Today our nanny told me that she was sitting on the couch reading to Astrid, when Astrid wanted down off the couch. When she put her down, Astrid went and hid behind a partition between the living room and kitchen, where she couldn't be seen, to squat in the corner to go poop. She said she's seen other children behave like that when they're ready to be potty trained.
I've been wanting to start potty training Astrid for awhile now. Now in the evenings I can see when she is trying to "go" and it would be a natural progression to put her on the potty when I see it happening. Her poo has also become very stinky since she's digesting solid foods and table foods. The only reason I haven't started yet is because Uwe believes it's too soon. He doesn't want to start until she's at least 18 months. He's afraid she will become anal retentive (like her mother), and that it will screw her up emotionally if we start too soon.
Until this point we've agreed on everything regarding Astrid's care and development. This is the first issue regarding Astrid where we have a difference of opinion. In this case I have to compromise because he is adamantly opposed to potty training any sooner, and we are going on vacation to Europe this September and it's not possible to transport s a potty with us. I agree that it doesn't make sense to start her potty training, only to stop when we're traveling. So we have agreed to start after our vacation, and by that time she will be almost 18 months old.
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Maybe showing her this enlightening Japanese potty training video will help :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-KrrIbAEs
It is a tricky thing .. and just after 1 year might be a tad early ... she might realize that it is time to go, but she has no control over her bodily functions yet ... often a too early start can create frustration (at least I am being told that after having tried some potty stuff on Julius) ... i think it is good to wait after the Europe trip .. and then maybe just have a nice potty around for her to 'try on' ...
I was prepared for a long hard struggle, and then TK promptly trained himself at 2. I suppose that makes up for the fact that he's STILL -- after almost four years -- not a good sleeper. :)
Sounds like you and Uwe have a good plan.
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