, but she just refused. We got to the point of scolding and punishing to no avail. One day, I just realized her frustration, when, after peeing on the floor, she just buried her face on the bed and shook it. She was as frustrated as we were, but she just refused. It was then that I stopped. I thought if she was not ready, then we will wait for her to be ready.
I kept the potty and I would just take it out about once a month just to see if she wanted to use it. She didn’t so I would keep it again.
Several months ago, we started using reusable diapers so that we could save on her diaper usage, at least for the day. But a couple of weeks ago, I ran out of reusable shells because it had rained for several days in a row and so her shells were still in the laundry. It was already around 6pm so I thought if I was going to let her wear a diaper we would just waste another one. I thought of taking out the potty again.
I put it in a corner and then without having me to tell her, she ran to the corner and sat down to pee, like it was the most natural thing to do. After she was done, she stood up and said “Yey! I’m finished!” It took me some moments to realize what was going on. Dindin was ready to be potty trained! Since then she would pee on the potty. There were accident for about three days thereafter, but the potty was already part of the routine.
I also asked her if she will poop in the potty. She said “NO!” So I said, okay. She continued to do so in her diaper but the pee went in the potty. On the third night, she sat down on the potty to pee. She already pooped in the day so I never thought that she would. I waited for her to stand up so that I can pull up her underwear. But she just sat there. So I told her, “Okay, just call Mama when you’re done.” After several minutes, she stood up and called me. I was about to pull up her underwear when she said, “No, uu.” And yeah, there it was, she pooped in her potty! I was sooooo happy.
That night, she realized how easy it is to do it sitting down as opposed to standing up. So up until now, she does both weewee and poopoo in the potty! I am one happy mama! 
IN SHORT, WE JUST WAITED FOR HER TO BE READY. AND OF COURSE, WE PRAYED FOR IT, TOO.
Weeee!!!
I am a happy mama! Dindin peed on her potty for the first time today.
Yes, we were having problems potty training Dindin. That is because she never did like sitting on the potty and the sensation of pooping and peeing while sitting down. We know she understands that her pee and poop go into the potty because if you ask her the “accidents” on the floor and where they are supposed to go, she would answer correctly.
We already asked an e-manual from a friend on how to potty train a toddler but the problem is, she did not like sitting on the potty. She would try sitting on the potty and then stand up when she was about to pee or poo. Or she would sit on the potty if she had her diaper on. Imagine that.
One time I was really exasperated with her already that even she was so frustrated with herself. She leaned her head on the bed and shook it like, “tsk. tsk.” I felt so bad for her that after that I put a diaper on her while she was bottle feeding. When she realized what I did, she smiled, as if very happy that I put a diaper on her. She seemed to heave a sigh of relief.
Anyway, tonight, there was another accident but I kinda told her in a loud voice to sit on the potty. She did not continue to poop but she peed! Wow! That was the first time she peed so although her Papa and I had to do a lot of cleaning up, we applauded her and cheered her for the job well done. I showed her after taking her off the potty and after taking a bath how her weewee looks in the potty and she also said “Yey!”
Sigh…tomorrow again. Thank God! All we needed was a first time. All we needed was for her to try peeing on the potty and finding it a nice experience. We are sooo happy and proud of Dindin!
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