Our gbb trips will be 4 in March and I think we are going to have the oldest triplets in the history of all time to be wearing pull-ups. I am so discouraged by our lack of progress :0(

We are right there with you. I have two that potty-trained enough for school, but that just means they will pee when instructed to do so. Without reminders, they don't go to the bathroom. They still sleep in diapers. The third isn't even as "potty-trained" as the other two, if you can call it that. He can't pee when instructed, and has yet to keep a pullup or underwear dry for more than 30 minutes. He has no control whatsoever.

BGG born 4/25/05 at 31w1d




New baby girl born 9/19/06

Don't worry they'll get there. Just remember, they won't be going to College in diapers.

My boys weren't trained until just after they were 4. One of them was not poop trained until he was 4-1/2!!.

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My sisters twins aren't fully trained. They will be 4 in March, too. One boy is pretty good at it, but the other is nowhere ready. He did good for a while & then regressed.

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Isabel, Jasper & Jonah were born on July 1, 2006

And my twin angels in heaven ~
Olivia Layne - 2/13/05
Elijah Cain - 2/13/05

I swear to you, I did not push it and I think that was what worked for us.

No M&M rewards. No potty parties. No stickers. No confetti. No Dr. Phil potty training books.

Mean Mommy.

I think the only thing I did was read some potty books. That's about it.

Their little brains told their little bodies when they wanted to master the potty training milestone and it just happened.

It will click with them.

ZAZ
By default...I cant really follow through with a real strict "trainin" method...I am so completely overwhelmed with everyone thing else going on in our life right now. I really hope that your theory is correct and that they will just listen to their instinct and eventually not want to wear a diaper any more. Our society really pushes it at such an earlier age than mine are...so I guess I feel really pressured.

I am even at the point that I feel bad asking people to watch them because who wants to change POOPie diapers on a 3.5 year old???

...and I really am desperate for help......

Don't get me wrong. I got honked off by some family members (Mom and Grandma and even DH sometimes) who seemed to always bring up the topic of potty training and felt I should be working a bit harder towards the goal. They were sweet, but always brought it up and then would regale me with their stories of how THEY potty trained THEIR children MUCH earlier than I.

Whatever.

We're not Moms of singletons where I'm assuming, it's a lot easier!

Plop them on the toilet. Read the potty books. Get a book that has the noisy buttons and sound like toilets flushing. That's a good one. And give a bunch of praise and jump for joy when they go. That's all we did. Did it click overnight? No. But, it clicked.

I felt so strongly about sending them to pre-school, but they had to be potty trained and I think that really worked, too. They wanted to go to school and knew they had to get this potty training thing under their belts (no pun intended) before they could go. It worked as an incentive and made them mindful of their little PT goals.

Good luck. It's around the corner for you!

Lisa

Oh I hear ya, Lisa!

My mom, who is very sweet, used to cross the line by telling the girls in a sarcastic voice, "You're too old to be going potty in your pants." And they were 2-1/2.

My advice is don't let anyone tell you when your kids are ready. I wasn't ready when one of my girls was, and then when I was ready, my littlest girls wasn't. It's all about timing!

Loren
GGG Jan.2005 @ 28wks

Sweetened Taters - http://sweetenedtaters.blogspot.com

Mine can join you...

on the positive side, since I just found out mine all have cavities today (another story altogether), my friends and I decided that if I didn't fix their teeth or potty train them, that perhaps I can keep the boys away from them...you know, rotting teeth and Depends aren't so attractive...

What a crappy day...I think I am going to open a bottle of champagne...it's not just for celebrations anymore.

Alice

GGG born 9/3/05 at 35w3d

One of mine was almost four and two were over four when they trained. So you've got some time before yours break my record!

Kristen

My girls were late trainers also. They were 4 when I finally got them night trained. I just had to take away the pull ups and I had a hellish week of wet beds in the middle of the night but that was all it took. One week.

What really helped my girls at about age 3.5 was this dvd...

http://www.amazon.com/No-More-Diapers/dp/B000A1IN0S/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1226014337&sr=1-18

It's super cheesy and has silly songs but really gets the point across. I would just let them watch it over and over.

Try getting rid of the pull ups. They are so much like a diaper that I think it confuses the kids. That was what worked for my girls.

Audrey
SAHM
GGG"s 5-9-2003 (34weeks)

lol... mine are not pt'd either! Two of the three have occasional interest in going on the potty and wearing big kid undies, but the other has no one iota of interest at all. We have been stalled in this stage since the beginning of 2008. I think that their lack of progress is all my fault these days. We're never home, or at least I feel that way, and then when we are, I often don't push the issue. And when they wear underwear, we have a ton of accidents because they refuse to try when I suggest/ encourage it. I've tried rewards, a timer, lots of excitement/ praise, but if they don't want to try when I want them to, it's a huge battle. And then a few minutes later we have an accident... never fails. I keep hoping that one day it will just click and we will all get it right. And don't worry... my triplets will be right there with yours in history! lol

Kim

Mine are turning 3 in a few days and if I even ask if they want to go potty they tell me NO.
I just try to keep remembering what my grandmother always said:

They will go to the potty when they are ready to. This is one thing that you can not control. If you are thinking about all the people who potty train their kids early, if you watch them, they are trained, not the kids. If it were the kids they would go on their on, not the mother telling them to go or carring them every so often.

But, I sure am hoping they decide to try the potty soon! That would be a good Christmas present!
Melissa

Melissa
mom to Abbie, Andy & Levi
November 11, 2005
34 weeks 5 days

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You'll get there!!!

This is what worked for us. We did a few days of completely NAKED from the waist down. We had a couple of accidents but once they peed on the floor once or twice (and helped wipe it up) they were pretty freaked out by it. We have wood floors in our house so this really wasn't a huge deal (and no one was allowed on the furniture!).

Then we did a couple of days of JUST shirts and undies. This allowed them to recognize they had to go but was one less layer to pull down. Then we added easy pants (maybe one day later).

It took a few days. I did it in January so we just stayed home/in, invited people over, etc.

Our main incentive was stickers. I put 3 sheets of blank computer paper on the wall. Each sheet had a kid's name on it. They got one sticker for pee, two stickers for poop. They LOVED getting their stickers. They loved comparing who had what sticker. They loved saying "I got LOTS of stickers compared to ____".

When we finally did go out and about I took extra stuff. They were told that if anyone had an accident we would leave IMMEDIATELY. And we did. We left a lot of fun places IMMEDIATELY and went home (I always had stuff to change them into of course but we still went home as punishment).

One of my kiddos could have been trained at 2 if I would have worked at it. He HATED being wet/poopy/etc. He and Sis were trained at just over 2.5 years old. My other guy was a little over 3. And he still will have an occasional accident. But it's ALWAYS at home when he gets busy. He KNOWS not to have an accident when we are out and about or we LEAVE!

He also still needs a pull up at nap and night and my dd wears one at night. They are just SUCH deep sleepers.

Those are things that worked for us. It wasn't easy and it wasn't fun. You'll GET there though!!!

Julie
BGB ~ June 16, 2005 @ 31wks 3 days
Samuel Jonas (3lbs 11oz)
Leona Ruth (3lbs 5oz)
Gabriel Douglas (2lbs 11oz)