The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 179: What To Do When Your Toddler Doesn’t Fully Eliminate Her Bladder
Picture this…
You’re done with daytime potty training, your child is fully pee and poop potty trained for daytime and nap, and now all of a sudden your child isn’t doing a good pee when she sits on the toilet. She sits, goes some, and then runs off.
Maybe she’s rushing to the bathroom a little while later because she has to go. Maybe she suddenly has some pee pee dribbles in her underwear.
And you're thinking, what gives? You had this whole potty training thing down months ago.
If you ask me, “What gives?” is a great question.
Why is your child suddenly doing this, and what can you do about it? That’s what I’ll be answering today.
Let’s head to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn reviews the potential reasons your child is not fully eliminating when she sits on the potty to go pee;
- She shares the questions you should ask yourself to figure...
The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 176: The How-To for Naptime Potty Training
You’ve conquered the daytime potty training - or are in the midst of conquering it - and now you’re wondering how the heck do you get your child potty trained for nap.
If you’ve followed my daytime potty training plan, what I recommend for naptime is going to sound quite familiar to you because a lot of the strategies that you use for daytime training you will also use for naptime training.
The steps are simple, the how-to is simple, and you’ll gleam a lot from today’s episode as I review the how-to for naptime potty training.
Let’s go to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn outlines five strategies to follow for successful naptime potty training;
- She reviews how some of your child’s learned daytime potty training skills can carry over to naptime training and make the process easier for you; and
- She shares what notes or data you can collect during...
The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 174: Knowing When Your Toddler is Ready to Wear Underwear to Preschool
You tackled the big to-do of potty training your child this summer and now you’re left wondering…
Okay, is my child ready to wear underwear to preschool?
When is a child ready to wear underwear to preschool? That’s what I’ll be answering in today’s episode.
Let’s go to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn shares three important criteria that your child should meet in order to be ready to wear underwear to preschool;
- She outlines what you should consider if your child is not fully potty trained but may be ready to head to preschool in underwear; and
- She specifically shares when your child should NOT wear underwear to preschool.
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The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 172: Wisely Using Rewards in Potty Training So They Actually Work
If you’re in your potty training journey with your toddler and you’re concerned or worried that maybe your child is just not getting the hang of it or you feel that your child is struggling to learn the process or you feel that maybe they aren’t making the progress that you think your child should be making, the very first thing that I would look at and trouble shoot is the reward you’re using.
And if you’re concerned about progress and aren’t using rewards at all, then by all means add those rewards in.
The reason that I say that rewards is the first thing that you should troubleshoot in your potty training journey is that it’s a pretty dang easy thing to fix or to change, and that one small change with rewards in potty training can actually make a huge difference.
That’s my go-to when it comes to troubleshooting typical potty training progress issues because one...
The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 170: Is Pre-Potty Exposure Necessary Before Potty Training?
If it’s about time for you to start your potty training journey with your child, you may be wondering if you’ve “prepped” your child enough for the experience.
What do they need to know about the potty before they jump in?
How much do you need to mentally prepare them?
What should you tell them?
What should they experience?
I get lots of questions like this from moms who are about the jump into potty training for the first time. They want to make sure they set their child up for success when it comes to potty training, and I’m all aboard on that mentality.
So today let’s talk about this exposure to the potty before jumping into potty training so that you can begin your journey in ease.
Let’s go to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn explains how your child naturally gets some potty exposure prior to your potty training journey;
- She...
The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 168: How & When to Decrease Rewards after Potty Training
One of the biggest beefs that many parents have with using rewards for potty training is that they think that their child will ALWAYS require to earn a reward in order to go pee pee on the potty, and that’s just not the case.
As you know, I’m a big fan of using rewards, especially for potty training, so today I want to guide you on how to effectively decrease those rewards after potty training is over.
To calm your fears, your child will NOT require a reward to go pee pee on the potty for the rest of her life.
Let’s go to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn shares the key piece to SUCCESSFULLY decreasing the use of rewards for daytime potty training;
- She goes in detail on how she decreased the use of rewards for daytime potty training for her son; and
- She shares under what specific situation it may be a good idea to keep rewards in place.
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The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 166: Potty Training is Over… Now What?
There’s a lot more to potty training than just the typical stuff that gets talked about. There’s more to it than readiness signs, how to respond to accidents, and what method to use.
So today, I want to talk about another topic of potty training that isn’t talked about very much. I want to talk about what life looks like when potty training is over. The days, the weeks, and the months following potty training.
Like last week, this episode will be very helpful if this is your first time potty training.
So let’s get to it. Let’s go to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn explains what the days after potty training looks like, including what you should and should not be doing;
- She shares when your child can wear underwear to daycare; and
- She shares what you should begin thinking about the weeks and months following daytime potty training.
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The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 165: So, When is Potty Training Over?!
We talk a lot about potty training: the how-to, readiness signs, how long it will take.
We think about the process and what life will look like during that process when you’re actively potty training your child.
We also think about AFTER potty training is over… what life will be like, the freedom you’ll have from not having to change diapers, the money that you’ll save from not having to buy those diapers.
But one thing we don’t often talk about is “When is potty training over?”
How do you know when you’re done with potty training? When can you officially say you’re done training?
That’s what we’ll be talking about today. Let’s head to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn gives you her criteria for determining when potty training is officially over;
- She specifically outlines when potty training is over when using...
The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 163: The Potty Schedule Method How-To
It’s potty training season and I’m a big, big fan of the potty training schedule method in which your child sits on the potty based off of a schedule, which is signaled by a timer.
One of the reasons why I love this method is because it tells both the child and the parent when it’s time to sit on the potty, and you can easily see where your child is making improvements in their potty training journey.
So today on the show I’m going to walk you through this potty training schedule method and let you know how it works.
Alright, let’s get to it. Let’s head to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn shares the general flow of the potty training sit schedule method;
- She walks you through how to gradually increase the time in-between the scheduled potty sits; and
- She explains what to do in the method if your child is having too many accidents back-to-back.
SHOW NOTES
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The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast Episode 161: 3 Keys to Get Potty Training Done This Summer
If you plan to potty train your toddler this summer, this episode is for you.
I’ll be going over three keys that you’ll want to follow to get potty training started and DONE!
Let’s talk potty training. Let’s head to the show.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Laura Lynn shares how you can reduce your stress and anxiety about potty training before actually beginning the journey with your toddler;
- She explains all of the different pieces to consider when formulating your potty training game plan; and
- She describes the potty training method that she used to train her son and how that specific method informs you on your child’s progress throughout potty training.
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