* Why is it so hard to find boys' elastic waistband jeans in size 2T and 3T? You would think clothing manufacturers would know this is the most likely size for potty training boys. Do non-day care moms just help their kids with their pants each time? Our day care doesn't help the kids potty unless they ask for help so pants with buttons and zippers are not options. Help!
* I've decided potty training problems are like sleep problems. Everyone has a simple solution to your problem. But if the problem were so simple, why would people make so much money selling potty training books and promising "3 day potty training"? And if there's a perfect method, why does any kid ever have an accident? And again people I have TWINS! Obviously I got it right with one of them. This is definitely a nature issue, not a nurture issue.
* For the record, the boys turn 3.5 on Monday and Alex is still having accidents. Our only hope is to re-do booty camp over Christmas. And pray for a Christmas poop miracle (I would say poop-acle but that sounds so similar to poop-scicle).
* Lately the boys use made up words in conversation and it drives me and Jon bonkers. We never know if a question will elicit an answer or a completely random word. At dinner last night, most things were answered with "peepo!" and "boobah!" and this gem: "key card!" The boys were VERY sad to learn that in fact, key card is a real word, a very boring word that took a long time to explain.
* Peepo!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
A bunch of random thoughts that I should make into a blog post but I'm too lazy today
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Ahh! So funny about the made up words! That JUST started for us this weekend! What the heck? Seren ordered up "Gupko" for breakfast. I told her we were fresh out. The constant talking is one annoyance, the use of pretend words takes it up a notch! :)
Since this blog is so random I will start with one and work down. Your right in that each child is different and is on their own time table. So there needs to be different ideas and methods to suit each child. I too have twins and they also potty trained at different times and in different ways. One trained fine during the day but not at night, the other waited another 6 months and trained number one day and night but not number 2 for another 6 months or so. The dr. said that she did not have the ability to hold #2 once she felt the urge it was too late. Developmental problem that took more time. So needless to say you need to cater the treatment to the child.
Second, the pants issue. At least they dont have snaps up the legs, I hated those stupid things in any size of pants or jeans. What baby, much less a busy toddler would sit still to snap 50 snaps up? Annoying to say the least.
third, the made up words. We also had this happen from the time they started talking and we either just ignored it and let thier imagination run wild, or talk back to them in made up gibberish. Usually turned into alot of laughs and giggles along with the knowledge that we cant understand you!!!!! We had a resurgence of this fun antic when we moved to Japan and they started making up japanese words with my best friend who spoke fluently. She would give them a quizzical look and say she didnt know what they said. they would then tell her that they made it up. I believe it has something to do with their brain working out how language is made and why certain sounds are words and others are not. Pretty cool when you think of it that way. So enjoy that their brain is working on organizing english. Kaylyn
I got elastic waist jeans in size 2T at Kohls. I've also seen them at JCPenny. I didn't see them online, though. William will ONLY wear elastic-waist pants. There can be no buttons on his clothes AT ALL. I hope you find some! In the meantime, deep breaths. Alex will get there. And for what it's worth, we still have accidents from time to time. And just think--in 1.5-2 years, I'll be going through this all over again! At least you'll be DONE when you're done, right?
Oh, I so hear you. The Doodles are 3.5 today (!), and Melly's potty behaviour is driving me bonkers. (I think you may be onto something with the UTI idea; she's started complaining that it hurts.)
I'm 100% on the nature thing when it comes to potty training, although I prefer to call it, "not genetics, not nurture, but something else" since mine are monozygotic.
Jess and Mel do the silly words thing too. "Bootyhead" is their favourite.
So far, 3.5 is the hardest stage. I'm kind of hating it.
I got most of Michael's elastic waistband pants at Oshkosh and a few more from the Children's Place. I wish I had known you needs 2T, I just gave my neighbor about 5 pairs of elastic waisted 2T pants that were in good shape.
Michael has been using made up words for a while. In fact, Hannah the stuffed dinosaur was actually named "handa" but I sort of fixed it for him because I knew "Handa" was just the fake word of the moment.
