I have 2 questions. Please help if you have any advice.. Most of it will be welcome ;) jk,,
#1 - Creighton is having a hard time. He doesn't like to be put down. If he is put down it lasts about 2 minutes and he's crying again. It seems like the only thing that calms him down sometimes is a bottle. Usually it is every 2-3 hours.. Sometimes not though.. How can I help him be okay with being put down or laid down? Oh and he sleeps a lot still.. Is that okay still at 5 weeks?
#2 - Cayden is SCARED of the toilet. I know he's only 33 months not even three - but I'm done with 2 sets of diapers to change.. Not fun for me or the finances. So momma's with boys (even girls if you have good ideas) what did you do to help your son potty train? Any good books? Little toilets that worked? Help me!! Haha.. We ask all the time if he wants to. And we even try to put him on the toilet and he just straightens his legs which when your son weighs 40 lbs makes it a very hard situation.. haha :)
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So you know I always have 2 cents laying around...
I'm gonna start with the one that will probably get me a "mommy boo"...
So...Jax loves to be held, too. LOTS and LOTS. Too much for my liking...since I have 2 other kiddos, I have to be able to take care of ALL of them. What I do (hold your boo's)...is prop Jax's bottle up. I lay him in his boppy or on a pillow...stick that bottle in his mouth and prop it up with a blanket. Yup, I really do that. It gives me a chance to get stuff done whilst he eats! And then I dont mind so much when I have to hold him the rest of the day ;).
ALSO...hold him, put him on a boppy, hold him, put him in a high chair, hold him, put him in a swing. Switch it up!
And they sleep cause they are growing! Jax took a 6 hour nap yesterday. Bliss!
As for potty-training a boy? Im sure it runs along the same lines as training a girl. Im no good at it...but I've noticed if you give them something they like to do while they sit there, it helps. For example, Bella loves to read, so books while she sat there. Aube loves attention...so a sticker chart worked for her. Do you have a handheld game he likes to play or something?
Also...Aube hated the potty...but we bought one of those seats that go on the regular toilet, and she picked it out, so she ended up wanting to sit on it.
But when it comes down to it...you'll have to take a day where he is wearing only undies the whole day...you may have messes to clean up...but he'll get the fact that when he pee's he makes a mess and will hopefully want to make that mess in the toilet! lol. That's what I did with Aube. I've heard of friends with boys just letting them walk around naked, too. That's kind of gross to me...but hey, if it works, it works!
Now...I think that's like $25.50 worth of advice there...
For the holding one, do you have a swing? Aiden hates to just lay down on his play mat or boppy but loves his swing. He will sit in his bouncy for a little while but not as long as his swing. That is where he naps because he will sleep for quite awhile in it. Or if he is in his boppy, he's happy if he is under the fan. He just smiles at fans (but that probably won't work with such a newbie quite yet:) Or...with the girls, I carried them around in a sling or front carrier. It's a little hard to still do stuff but it at least gives you your hands back and doesn't kill your arm when you are trying to hold him in one arm and do stuff with the other.
As for potty training, we just did this with Jordyn. I heard that boys are harder so he may just not be ready quite yet. Jordyn wouldn't sit on the toilet either but all of a sudden she started asking to go, would sit there for five seconds, take some tp and flush. Then I decided one week when I had nowhere to go to just put her in underwear (get some cool ones with characters that he likes) and just kept asking if she had to go every little while. I never bought the small potties because I didn't want to clean it up:) I also got the round things that you put on the toilet (I still had a Sesame Street one with my older one and I would look at the characters with her and ask her what the letters on it were and that kept her interested to sit there for a few minutes). There will definitely be messes but with each day it gets better. I also gave her M&M's (her fave) whenever she went. Only give a couple or else they will be getting a ton because they go alot! :) Oh, and I sang when she went....yay, pee pee in the potty, pee pee in the potty...yay!! Make a big deal out of it so they want to do it again!! I'm still doing that so she stays interested.
Good luck!! And newborns sleep tons. I wouldn't worry about it. You can look on babycenter to see how many hours they need at each stage.
I can't help you with the being held part. Cam loves to be held and I do it all the time. He's just now sleeping through the night in his own crib and he's almost 1. He's my last and he's spoiled. What can I say?
Now for the potty training here's what I did that worked best:
Hayden was 3 years and 3 months when I started and it took about 3 days. I put a cheap potty in the living room and one of those potty seats on the big toilet. He essentially watched the Incredibles and ate goldfish for 3 straight days. Oh and he was buck naked. Not a single accident. He mainly stayed in the living room but if it was bathtime or I was in the bathroom he would do the big potty. It worked amazing and I will use it on Cam for sure. I had heard about it being foolproof and it was a breeze. The only issue I had was being in public. It took a while before I could get him to go on a public toilet. So, I would just hold him and he would pee semi upright like a big boy standing to pee. I have tried the cold turkey underwear thing, rewards, etc on my other boys and this is the only thing that worked. I didn't try this with any other kid except Hayden. However, boys take longer and he may not be ready. He has to be dry at naps, and dry all night, and act interested whenever you or hubby are on the toilet or it won't work yet. Maybe to save money get some of those thicker training pants you can wash then put those rubber/plastic underwear over them. Kinda old school but remember my oldest is 18 and that's what I did with him.
get your receipt and return them.. they are broken! JUST KIDDEN!
ha sorry I really dont have any motherly advice but I will say I bet you are doing an amazing job! and I heart you still!
oh and I agree with Sarah- kinda gross. Because Hayden showed his pee and poop to everyone and he was always in the living room going potty. He once showed a turd to the carpet guy... Oh and like Krista said- lots and lots of praise always! No matter what act like him going potty is the greatest thing that ever happened in the whole world.
It's been too long for me to remember this stuff, but I laughed when I read "Most of it will be welcome." :O)
I have no advice whatsoever. I’m scared to have a second baby b/c I just don’t know how I could split myself again! (Don’t get me wrong – I LOVE my daughter. But wow – how do you ladies do it?!)
I don’t even have any advice for the potty training. I credit Caedyn’s potty training 110% to the daycare. They took her every HOUR to the potty, and she got it. Those ladies are magic.
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