I can proudly announce that I have successfully potty trained Irfan hehehhehe =)To tell you the truth, the potty training journey wasn't too bad at all, infact I think I might have enjoyed it.
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| That's my boy.. rasa mcm tgh yak when this pic was taken hehe |
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| Ape la yg dia buat tu.. I'm watching him from the outside, dia tak bagi duduk dlm toilet |
Let me recap the whole potty thingy-
Nov to Dec 2010-
Started training Irfan months ago, didn't do much just showed him some potty videos, bought some potty books, let him sit on the potty chair etc. In the mean time I was doing my own research too- read some potty training books, online tips, read all about the frustrations from some blogger mommies etc... hmmmph the latter one didn't help much la. It actually made me feel that both Irfan and I were not ready
hahha salahkan org la pulak kan..
Dec to Jan 2011-
Then I was on holiday mode, sakit mode etc so all the progress was on hold. I petty much was a bit demotivated after reading some horrific stories about potty train.
Mid Feb 2011 (First three days of extensive training)-
I think it was Feb 16 or 17 when I was so determined to just go for it. Diaperless that's it! I was having a hard time at first b/c Irfan was under the impression that diaper= pee/poo. So everytime when he's diaperless, it took him hours and hours (up to 6 hrs!) before he finally said that he wanted to pee, and he'd pee/poo as soon as you put the diaper on (in our case I made him wear diaper right before he naps).
Me on the other hand kept taking him to the potty every half an hour or so (I got this from all the books that I've read); which was so ridiculous b/c he won't pee within 0.5 hr gap. So I stopped doing that and for couple of days I collected some data- basically writing down bila Irfan minum and bila dia pee. After couple of days I got the pattern.
Viola, it gave me some guidelines that if I give him something to drink about 10 am- he'd pee about 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm. Between 10 am - 12:30, I can peacefully browse the net or watch tv haha.. well there were some accidents but it's not too bad considering that I didn't have to take him to the bathroom every 30 mins! Usually the accidents happened around 12:30 or 2:30 mcm tu la, it's slightly before/ over the time frame.
Second week of extensive training-
After 2-3 days of training, Irfan didn't really show any progress. He won't pee in the potty, melepas sana sini huhu so I introduced some treats to him- chocolate roll and M&Ms after pee or poo. He's getting the hang of it, but still..
Until one day, he actually pooped on the carpet! Euurgghhh... pening pening.. so before cleaned it up, I told Irfan that I was so upset with him, showed him the poop on the carpet
besar mak oii and kept telling him-
"Irfan, see you yak on the floor. Now I have to clean it up. Look at yak, you're not supposed to yak on the floor. Irfan is aaaa....
(then Irfan sambung) BIG BOY... big boys pee in the POTTY!"
I kept pointing to the yak and grabbed him and showed to him the toilet next. From his face, I can tell that he's a bit shocked seeing his poop on the floor in the middle of the living room!
From that point on, Irfan will tell me whenever he wants to go. There were some incidents here and there, but just some minor ones. I think after the 'yak in the living room incident', there were only 3-4 times Irfan terlepas pee pee, but then dia tahan and proceed kat toilet. Oh and he calls 'yak' = BIG PEE PEE.. hehe comel..
And now it has been almost 6 days without any accidents.. he would tell me when ever he needs to go, and he's not wearing diaper during nap time either. Big achievement ... I'm so proud of my boy.
Next step is diaperless during outing.. macam mana tu. I might need to do some reading again. Folding potty seat dah beli... we'll see how it goes, berani ke nak keluar sorang2 dgn Irfan yg diaperless? *nervous mode*
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| Here's the potty seat that I bought for Irfan way before getting the potty chair. Irfan likes this better than the potty chair. |
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| This is the foldable pottu seat- for travelling etc |
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| Here's how it looks like after it's folded, kecik je boleh masuk handbag *euuw* |
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| Zuhri said I should get something nice for myself.. for all the hard work training Irfan... hummm this is what I have in mind for 'something niceee' |
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| Boleh tak? .. I promise this is the last one =) |
