by Joanna Venditti posted in Products & Prizes

In my house, potty training sometimes feels like one big deja vu, and sometimes like I don't know what I'm doing at all. I have four kids, so you think I'd be an old hand, but training has been entirely different for each kid.
After potty training my first child, (my son), I felt like I had nailed it, and was the potty training master. But my confidence evaporated during my next go-round, when my daughter was hard to train in all new ways. Now it is time to potty train my youngest children, twin girls. The best I can say is that I'm going into the experience a little more prepared.

This time around, I'm starting to think that potty training girls is very different from training boys. With my son, Holden, I found the process fairly straightforward. I basically eased him into the idea using Pull-Ups Training Pants, then gradually ditched the diapers. After he felt what it was like to have an accident once... boom... potty trained. Holden did go through a phase where he was a little fearful of pooping in the potty, but he eventually got over that. In general, Holden was fine with me calling the shots and just wanted to be done with the process, which was okay by me. . Since I had never potty trained a little boy before, I also debated if he should be standing while peeing. I wish I would have had the advice of Pull-Ups partner and child development expert Dr. Heather Wittenberg on hand back then! Check out her explanation about...