Do You Need A Looster Booster?

Oh my goodness! A booster for your throne. This is a product no potty training parent should be with out. Having a toddler in the house that is fully potty trained often means a step stool by the toilet. Pooh Bear is potty trained and uses a step stool to get up onto the toilet. His parents or my self have to supervise when he uses the toilet instead of his potty chair. I have often caught him falling off the edge of the foot stool if he steps down wrong.
The minute I received the Looster Booster to review I was impressed. I had to immediately set it in the bathroom and ask Pooh Bear to give it a try. Of course Pooh Bear wanted to play on the booster and not sit on the potty.

The Looster Booster is sturdy, has a wide base and circles the sides and front of the toilet. A child can get up and down from the front or side with out tipping. The booster does not have to be moved for an adult to use the toilet. The top of the booster has raised letters which prevent slipping.

What are my thought about this product? I love the idea of a stable place for toddlers to plant their feet while on the toilet. Can you remember when you were small and your feet were dangling while on the potty. First off it is not a secure feeling. That is why many small children grip the sides of the toilet seat. Second after dangling for a few minutes the blood flow in our legs is restricted a bit. When this happens and a child steps off onto the floor they can easily loose their balance with unsteady legs. By using the Looster Booster your child will feel secure and comfortable.

What do I like most about the product? It is made in the USA! The Looster Booster has non-slip grippers on the underside. Making this on secure stepping stool for the toilet.

To purchase the Looster Booster for $34.99 go to Littlelooster.com.

Disclaimer

I received the product mentioned above using TrackerSphere.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Review: Potty Time Potty Training DVD & Music CD

I am so excited to be reviewing one of my favorite products. My family has used several of the DVDs from the award-winning Signing Time Program from Two Little Hands. Pooh Bear understands and uses many of the signs on the first two Signing Time DVDs. 

Little Bug and Sweet Pea are currently working on potty training. I am so thrilled that we will be able to use the Potty Time DVD and CD to make their training fun and easy. The Potty Time DVD is for potty training children from ages 1yr to 5yrs. The music and video features Emmy-nominated host, Rachel Coleman. Rachel Coleman makes the songs come alive and keeps a child's attention with its fast pace and attention grabbing graphics. This is a wonderful and positive way to potty train a child even when they have a limited vocabulary. Children and babies are able to learn the signs for potty, wipe, clean, flush, and wash. There many other signs taught on the DVD. I always enjoy learning more signs so I watch the DVDs with my grandchildren. Pooh Bear has watched the DVD several times in the last two days. He is now singing along with the DVD and is proudly showing off his new signs. 

This is what Potty Time says about the Potty Time DVD.
Potty Time supports any potty training method by helping children:
• Listen to their bodies

• Stop what they are doing to go to the bathroom

• Celebrate their successes

• Deal with accidents in a positive way

• Appreciate their amazing bodies

I am very happy about the message taught on the Potty Times DVD. I like that it teaches each child to deal positively with accidents. We all know that its important that a child not be embarrassed about potty accidents. The DVD uses music videos with real people and animated characters that children will love to learn with. I would recommend any one who is involved in potty training think about using the Potty Time DVD. This DVD also teaches children to celebrate any success and that change is good. 

Pooh Bear shares some of his signs.

 Love

Potty

More

Smart

Pumpkin and Sweet pea share their signs. 

Potty

Clean

Wash

Little Bug shares his sign.

Potty

Check out this video clip so you can see for your self how exciting and educational this DVD is.  

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Another Week on the Potty Train

Our adventure continues. Pooh Bear has been a real trooper this week. His mother and I both think the end is in sight. I am so excited to see my grandson asking to use the potty to pee.  In fact a few times he actually only had to see the potty and decided by himself to sit down and go. There was also a time or two when  I just told him  " Why don't you go sit on the potty" and he just went over and sat on the potty with out any help. Up until this point it had been the normal to walk him over to the potty. Then sit him down to go pee. It is so nice with just a few reminders he is able to stay accident free all day.

Now our next step is to teach him how to get his pants down with out having an accident. While at home we have been leaving him with out pants. We just dress him in a long tee-shirt. This makes it easier for him to use the potty himself. It's hard for a toddler to pull down their pants and not pee at the same time. It takes a lot of coordination to wait and pee after the pants are down.
Pooh Bear has also decided all his little friends need to go potty too. So through out the day he sits his little friends on the potty. I think he is trying to potty train them.

Our Potty Training Adventure update

I skipped posting last week about our potty training adventure. So here is the short version of last week.
Our little Pooh Bear (my grandson) was under the weather last week. He had an ear infection. It's no fun for anyone when he gets cranky and sleepless. He still did well with going to the potty. There was just a few times he just did not feel like sitting on the potty. Who could blame him.
He is feeling much better now. We are back on the potty train and enjoying the ride.

Traveling While Potty Training!

We are back from our little trip. Traveling with a toddler in potty training can be done with just a little effort.. Sure, it was not easy. We had some big bumps in the road this weekend. When we started our trip I knew not everything would go as planned but, I was not expecting any big issues. Driving was not a problem. We stopped often for potty breaks and had no accidents. My grandson understood he had to sit on the potty each time we stopped and he did fantastic.

