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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my kids were toddlers, I started to sit them down on the portable potty as soon as they got up. I gave them a bottle or sippy cup of warm milk and sat next to them and read them a picture book.  Within 10 minutes they would poop in the potty.

I was not doing this to potty train them so there was no pressure. Instead, it was teaching them good morning routine of being regular and emptying their bowels in the morning.  Just like you teach them to brush the teeth twice a day.  Thankfully, this healthy habit was formed very early for them and they also got toilet trained very early.

I did not do this with any conscious thought frankly. This was basically how people in my culture were raised ( in another country) so I fell back to that. Kids are made to sit on potty by parents  from a very early age  so that they don't soil themselves with pee and poop. Some of it is due to wanting to make the kids feel comfortable (no diaper rash or UTI etc happens) and partly to not have to clean the reusable diapers or spend money on disposable diapers.   Some people think that kids are not trained, rather parents are.  They may be right in a way, but, one of the good results of this is that kids become pretty regular in their poop schedule and usually will void their bowels in the morning.  Very helpful when they start going to preschool or even proper school. They don't have accidents, they don't have to go potty in school and they don't have to use public toilets.

When I started to toilet train such that the kid would use the potty without my prompting and help, I basically put a portable potty on each level of the house, the toy room and even the backyard, next to the swing set. I made sure that when the kid needed to go, the potty was close at hand.  [/quote]

This is really interesting.  How old did you start?  DS potty trained young (22 months) and easily but is in a routine of pooping after lunch which will not be ideal for preschool in the fall.  I don’t think I can change it now with DS but I’d like to try it when the baby is ready.  [/quote]

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