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katyasmommy
05-23-2005, 11:24 PM
This is for all the moms whose twins are already a bit older: When did you do it? How did you do it? Both together at the same time or one after the other?

You guessed it, it's toilet training time in this house and any advise, stories, whatever you can share, would be greatly appreciated. Jaiden and Benjamin are now 2 years and 4 months old and so I decided to start with potty training just this past Saturday. (Long weekend here...) So far I only did it with Jaiden because the thought of chasing down both of them at the same time seems a bit daunting. Mind you so does finishing with one and starting the other. :rolleyes: I'm open for suggestions. With Jaiden we figured out the first day that he doesn't like the potty, he sits on the big toilet with the little extra seat. He seems to be kind of stubborn though and sometimes just refuses to go and try. I was actually quite amazed at how long he stays dry. Of course as soon as the undies go on, he pees. We do give lots of praise and also treats whenever he does the deed.
Anyway, I guess I'm just fishing for any sort of advise. With a new baby joining us in September I would love to have my boys trained. I remember starting dd at 2 years, 3 months when I was pregnant with the twins and she got it actually really quick. Everybody tells me though boys take longer then girls. Anybody???

Sheryl
05-25-2005, 03:12 PM
Oh boy it's been so long I barely remember potty training. I first tried the summer they turned 2 and they just didn't get it so I gave up. Then the next spring I started up again and they took to it right away. I had 2 potties, one in the bathroom and the other I kept right in the living room so they could sit on it while watching TV or if someone was on the other one. I also bought one of those insert seats for the toilet but they didn't like that at first, it took some getting used to for them. They were naked a lot that summer, LOL, thankfully our neighbors can't see our yard!

Here is a link to our cubby on potty training.

http://www.storknet.com/cubbies/multiples/archive-pottytraining.htm


Good luck!

katyasmommy
05-25-2005, 11:32 PM
Oh Sheryl, thanks so much! I really needed that post!

Libby
05-26-2005, 06:20 AM
I had pottys for both of them and we carried them all over. The girls were a bit lazy- they were 3 1/2 & still not totally trained. I ended up going cold turkey that summer and they had one or two accidents but were fine. Good luck!