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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP- how did you get your kid on the potty for the first time? Physically put them there? That will be a complete nonstarter with mine who melts down if manhandled. I've tried bribing. We started this afternoon. [/quote]

How do you get your child into the stroller or car seat?  [/quote]

She's been in a stroller or car seat for her entire life. The potty is new. [/quote]

So she won’t let you pick her up and sit her anyplace she hasn’t been in in her whole life?!  Seriously that’s insane, PP!  You have to show her how to use a potty.  [/quote]

Omg. Of course I'm going to show her how to use the potty. I'm actually insanely strict. But I don't want her first experience of the potty to be me forcing her on it. Last week I tried to force her into her new winter bunting and it caused a 45 minute meltdown. Physically holding a kicking and crying toddler on a potty doesn't seem like the best way to start this process. [/quote]

How old is your toddler?  Is she developmentally normal and curious?  [/quote]

She's almost 23 months. Yes, in fact pretty advanced (I hate saying that because it sounds ridiculous but she knows all her numbers and letters). She's just very strong willed and has never liked being moved or restrained. Anyway, we have made progress since last night! Daddy got her to sit on the toilet. Now she'll sit, working on peeing. [/quote]

It isn’t for every child.  I had a really strong willed independent kid and oh crap was a disaster.  A crappy disaster, literally.  I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone with anything other than a totally complacent toddler.

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Like with everything with her I'm determined that this not turn into a power struggle. DH and I are both very strong willed and our parents handled it poorly. Like with her eating, I'm going to just keep it neutral and light. I don't want to force it. She just did a little pee in it! God sorry everyone for live blogging this experience but we're all trapped in our houses so. [/quote]

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