Re: Dr. H Appt. & Potty Training Question

January 11, 2005

hi michele,

when we travel with jenna (our 2 year old) we put her in pull ups and

take the potty along in the trunk of our car. it was suggested to me

to actually use the feel and learn training pants because with pull

ups they are like diapers (absorb the wetness) and the feel and learns

keep them feeling wet to make them realize that they did go to the

bathroom...

maureen

>

> Hi everyone, Collin has an appoinment with Dr. Herzenberg this

> Friday. He is on his 3rd day of underwear (except nap & bed time).

> I so afraid that if I put him in diapers on Friday, I will loose the

> whole weeks progress he has made, he is doing so well. Should I let

> him wear a diaper or underwear, I'm not used to traveling with potty

> training? The ride is about 2 hours each way. If I had a minivan

> or something like that I could pull over to the side of the road and

> bring his little potty chair, but I have a car, so that won't work.

> Any advice on how you have done it, I know many of you travel to see

> your children's doctors, I would love to hear your opinions! I know

> I could pull into a rest area, but he's learning still, he has to go

> when he says he has too, he couldn't wait more then 5 minutes so far.

>

> Michele

January 11, 2005

Michele,

I am also in the middle of potty training. I would use pull-ups also for

long road trips, especially the first couple of weeks. I explained to my

son that he still had to tell me if he needs to go potty. He did very

well, and after a couple of weeks, I had no problems with long road trips

and now we don't need the pull-up. Only at night.

I would allow extra time for the trip in case you need several stops. Try

not to give him anything to drink at least 1 hour before leaving. That

will also help.

See you Friday,, we will be there!!!

Shook

Retail Operations Manager/Baking Instructor

Vie de France Yamazaki, Inc.

2070 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 500

Vienna, VA 22182

x374

fax

January 11, 2005

Thanks! We do have the feel & learn pull-ups (he loves them because

they have spiderman & the hulk on them). I can bring the potty

along in the trunk...but what do you do next. Where do you put it

for him to go? Do I sit it on the side of a road, or actually let

him sit on it with the trunk open? I think I will do the pull-ups

and just tell him to tell me and pull over if I can into a rest

area, but if we are not near one, how do you use the potty? Sorry

for all of the silly questions, this is my first time potty

training, he is almost 3 1/2 so I'm really hoping he will stick with

it since he has been doing great since Sunday morning.

January 11, 2005

when it was warmer out, we'd just pull over and put her potty between

the two open doors to cut out some of the wind. when it got colder,

we'd just lift her into the trunk with a blanket wrapped around her.

we potty trained her in the summer so now that it's into the -20Cs and

-30Cs she's able to hold it more until we get somewhere, but i think

if it was a real emergency we'd probably try and do it in the car - i

know some of my friends are able to do it successfully, but i'd be

worried about making a mess... our potty is fairly small though, so i

think it could be done if it had to...

hth,

maureen

>

> Thanks! We do have the feel & learn pull-ups (he loves them because

> they have spiderman & the hulk on them). I can bring the potty

> along in the trunk...but what do you do next. Where do you put it

> for him to go? Do I sit it on the side of a road, or actually let

> him sit on it with the trunk open? I think I will do the pull-ups

> and just tell him to tell me and pull over if I can into a rest

> area, but if we are not near one, how do you use the potty? Sorry

> for all of the silly questions, this is my first time potty

> training, he is almost 3 1/2 so I'm really hoping he will stick with

> it since he has been doing great since Sunday morning.

January 11, 2005

Hi

How old is your son? I have had two girls who were both trained by now but I

have no idea how or when to start with my son, I suppose that means he isn't

ready just yet

Rach Steve &Connor

-- Dr. H Appt. & Potty Training Question

Hi everyone, Collin has an appoinment with Dr. Herzenberg this

Friday. He is on his 3rd day of underwear (except nap & bed time).

I so afraid that if I put him in diapers on Friday, I will loose the

whole weeks progress he has made, he is doing so well. Should I let

him wear a diaper or underwear, I'm not used to traveling with potty

training? The ride is about 2 hours each way. If I had a minivan

or something like that I could pull over to the side of the road and

bring his little potty chair, but I have a car, so that won't work.

Any advice on how you have done it, I know many of you travel to see

your children's doctors, I would love to hear your opinions! I know

I could pull into a rest area, but he's learning still, he has to go

when he says he has too, he couldn't wait more then 5 minutes so far.

Michele

January 11, 2005

Rach,

He will be 3 1/2 in Febuary. I started a while back, but would back

off when ever he would rebel. This is the first successful few days

thats why I just want to go with it. He asked for a diaper a few

times, but I just said calmly, no we just wear dipaers at nap and

bed time, and just continued what I was doing and didn't make a big

deal over it...I think it is working so far. I wish I would have

just did this before. He has had a potty chair for quite some time,

but we keep that upstairs and the seat comes off to attach to the

toliet when there ready. Downstairs he uses a dora seat that

attaches right to our regular toliet. Now he prefers just to sit on

the " big " potty, so I let him choose. I've bought books/videos in

the past but he had no interest really what so ever. He loves to be

read to while in the potty, any books except potty books! I want to

put him in preschool soon and thought it would be less transition if

I have him go in trained. Rather them his starting in a training

class room and then switching classes again once done. I'd rather

him be in the same class and just be moved to another room for

educational or age reasons. I wish I had all of the potty training

answers, but I think it is just trial and error because all kids

require different thinks. I use pez candies or m&m's. He gets 1

everytime he tries (only if he remembers to ask), if he forgets I

don't bring it up. I give him 3 or 4 if he actually " goes " .

Michele

January 11, 2005

By a small package of pull-ups to be used for such occassions!

Good luck and way to go Collin!!!

Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03

Unilateral LCF, FAB 14/24

>

> Hi everyone, Collin has an appoinment with Dr. Herzenberg this

> Friday. He is on his 3rd day of underwear (except nap & bed

time).

> I so afraid that if I put him in diapers on Friday, I will loose

the

> whole weeks progress he has made, he is doing so well. Should I

let

> him wear a diaper or underwear, I'm not used to traveling with

potty

> training? The ride is about 2 hours each way. If I had a minivan

> or something like that I could pull over to the side of the road

and

> bring his little potty chair, but I have a car, so that won't

work.

> Any advice on how you have done it, I know many of you travel to

see

> your children's doctors, I would love to hear your opinions! I

know

> I could pull into a rest area, but he's learning still, he has to

go

> when he says he has too, he couldn't wait more then 5 minutes so

far.

>

> Michele

January 11, 2005

Don't laugh but a friend of mine uses a minnow bucket for a on-the-road potty

chair as it has a lid, etc.

s.