Potty training Michael is like banging my head on the wall. The only thing that happens is I end up with a headache. My mom got it into her head last week that she was going to put Michael in time out every time he peed in his diaper. I put a quick stop to that, but he has still decided he no longer wants to pee in the potty before bedtime. Grr...
Ha, I just realized that our kids aren't making up works. They are really just internet word verification word generators.
When we were potty training we just let dd wear dresses every day to daycare! So much easier with girls :)
Paige also does the made up words, but what's difficult is sometimes she's hard to understand even when she uses real words. So now we are always trying to figure out if it's just us not being able to understand her or if she's intentionally making up words so that we can't.
Random responses:
*Sweatpants!
*Our ped said, just like a typical boy, not figured out by 3, should be figured out by 4 (fingers crossed on the later part).
*so cute. Made up words are common at our house. Or complete random ones, like, 'what do you want to say on video?" "fisherman!"
I second the sweatpants - DD wore them and only them to potty train. Finding nice looking pants w/o buttons was impossible. For awhile after she mastered the skill though, she wouldn't wear any pants with buttons/zippers. It was annoying while it lasted, now anything goes.
www.mamabargains.com is selling sweatpants right now, they still have some of the toddler sizes left if your interested.
Finn is way into the made up words, too. I tell myself that he's being creative, but it can be very frustrating!
I meant "you're," not "your" (blushing) :-).
No, I don't take his pants down for him everytime. I'm way too lazy!
Peepo! That's great, I'm going to start using that one.
Sweatpants.
I finally got #4 trained this weekend. It has been a struggle with her because a) she has low muscle tone in her core and didn't recognize the signs of needing to go #2 and b) if she was in the middle of something she would much rather poop her pants than stop her activity.
Our made up word right now is "lulu." What do you want for dinner? Lulu. Would you like more? Lulu. Some days it's funny... some days it's not.
Oh and my mom bought B-man a ton of elastic waist corduroys at K-mart. (Yeah I said K-mart!) They are really cute.
I love it! You should start asking each one if he is the Keymaster of Gozer.
That's a twin thing, to make up their own language/words, right? I'm sure it's good for their vocabulary.
What does it mean if my husband and I make up words, and we aren't 3.5? We have a favorite made up word we always use with our niece -eeneybobocheecheelala.
Should I be glad I'm having a girl? All the cute girl clothes we've gotten at baby showers are out of control.
I am so afraid of potty training days. They are getting closer and closer!!!!!! My boys have started making up words just this week and at first I was thinking I just couldn't understand what they are saying. And I have yet to figure out what one of them is calling the other but it isn't his given name. Ha!
Jake didn't wear a lot of jeans at this age - mostly the cool track suit type pants with matching mock double layer long sleeve shirts - they were all from Carter's. The other options we do (even now he still has trouble with zipping and buttoning and for Jadyn as well) is to leave the adjustable waist loose enough that the kids can pull them on and off without un-doing them, but not so loose that the pants fall off their bum.
Jake didn't potty train until Thanksgiving week when he was 3.7 and I continued to see potty training threads on his birth board up until they started kindy this fall so yes, there is a wide range, especially it seems for boys and I think no matter what you do try to do to train, it really just comes down to when it "clicks" with the individual child.
Joanna, LOL about the word verification generator.
I stay home with my two year old and he wears sweatpants or wind pants if we are staying home. Plus his jeans and other pants are so big on his skinny waist that he or I can just pull them down without undoing them. We are struggling with potty training so I am always involved in the pant removal.
Re training problems - amen, sister. Even after all this time with Ada, people make suggestions like "have you tried to offer her a treat for going?" as if THAT never occurred to us.
Ada likes to "read" books using made up words. I think there is a relationship between word play and prep for reading.
A while back, remember how you posted about how your boys didn't know what sweatpants are and I responded "how did you potty train your kids without them wearing sweatpants?" Yep, sweatpants all the way! At 4 years, my boys do fine with any kind of pants, so it's only a season you'll have to do all sweatpants all the time.
Hmmm, I had one twin potty trained before he turned three, and the other, at a few months over 4, still having poop accidents (though that's related to other problems he's seeing a gastroenterologist about, just so you're not scared!). Anyway, I feel ya!
I love the made up words! Too cute!
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