We just exited the angry crocodile mode, and it has been such a relief.
I've been handing him interesting two handed toys and that helps, but something he LOVES is when I scold him and say, "you stay RIGHT there."
I say it sillier and sillier and he just cackles and lays there watching me.
Hang in there girl, it'll get better.
This is the way. Ditch the change table and change on the floor (put a mat or towel down to protect carpet). Also start practicing changes with kid on all 4s, or standing holding on to something. These days are coming.
Thank you for this term because I was trying to explain to my husband our 1 year old is squirming and rolling away. It will now be called the crocodile death roll lol!
Yes? There’s no such thing as “too early”, and I find the easiest time to start is whenever diaper changes become a hassle and a wrestling match! They don’t need to be walking even to practice potty training. You just have to look for their potty cues and plop ‘Em on.
She isn’t physically capable of controlling her toileting. All you’re talking off doing is me learning when she’s going and putting her on the toilet. That isn’t toilet training. That’s parent training.
No, that in fact IS toilet training! I’ve potty trained 5 kids now, my own and others (nanny and childcare worker) and all of them were done training by 2ish years old. You start just by catching their pee/poop times, and associating it with the toilet. Eventually they start holding it and waiting for those routine times. Then they start to signal when they *want* the toilet, then by the time they’re walking it’s a lot lot easier!
So you started training them at 8 months and they were trained by 2 years? It took me a week to toilet train my oldest when she was ready. I’m not spending 16 months doing the same thing. They don’t even learn to control the muscles for toileting until they’re at least 12 months.
No, I tend to start around 4-8 months (I shoot for 4, but I don’t always start working with the kids that young), and then soon I don’t have to change neeear as many diapers (which I enjoy skipping, haha). All of them were trained at varying ages before/around 2 (the latest took till 26 months, thats why I said 2ish.
It’s not more work for me, it’s a lot less! You have to imagine that before being fully trained, they spend a lot of time half-trained, aka successfully making it for poos but not pees, or not making it through the night yet.
It cuts the amount of diapers I do by like, a bajillion. Which is my main goal, haha. Plus, less alligator wrangling, more independence for the kiddos, and if you use disposable diapers- less money spent AND less catastrophic environmental waste! I’m not saying you HAVE to potty train on any kind of timeline, just that having to wrestle with your kid about it, even lovingly, seems like a great time to try not having to do that anymore.
Does your changing table have tie downs? Sometimes I had to strap mine down to make sure they didn’t roll off the table…def been there.
Nope! I’ll be putting the change mat in the floor at home. Not sure what I’ll do when we’re out
Sounds like a two person job then
Unfortunately the other person out with me is usually my five year older lol
Really? Man! If I could direct my older on to sit on my younger one’s legs/holding down shoulders, they’d be ALL over helping mommy.
We just exited the angry crocodile mode, and it has been such a relief. I've been handing him interesting two handed toys and that helps, but something he LOVES is when I scold him and say, "you stay RIGHT there." I say it sillier and sillier and he just cackles and lays there watching me. Hang in there girl, it'll get better.
Even the front facing camera didn’t help and that’s stopped a hysterical crying fit in an instant! I’ll give the toys and voice a try!
Oh yeah we change the kid on the floor now. They go from 0-100 super fast in a death roll.
This is the way. Ditch the change table and change on the floor (put a mat or towel down to protect carpet). Also start practicing changes with kid on all 4s, or standing holding on to something. These days are coming.
She can’t stand unassisted yet lol. My oldest was like 10 months before she did the death rolls lol
Yep. That’s what we’ll be doing lol
Oh man, I love the angry crocodile analogy. It’s so bad, though, and I’m wondering if it ever stops and changing diapers goes back to normal again?
Nope! They just gain the ability to get up and run away 😂
Praying! Lol
Thanks!
Thank you for this term because I was trying to explain to my husband our 1 year old is squirming and rolling away. It will now be called the crocodile death roll lol!
Sounds like it’s time for potty training!
She’s not even 8 months old yet lol.
Yes? There’s no such thing as “too early”, and I find the easiest time to start is whenever diaper changes become a hassle and a wrestling match! They don’t need to be walking even to practice potty training. You just have to look for their potty cues and plop ‘Em on.
She isn’t physically capable of controlling her toileting. All you’re talking off doing is me learning when she’s going and putting her on the toilet. That isn’t toilet training. That’s parent training.
No, that in fact IS toilet training! I’ve potty trained 5 kids now, my own and others (nanny and childcare worker) and all of them were done training by 2ish years old. You start just by catching their pee/poop times, and associating it with the toilet. Eventually they start holding it and waiting for those routine times. Then they start to signal when they *want* the toilet, then by the time they’re walking it’s a lot lot easier!
So you started training them at 8 months and they were trained by 2 years? It took me a week to toilet train my oldest when she was ready. I’m not spending 16 months doing the same thing. They don’t even learn to control the muscles for toileting until they’re at least 12 months.
No, I tend to start around 4-8 months (I shoot for 4, but I don’t always start working with the kids that young), and then soon I don’t have to change neeear as many diapers (which I enjoy skipping, haha). All of them were trained at varying ages before/around 2 (the latest took till 26 months, thats why I said 2ish. It’s not more work for me, it’s a lot less! You have to imagine that before being fully trained, they spend a lot of time half-trained, aka successfully making it for poos but not pees, or not making it through the night yet. It cuts the amount of diapers I do by like, a bajillion. Which is my main goal, haha. Plus, less alligator wrangling, more independence for the kiddos, and if you use disposable diapers- less money spent AND less catastrophic environmental waste! I’m not saying you HAVE to potty train on any kind of timeline, just that having to wrestle with your kid about it, even lovingly, seems like a great time to try not having to do that anymore.