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Potty training
The time has come to figure out this potty training thing. Which books or methods do you recommend? At this moment I'm wishing toddlers were like cats and instinctively knew how to do this on their own.
Re: Potty training
What really seemed to motivate Jake was taking him to target & letting him pick out his underwear. we made a HUGE deal over it, let him pick whatever characters he wanted, then followed up with a sticker chart for every time he went on the potty. do you think picking out his own would motivate Logan?
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
Be patient, don't push the issue if he is resisting. Be ready to clean up messes. Oh, and EJ never went in her potty- she preferred the big potty with a ring.
My method is to wait until he is closer to 3! For a boy, I think you'd be more successful waiting a bit. Mason was a few months past 3 when it finally clicked. We are still working with Garrett, but he is just about there.
Our approach was to just be really laid back about it, follow their lead, and just wait for it to click with them. For Mason, we did a sticker chart and he had picked out a toy to get when he filled the chart. He also loved picking out his own underwear.
Garrett is more of an instant gratification kind of kid, so reward charts haven't been effective for him. We just make a huge deal about it every time he goes, let him flush the toilet himself, and he is content. He was having accidents at home, but not at school, so we will sometimes let him go without pants/underwear around the house and that seems to help him realize that he needs to use the toilet.
This - Eamon will be 3 end of June. He goes on the potty at school mostly every day but when I ask at home he says "no thanks" so I don't push it. We did buy a thomas potty chair which he likes but I'm in no hurry. I just remember with Keira we tried so many things and she resisted until one day (about a month after she turned 3) she decided she wanted to go & she did. And never used diapers again.
Also, Eamon doesn't switch rooms until the fall so I don't have to rush to get him out of diapers aside from my desire to be done with diapers finally!
I'm sure we'll try stickers, books, etc... but mostly we're letting him lead b/c you can't force it
How time flies! Caileigh (9), Keira (6) & Eamon (3)
Jackson had interest for a long time but physically wasn't ready. Once he was, at a little past 3, he put underwear on and we were done, almost no training and very few accidents.
I think I'm in for a whole different world with Michael. I have until August, he must be trained by then. I have bribery as one of the things on my list to bust out if necessary
Good luck!
I would say, pick a weekend where you can be at home (as much as possible) put him in underwear or naked, and kind of make it a game on going to sit on the potty every 10-15 minutes. This is what I did with both of my daughters. My oldest caught on almost instantly and hated having pee in her underwear/on her legs. Things happened pretty quickly.
The first time I tried this with my youngest daughter, she just really didn't care. She didn't care that she was wet and she just wasn't making the connection. So I completely backed off for a couple of months then we tried again (with success). But it did take her longer than my older daughter. Every kid is different.