I love potty training, well I should rephrase that, I love the end out come of potty training! No more wasted money on diapers( I know, I should do cloth, maybe with this one), no more messes, no more sore bottoms. All of my children have been potty trained by two or a little after the age of two.
PS My boys were easier to train and quicker than my girl! Go figure.
What is the key for us?
- I start when the child is about 22/23 months depending on the time of year and what is going on in our lives. For instance, don't try to potty train around Christmas/New Year's, it's too hard! Life is too busy.
- Set a side a few days to a week to stay at home and focus on it.
- Give the child a ton to drink and set them on the potty every 20 minutes or so. We take our child potty with us to every room in the beginning.
- Reward the act! We have a little jar of mini M&M's/Jelly Beans. Every time the child goes, he/she gets a treat.
- Get excited. Jump up and down. Give fives. Tell them what a big kid they are.
- Use Big kid underwear when at home. Pull-ups really don't do anything for the child except keep the mess in for mom. Buy plastic training cover pants to cover the underwear if you won't want the mess.
- Praise them!! Allow them to hear you tell daddy/grandparents what a good job they are doing.
- Stop their playing to take them. Don't think they will be a good judge of when they need to go the first few weeks.
- Don't give up!
- Did I mention praise them? Do it often!!!
PS My boys were easier to train and quicker than my girl! Go figure.
6 comments:
Thanks for the inspiration, just starting to gear up for potty training. Blake was easy too, i think b/c it was summer and i let him go outside.
I agree, Camden was so easy! Emily I was late, but had her trained in the three days by Dr. Ezzo's book ... but Eva ... I just don't seem to have the motivation to push on! I dislike pull-ups these days, but they do help! Some day soon, I will look back and laugh. Thanks for the good reminders. Always nice to know when other moms are going through the same things! -b
Thanks for the tips! I am convinced my child will never be potty trained. ;) She showed interest right before her 2nd birthday, and she was doing great, then just started refusing. Since then we have tried off and on, using rewards and much praise. As of now, she refuses! *sigh* I would love to talk to you about it though! :) In your opinion, how long should it take? I guess an email would have been easier, huh! :)
I really think putting them in training underwear is the ticket. Pull-ups don't allow the wet feeling like cloth underwear do.
I think the key is to take a week and really concentrate on it. Some children will take a little longer and some a little shorter.
I totally agree with the training underwear and not pull ups-I never even bought any of them. Lots of just going and sitting, I set a timer a lot of times.
I like naked kids. I waited until both kids were older - 2.75 and did it. They cried and cried when I tried earlier. It was too stressful for me!
I actually did Ally in between Christmas and New YEars during our school break. It was awesome, but she was ready. Drew ended up being more responsive to his school teachers. Whatever works!
Now if I could get him to go threw the night - that firehose seems to never be empty!
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