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the follow tips are taken from previous members of the potty training board... please feel free to share your own tips!
- put child in underwear all day, rather than using pull-up's
- be positive & don't get upset about accidents
- just start!!
- get them used to sitting on the toilet & potty chair
- don't push it - routines are good, but don't force your child
- don't compare your child's potty training progress to other childrens
- look for patterns - is there a usual time each day they wet? is there a particular amount of time after drinks that they wet?
- until they are going to the potty/toilet without being asked, ask regularly if they need to go
- children are ready to start potty training at different ages
- praise them & show how happy you are when they successfully use the potty/toilet
- when they show interest in potty training, take advantage of it
- if it isn't working, stop & try a few weeks, or even months later
It really depends on your child. My oldest boy wasn't potty trained until he was about 3.
We tried everything, stickers, skittles, toys, pull-ups, cloth pants, etc. It was SO frustrating!!
Unfortunately, your child gets to decide what really works!
My youngest 2 were much easier. Definitely wait until they start showing signs that they're ready. It will save you the frustration!!
my son is 21 months old and for the past 3 or 4 months my husband and i have been tring to potty train him. we baught a potty for him and he loved going when his dad went rhen about a month later it was like " potty? yea right" so we let him run around naked then a diaper at night, well he started peeing on my furniture so we started getting more agressive with the potty it got put in our living room. he started to use it more! my nieghbor brought me some under wear down 1 day and he put them on he let me know when he had to pee. i was so happy and it is so cute cause he grabs himself an crosses his legs and does a lil cry,,,, when we go out into public i put pose pads in his under wear for accidents outside the house. he will let us know when he has to pee but when he has to poop that another story he wont go unless he has a diaper on or under wear on.that still needs work,,,, but he is doing great so far....
We used Disney Princesses tattoos as a reward because she loved them so much. Try to find something that you can use as a reward that your child loves. Also, we used a potty seat that our child was comfortable with not only at home, but while traveling or shopping. We bought her the On-the-Go Inflatable potty seat at onthegoinflatables. It was something that she was very familiar with using at home or away. We bought 2 so she never noticed the difference.
i am waiting for the warmer weather to start potty training with my 2.5 year old...I think i will try to M&M approach since that is her favorite candy....wondering how long it will take...I guess it depends on the child....we start preschool in the fall and she has to be potty trained by then...keeping my fingers crossed....
We did the naked method. My son is about 17 and a half months old and we have him naked all day at hom with the potty seat in the front room. If he started to pee we would put him on the potty and say "we pee on the potty not on the floor!" but in an encouraging and not angry way. He caught on fairly quickly and eventually started to pee on the potty on his own. He would go and sit on it and go. Sometimes he would go and sit on it and try to go too Any time he would try he would get lots of excited praise, if he produced it got even more excited! When he went we would walk with him to the big toilet to dump out the pee, he would drop some toilet paper in the toilet (he would get his own square to throw in which he loved) and help flush it down. After maybe four or five days he started to have very few misses and although I do remind him sometimes to go he often does it on his own now. After close to a week we have him in underwear and when he goes to sit down I pull them down for him. So far after a day and a half no wet underwear and barely any reminding. No bribery needed so far! He eats up the excitement he starts when he produces and he beams with pride on his own when he goes. So far so good! I know it will take time to really be solid but so far so good!
Hi, I have twins that are turning 2 in December. I want to start potty training them the day after they turn two. They are familiar with the potty and know that they are to pee or poo on it. We encourage them and never scold them if nothing happens. If anyone has advice for training twins pls let me know. Thanks
With boys I heard about the cherrio trick. When the child goes potty put a couple cherrios in the toilot and have him try to pee on them. My friends used it for their boys and it worked good.
I used the 3 day potty training method when my son was 25 months. It was really hard work but it worked! After 3 days he was dry. Day and night. Pee and poop. Also, he was showing NO signs of readiness. He would wake up soaked every single morning. He never showed any interest in going potty. Was never bothered by a wet diaper. I never thought I would be able to do it in 3 days. My experience with the 3 day method. <----click to read my blog entry about it.
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I am also using the 3-day method, and although we're not done yet (halfway through day #3...), there are a lot of reasons I think it's the best option for my daughter and our family. Read our progress at On Pink Bears and Pacifiers
The best advice I ever got was to not push them until they show an interest and understanding for it. If you push too early you'll prolong it. I tried to always make a big deal about when I went potty. He started to want to do the same.
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