*I assume it's going to be a saga; we've only just started.
A couple of months ago, we bought the monster a potty chair, just to get him used to the idea. Sitting on it with his clothes on, before baths, whatever. He didn't hate it, but wasn't that into it, either. I hated it, because it has a closing lid which I always worried would pinch his fingers and it isn't very grippy on the bottom, so it slid around every time he got on or off.
A couple weeks ago, we bought him an insert (I was so excited that along with Dora and Paw Patrol, Walmart offered... plain white with green (Sesame Street green, but not a Sesame Street seat) handles.
He loves this thing, and asks to sit on the toilet multiple times per day. He hasn't actually used the toilet yet, but there have been a couple of near misses.
The first, he asked to go on the toilet and I thought he just wanted to sit up there for (if you'll excuse the pun) shits and giggles. He had food in his hand and I don't want him thinking he can use the toilet and eat at the same time (ew), so I didn't put him up. Turns out he needed to poop.
The next time, he asked to go on the toilet, I put him on there (properly, with no pants or diapers) and (as per his demand) sat on the lid of his potty chair, while he babbled and kicked his feet. He decided he was done, I helped him down and went to get a clean diaper. I came back to him standing in a pile of poo (yay!)... it was also on the bath mat, his pants which I had removed and his socks.
Last night, he asked, I took to long getting his PJs and diaper off - he peed on my hand, my pants, his socks... and like 2 drops in the actual toilet. So... progress?
The thing is, he knows what the toilet is, and now he lets us know pretty much right away when his diaper is dirty. He even says "diapuh" and will go and get one if he wants it changed. He also will run to the bathroom to ask to sit on the toilet.
I posted on my birth board and while a lot of people are training already (he's 15 months), I got my fair share of naysayers. One person said she wants her kids to be potty trained, instead of herself becoming parent trained. I mean, I'm going to be taking him to the bathroom for the next five or six years when we're in public, and I'm trained to change his diaper every time he dirties it, so I'm pretty sure I'm already parent trained - and so is she - and so is anyone who has kids who are too young to use a public restroom alone. The same woman had a lot to say about kids being emotionally ready, that they should feel remorse when they have an accident - which I think is a horrible way to try to avoid accidents which the kid may have literally no control over.
Another lady started talking about how in her house, kids aren't sitting naked on the potty chair in the living room, watching Barney. Pretty sure she's projecting and that comment had nothing to do with me, since 1) The potty chair and all toilety stuff is in my bathroom, 2) I don't own a TV and the monster doesn't get screen time and 3) Didn't Barney go off the air like... 15+ years ago? I'm pretty sure no child is watching Barney whilst on the potty.
In terms of readiness, I don't want the monster to "hold it" (yet). I want him to recognize the urge to go and communicate it to Mr. Wolfman or I, and it's our job to get him to the toilet on time. Honestly, I think he's getting it. It'd be nice not to have to wipe poop off my bathroom floor, but hey, gotta start somewhere.
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