The first 2 months of trying to potty train my oldest (Monkey #1) was a nightmare! Her dad and I had separated. The problem was we weren't on the same parenting page. My house was nursing or open cup . His house was sippy cups. And this is part of why I loath them lol. A kid on a sippy cup runs around with it all day like a bottle whose nipple has a nip on. Thats a lot of fluids! And it made potty training impossible. He had a potty, I had a seat for his toilet. It went on and on.
I called his mom, cuz men love mommy who always knows best, eapecially compared to the ex.
His mom had good potty advice. So since her advice wasn't insane I called him. I told him he should ask his mom tips on potty training and then let me know. He did and we agreed. Then I said I'd start and return her to him in two weeks but he had to meet me at McDonald's with her to start my visit with every single last sippy cup. We wete buying her first happy meal now that she was to big for sippy cups.
She arrived at his place day trained 2 weeks later, and two more weeks she was night trained.
Moms and dads do things different. This is true for parents together or apart. For some thibgs it makes no difference. But somethings have got to be the same. And if your toddler has a sippy cup or bottle, I highly recommend they only be allowed at the kitchen/dinning room table.
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