Potty Training a Stepchild
I am 35 weeks pregnant, and my husband recently reinjured his back to the point where he can't be changing diapers and such if he wants to heal properly. (He can't do much physically in general, which leaves me doing a lot of the physical tasks, especially with my stepson.)
Bio mom isn't really concerned about getting her son completely potty trained at this point. (He doesn't need to be potty trained for the preschool he just started attending.) I was hoping I could try to potty train him before the baby arrives, but I'm losing hope, especially with our current situation. Having to change diapers with my belly being as big as it is, is challenging, and I've pretty much given up on encouraging SS to use the bathroom before/after sleeping (bedtime and naptime) like I used to, because it can be such a long process with the hand-washing and sticker chart system we use, especially if he's goofing off. (He also has a speech delay which makes communication harder.)
Has anyone been able to potty train their stepchild in 3 days? I've heard people have done it in 3 days, but I feel like we're never home for the whole time we have him in a weekend, so it'd be chaotic to try to manage potty training while out and about.
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Its going to be almost impossible to potty train him if his mom isn't also trying
I feel like kids will get the concept in 3 days but potty training doesn’t happen in three days. There will be lots of accidents that require cleaning up after. Very frequent potty breaks. I personally wouldn’t attempt that while heavily pregnant. A new baby can cause a regression in your progress and if mom and dad aren’t on board then it’s kinda hard.
Its a nice idea, but realistically, this is not going to happen. A collapsible step ladder for him to climb up to the changing table that gets put away after is probably your best bet.
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My bf and I had potty trained our kids together when we first met. It was a lot of me doing it cause I was home with them most while he worked. His kids were older 3 and 4 (almost 5) my son was 2. It was hard since there mom wasn’t continuing it on her time so they would come back again having tons of accidents. I’m now potty training our 2 year old and I’m 32 weeks pregnant and it’s exhausting but being consistent is the key part. I wasn’t able to do it in 3 days with an of them. Right now I do only underwear at home and he’s got peeing pretty much down, it’s just the pooping🙃 when we leave the house I put a pampers easy up on him and go constantly with him. We’ve been training for 2 weeks and still not confident leaving the house in underwear.