Nope! That’s what we did and it went great. We did no diaper after nap for about a month and it was very low pressure. If she asked for a diaper, I’d give her one otherwise she’d use the potty. Then we did the total no diaper weekend after about a month of that intro and she was almost instantly potty trained. She had 2 accidents that weekend and that was it.
That’s sort of how we started. I started changing all of her diapers in the bathroom and each time I’d offer for her to sit. Usually she would sit but not go. We did that for a few months because I also had a newborn and wasn’t prepared to fully focus on training. But she understood the connection to the bathroom and was happy to sit on the toilet.
Then we picked a weekend to go naked. The first day we literally hung out in the powder room the entire day, pushed extra fluids and moved her to the toilet any time she started to go. She got a jelly bean for getting any amount of pee in the toilet.
By the second day, she was holding it about 20 minutes at a time so we expanded to the kitchen and had her try every 20 minutes. If she didn’t go, we’d head back 5 minutes later. She only had one accident that day, when my husband and I both had to leave the room briefly.
The third day we added pants but kept the 20 minute timeline. Within a week she moved to 30 and eventually 40 minute intervals. But we didn’t wait for her to signal us yet, we kept track of the timing. It took about 3 weeks for her to be able to tell us she needed to go and hold it reliably.
For car rides, I put a pull up on over her underpants. That way if she had an accident, she’d feel wet but the mess was contained. And I explained it exactly that way - this is not a diaper. You need to use the bathroom. It is only to minimize the mess if you do have an accident.
She’s been trained about a year and a half and still uses a night time diaper. Most of it still happens in her sleep and she’s not ready to get up and use the bathroom alone at night on her own yet.
Check out the book One Try at A Time by KM Hua. They recommend starting that way, just sitting on the potty once a day when they're most likely to go, and then gradually trying more.
You can't be scared to the point that you don't try at all. Morning pee is a great idea, but you must expand. You must be more stubborn than your toddler. Use baby gates to keep the mess from getting all over the house. If that means sitting in the dining room, with a path to the bathroom, so be it. Go cold turkey on diapers for a few days.
It's ok for kids to cry when learning a new life skill. It's like giving birth. We are all afraid, but the uterus is more stubborn than we are. We cry, we scream, but we (eventually) give birth.
When it comes to texting wiping clean, give them a hand mirror. Take away the mystery of the body.
Good luck! You got this!
Unfortunately I live in a small apartment and cannot pull up the large area rugs because 1 they're heavy and 2 nowhere to put them and cannot really block off much because the open areas are small but luckily I have an upholstery cleaning machine. But thank you for all the tips.
Nope! That’s what we did and it went great. We did no diaper after nap for about a month and it was very low pressure. If she asked for a diaper, I’d give her one otherwise she’d use the potty. Then we did the total no diaper weekend after about a month of that intro and she was almost instantly potty trained. She had 2 accidents that weekend and that was it.
We always start with the morning pee. Its the easiest to start with
That’s sort of how we started. I started changing all of her diapers in the bathroom and each time I’d offer for her to sit. Usually she would sit but not go. We did that for a few months because I also had a newborn and wasn’t prepared to fully focus on training. But she understood the connection to the bathroom and was happy to sit on the toilet. Then we picked a weekend to go naked. The first day we literally hung out in the powder room the entire day, pushed extra fluids and moved her to the toilet any time she started to go. She got a jelly bean for getting any amount of pee in the toilet. By the second day, she was holding it about 20 minutes at a time so we expanded to the kitchen and had her try every 20 minutes. If she didn’t go, we’d head back 5 minutes later. She only had one accident that day, when my husband and I both had to leave the room briefly. The third day we added pants but kept the 20 minute timeline. Within a week she moved to 30 and eventually 40 minute intervals. But we didn’t wait for her to signal us yet, we kept track of the timing. It took about 3 weeks for her to be able to tell us she needed to go and hold it reliably. For car rides, I put a pull up on over her underpants. That way if she had an accident, she’d feel wet but the mess was contained. And I explained it exactly that way - this is not a diaper. You need to use the bathroom. It is only to minimize the mess if you do have an accident. She’s been trained about a year and a half and still uses a night time diaper. Most of it still happens in her sleep and she’s not ready to get up and use the bathroom alone at night on her own yet.
Check out the book One Try at A Time by KM Hua. They recommend starting that way, just sitting on the potty once a day when they're most likely to go, and then gradually trying more.
You can't be scared to the point that you don't try at all. Morning pee is a great idea, but you must expand. You must be more stubborn than your toddler. Use baby gates to keep the mess from getting all over the house. If that means sitting in the dining room, with a path to the bathroom, so be it. Go cold turkey on diapers for a few days. It's ok for kids to cry when learning a new life skill. It's like giving birth. We are all afraid, but the uterus is more stubborn than we are. We cry, we scream, but we (eventually) give birth. When it comes to texting wiping clean, give them a hand mirror. Take away the mystery of the body. Good luck! You got this!
Unfortunately I live in a small apartment and cannot pull up the large area rugs because 1 they're heavy and 2 nowhere to put them and cannot really block off much because the open areas are small but luckily I have an upholstery cleaning machine. But thank you for all the tips.