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WEAN: Wait, Extrinsic, Ease, Naked
You think children need to be physically, psychologically and/or emotionally ready, before they can be expected where to "go", and at least a year-and-a-half old.
You believe that it's best to reward & praise a child. You may even think it's absurd to expect a child to be internally motivated at such a young age. You love being able to provide a smile and sense of accomplishment to your child by rewarding them with prizes for a job well done. You might think about using things like stickers, treats/candy, ipad, iphone and video games as rewards since you like to motivate your child extrinsically. You value getting the job done, no matter how many "motivators" it might take to complete.
Disposable diapers were created for a reason people...because they're easy, convenient and gets the pee and poop away from you as fast as possible! At least that's what you're prone to think. You value the ease of disposable products for their time efficiency and user-friendliness. You'll be the potty training parent who uses disinfecting wipes, paper toilet paper, and disposable chuks pads for easy clean-up, thank you very much. Maybe deep down you care about the environment, but realistically, at this crazy stage of parenting a little, ease trumps the desire to please mother nature.
You want to give your child a gentle, clear way that you can feel confident of when they go #1 or 2 so that you can teach them where to put those goods, at the appropriate time...and you're somewhat, or pretty, comfortable with your child being naked during the potty training process...not forever, and not when you aren't diligently watching them...but when it's helpful because you are observing them, or teaching them when they need to go, and where to put it. You don't want to give mixed signals of what they're feeling physiologically, just because you didn't know when they went and you definitely don't want to get in the habit of saying "it's time to go potty" only by noticing when the pee is already dripping down the bottom of your child's pant leg.
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