Where did we run into trouble you ask? Well, once we arrived at Grandma Bonnie(that's me) and Grandpa's house the fun began!

First, I will let you in on a secrete Grandma and Grandpa's house is the family gathering place. At any given time you will find babies, toddlers and children through out our house. My grandson arrived to find three toddlers his own age and a newborn baby. The entire weekend consisted of play, swim, sleep and eating.

In the beginning of the weekend we offered to take him to the potty. Each offer was met with a simple refusal.

In the middle of our weekend we started to insist on taking him to the potty. This was met with tears and pleading no, no. We finally gave up and put him in pull ups.

I  just wonder was it the strange bathroom , was it all the fun and excitement  or just maybe everything was  too overwhelming.

Today, my grandson is back home and happily using the potty! With no lasting side effects from our little trip.

I welcome any tips or advice when it comes to traveling with a toddler in potty training. Until next week, good luck to all you potty trainers.

See What Grandma Won!

Thank you Lemondrops Dream too. It came in the mail today. It's Potty Time. Potty training book. I won this fantastic book at Lemondrops Dream too!  I am so happy with the book. The timing is perfect for my grandsons potty training adventure.

Our Potty Training Adventure continues...

So on we go with our potty training adventure! We had a few bumps this week. Along with each bump in the road we had many more successes. My grandson is handling the potty like a pro when it comes to pooping in the potty. Any one who is in charge of changing diapers can attest to the fact it's much easier to clean up a poopy potty chair than to clean up a toddlers poopy bottom. The only time we put a diaper on my grandson is when he is napping or going to bed. So as far as we can see he is almost completely trained. This weekend we are going on a long trip. We are taking the potty chair with us in the car. When ever we stop to eat, stretch our legs, or get gas we will sit him on the potty. I don't expect any problems since he usually stays dry two or more hours at a time during the day.
Until next week. Wishing the best to all those who are working on potty training.

  

Our Potty Adventure continues...

I have been reflecting on my potty training experiences with my own children. I had not been able pin point any reason why I did not have any problems training my 4 children. I always felt very lucky. The way it seemed to me was as if they almost trained themselves.
This is what I remember doing. From birth until they were potty trained I let all my babies diaper free no less than one hour a day. In the beginning I would just leave them air out for ten minutes after each diaper change.  I would lay them on a water proof pad and put a cloth diaper under them. When my babies were able to sit up on their own I would sit them on their little potty each time I used the toilet during the day. I felt it was the best place to set them when in the bathroom. I never let them sit more than a minute or two. I did this with and with out a diaper. Then at each diaper change I would also sit them on the potty. My initial hope was to cut down on laundry.
My first son was very animated when he had to poop. So every time I would hear and see him getting ready to poop I put him on the potty. After a few times I realized it was much less work to put him on the potty than it was to clean poopy cloth diapers. Soon after that my son was letting us know he had to pee in the potty by holding him self. This was before he started walking. Then around 11 months he would wake me up at night to go pee. That is when I realized he was totally potty trained and we stopped using diapers altogether.

My next son was also this easy. The only problem I had with baby two was that he was not so animated about going poop. This took a little longer to figure out. What I did was when he started walking I added more diaper free time and still sat him on the potty often. I would put extra big shirts on him and no diaper or underwear. Usually size 4t or 5t would work for a shirt. I also put knee socks on him because we did not have leg warmers back then. It was not much more than two or three weeks and he realized what was happening and started using the potty consistently.
My last two babies had virtually the same potty training experience.
After thinking over the experience I realized when reading this article on Elimination Communication  this is what I was doing back 20+ years ago. If you are potty training I recommend reading the Elimination Communication article. Good luck to all you potty trainers. Until next week.

The Great Potty Adventure continued...

We are moving forward on potty training. I can hardly wait for the time when my grandson will be able to hold his pee for a few minutes in order to get to a potty. As long as we are vigilant with reminders and stay near a potty we seem to be on the right track.  He is great with poop. He has not had a poop accident at all in the last three weeks.  We are very happy with our potty training experience so far.  Until next time, have a great week!

Potty Training Update.

I wrote earlier how my daughter started elimination communication with my grandson around his first birthday.  Once my grandson saw that he peed in the potty, he HAD to every time he sat on the potty. He is very motivated and loves seeing the outcome...pee in the potty. My daughter puts him in big boy underwear during the day. At nap and bedtime he wears a diaper(he wakes up dry, but needs to sit on the potty soon after waking or else he'll have a wet diaper). She also puts him in a diaper when they leave the house.

At 17 months old he was having around 1-2 accidents(we really dislike to use this word) every few days. Now, at 18 months old he tells us when he needs to poop. Pee on the other hand has been a little more work. Once he realizes he needs to go...he needs to go NOW. So at home 95 % of the time he makes it, but if he is outside it becomes harder.

Today was his first official trip (besides the park) in big boy underwear. We went to the mall to pick up some shoes for him. Before we left my daughter put him on the potty. About 30 minutes later we arrived at the mall and put him straight to the potty. Before leaving we asked him if he needed to go and he said no so off we went. He did really well, and stayed dry the whole time.

My daughter was very hesitant to begin taking him out in regular underwear, but after the success today she will definitely be taking him out in underwear from now and on.

I will update next week on his progress.