We began potty training our baby this month... because... let's face it, since solid foods were introduced, poo imprisoned in nappies has become the messiest affair ever (even more so now that nappy changes are furious wrestling matches between the baby and the adults). Even messier than before.
At this point, we aren't too particular about S emptying her bladder into the potty all the time. It's the poo that we are more concerned about.
How we're doing it: (1) We'd try to catch her "in action" whenever it happens. I'm still trying to develop an intuition to her go-goes, read I-am-so-going-to-poop-now in her facial expressions and work on not making too much fuss when she's in the go-go mode (coz she doesn't like us to know that she's doing it and would sometimes hold back). Sometimes, she'd be nice and say, "Mmmmm" when she needs to go. (2) Whether or not she poops, I make her sit on her potty right after her first milk feed every morning. This is in order to establish some sort of regularity in bowel movements (via conditioning) as well as the timing of her go-goes. (You see, I am afraid of her go-going while we're out - or say, at church!) She did it very coolly and calmly today. Turned back to half-smile at me too. I hope that she would continue to excel in this. I'm setting a life habit, yo!
Whether or not she uses the potty successfully, we give her alot of affirmation and consolation.
That's it for now, folks! We've got plenty of time from now till she gets shipped off to school to move her from nappies into knickers. Slow and steady wins the race.
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