potty training

We got a potty ring @ 15mths w/ Brodie & he sits on it & reads before bath. That’s the only time we put him on @ that age. We also have a potty chair but it’s really hard to make him stay on it. When he’s on the big potty w/ the ring (plus a step stool) he stays put. Now (he’s 2.3yo) he’s starting to get on it more often, etc.

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I just went through this with Brianna, however she is much older than Cooper, but I will tell you what we did anyway. I really went all out because I was just tired of diapers with McKenzie and Brianna. 😉 So anyway, we got a tupperware container and decorated it with stickers and wrote Brianna’s potty treats on it. Everytime she went potty she got an M&M, well this really wasn’t working for me so I had to up the anti. I told her if she just tried when I asked her to (meaning for the amount of time I wanted her to) she would get one M&M….if she went peepee when I asked her to try she got two M&M and poop was 3. Now if she ran to the potty on her own and peed she got 3 M&M;s and if she went poop without me having to ask her to try she got 4. I know that sounds like a lot, but within a week she was potty trained. After we had about 4 good days in a row I asked her if she wanted to have a party to throw out her diapers. She said yes. I made cupcakes and my DH got balloons (I told you we went all out) and we threw her diapers out. She now only wears underjams to bed and nap, but other than that, no diapers. We have had a few accidents here and there, but really not like I expected. Again, this may not work with Cooper because i know he is younger, but I just thought I would share.

The party pics are cute. I saw something similar on Dr. Phil once. He potty trained a couple celebrities kids in like one day. It was pretty cool. This didn’t work for my dd, but we were really frustrated with her and that could have played into it. Here is the link from his website.

We started out with the little potty and every so often he would go but never showed much interest in it. At daycare though, he was pretty much going pee pee there all the time but they had the actual toddler sized toilet so he was going standing up. So, to be consistent, I ended up just getting a couple of stools he could stand on to go on the big potty at home and the seat covers to sit on when he needed to go poop. That worked much better and much easier to keep clean!! I think it is easier on the boys that way too.

Mom2Seth2008-07-18 10:29:53

Potty training is not going well in this household, I’m afraid 🙁 We’re not very consistent with it and that’s where the problem lies. Ariella already tells me when she’s soiled her diaper but doesn’t really tell me that she wants to pee yet. We have a potty where she does sit “for fun” but she has asked to be put on a real toilet a few times (with nothing coming out) so I’m thinking of forgetting the potty and just getting the ring. Emily, I know where you’re coming from b/c I have kids who are 17 1/2 months apart and I’m soooo tired of diapers that I want to potty train Ariella by her 2nd b-day. My in laws are going away for 2 weeks in August so she’ll be with me all day long. I’m planning on potty training her then and it’ll be panties only all day long and pull ups for naps and night time. I’m also planning on using stickers as a reward (she’s into stickers now). Hope it works 🙂

mariannardh2008-07-20 13:17:15