Louis is poop-trained, meaning he poops in the potty almost every time. (60% of the time he poops in it every time 😊 just kidding) He might go in his diaper once or twice a week. I’m sure a lot of it has to do with his personality, but I actually started training him when he was about 8 months old. I started training him as soon as he could sit on the mini-potty, independently.
Recently, my grandfather died of Alzheimer’s disease. In his last few years, he resided in an awesome old folks home. Every morning, when he woke, the people who worked there, would put my grandfather on the toilet for ten minutes. They would do the same before bed. Eventually he started pooping during the time he was sitting on it. They rarely ever had to change poopy diapers. So, even though he was not speaking, or walking; and even though he was losing his mind, my grandfather still didn’t shit his pants (pardon my French). I was so impressed by this and thought it would be a great way to potty train a toddler. So, when Louis was able to sit up, I started routine training him.
First, I began by putting Louis on his potty every morning with his pajamas still on. His potty was right where I was getting ready for work, so I would brush my teeth and wash my face while Louis sat there. Every once in a while he would take a morning poop or pee while sitting there. After a couple months, I started sitting him there without his pjs. Sure enough, on the very first try without a diaper, he pooped right in the potty! I was so excited! I sang a poop in the potty song and cheered and cheered while I cleaned it up. After that, he pooped about twice a week in the potty, first thing in the morning. I just kept doing it, and he kept pooping.
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