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Oct 2023
24m 52s

62. Reviewing your First Day of Potty Tr...

Jamie Glowacki
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Let’s go over the important points of day one of potty training. This first day isn’t about judging success or failure. It’s about learning your child’s pee signal (or pee dance) and their pee pattern. It’s data collection and lots of learning. You have to avoid being emotional about this and give your child space to learn a brand new skill. It can be a toug ... Show More
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