Any potty training advice... for DD...not the chickens...lol

[cheeptrick]

This is what I have...we love it...get lots of comments from other parents when they come over. You just replace it with the old one...
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.htm...1/602-9460147-8558247?ie=UTF8&asin=B000FA9FFG
Another great idea...is getting one of the portable kiddie potties and keeping it in your car...we use ours for long trips etc and it was CLEANER than public restrooms.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

My two grandsons have and are going thru this ...first one was almost 3 before he tuned into the potty training bit...it helped that he was in daycare and saw other kids his age going to the bathroom...he just decided one morning no more diapers and told mommie it was time to try his new underwear!!....Second grandson has no desire to potty and he will be 3 this Feb...it happens when it happens...

Don't browed beat yourself...all kids are different...she will learn on her own time....been there done that, Grandma!!...

 

[eggcetra_farms]

I did the real underwear thing. She really loves the Disney Princesses, so I got her some of those. All we did was end up going through all of them in one day. I had to put her back in the pull ups because we were out of real underwear. She was trying hard for a couple of days, but it seems like she just lost interest.....

I've tried rewards and everything. Maybe I'll make her a little sticker chart. It was a lot easier with my son. He got a scoop of ice cream or a lolipop for going. I don't give them sugary stuff, so it was a real treat. He took a while, but once he got the hang of it he's been great. He even tells his sister that if she doesn't use the potty she won't be a real princess (kids are too funny), but she just doesn't seem to care. I know she'll get there, but this is frustrating!!

 

[siz8003]

I had my girl on the potty at 22 months all we did was tell her if she did a pee or a poo in the big girl undies we would toss them we also just got the seat that fits on the toilet so she would feal safe and it worked we did have to toss a few undies though!!

 

[silkiechicken]

I don't really have any advice since I'm not even close to trying such a thing, but my mom had told me I was a difficult kid and that my little brother was almost potty trained before I was... and he's almost 2 years younger than I am....

 

[Wooden_Pony]

I used the thick cloth training underpants with the plastic covers (like what you would put over the cloth diapers) NO PULL UPS those do nothing!!

 

[chicks rule]

My suggestion would be to tell them every ten minutes or so to go potty, like the others have said they don't realize they have to go. With my granddaughter (18 mths) I spend most of the day telling her to "go potty" she is getting the hang of it and just yesterday, without me knowing, she went and poo'd and then went back to playing, only when her big brother told me she smelled did I check well she hadn't poo'd in her panties so we headed to the potty and sure enough there it was,

We also do the peepee dance and high fives and she is soo excited to see what she has done.

Just keep it light hearted and fun, remind them often to go and before long she will have it down.

Good Luck

 

[k625]

somone may have mentioned something to this already, but my best friend is training her 31 month old to go poty now. The doctors told her.... You have to take them numerous times a day, wether they go or not, once when they wake up, once before lunch, right after lunch, inbetween lunch and snack, after snack, inbetween lunch and dinner, right after dinner, and before bed. So far has been working well, and its only been about 2 weeks. I could hear him on the phone last night " I gotta go potty I gotta go potty I gotta go potty" lol too cute. I hope this helps you!

 

[eggcetra_farms]

Ok, I just got done making my own "potty chart" to put stickers on in Print Shop. I found a website ( http://www.pottytrainingconcepts.com/Free-Potty-Training-Charts.htm ) with free printable charts, but decided to make one myself. It's based on their charts with sticker rewards going to each step in the potty process (pulling down pants, using potty, washing hands, etc.) I figure LOTS of stickers will work better. I'm going to have to get some stickers to put on them. My daughter's excited (at least at the moment) and has peed 3 times since I showed her the chart! I hope she doesn't lose interest again.

I'll let you know how it works!

 

[arlee453]

Good luck with the chart - some kids really will work for those stickers!

I approached potty training my kids just like housebreaking a dog.

If a puppy can learn at 12 wks, surely most humans can learn by the age of 2.5/3.

1) Take the puppy, I mean human to the designated elimination spot (toilet) consistently. It's not 'honey, do you need to go potty???' because the answer will always be 'no, I"d rather keep playing dolls and pee all over myself'. At first, I took the kids every 30 minutes (15-20 for a puppy...) They had to go sit on the potty for at least 2 min every 30 min. Use a kitchen timer, etc to help. If they went potty, they got to get up as soon as finished. If not, they had to sit and try for at least 2 min.

When you are getting results, you can go up on the time until it's every 2 hours, then 3 hours, etc. If they have an accident, go back a step to 1 hour, etc.

2) Wear regular clothes and underwear. I'd just recommend no shoes because nothing says 'yuk' like pee filled shoes... The wet clothes are not comfy at all. Pull ups are just expensive diapers - use them only at night, or if you are going out away from a potty for a length of time etc. Heck, I've pulled the van over on the side of the road more than once when it was 'potty' time - of course, that's easier with boys

3) Reward, reward, reward - I just used praise with all but one of mine, who needed the more concrete chart idea.

4) I did not fuss at the kids when they had an accident, but I didn't say what I hear a lot of people say 'That's OK, you'll get it next time...", ah, no, it WASN'T OK... I would say. "You had an accident didn't you? You need to make sure to get to the potty so that doesn't happen next time." I would say it firmly, but not in a mean or fussing tone. They needed to know that using the potty was NOT an optional thing.

That worked for me - I potty trained 4 and even the slowest one was trained by his 3rd birthday. Took about a week of the really short timer routine. Kids figure out that if the quicker they go in theh potty, the more time between mandatory trips they will get.

As with most parenting issues, CONSISTENCY is the key. LOVING discipline (note, not punishment...) but dicipline - sticking to the plan - goes a long way too. And PATIENCE! Not every kid will take to the potty as fast as another, but that doesn't mean you need to give in, just means it will take longer number of days of very regular mandatory potty visits to get it. Sometimes it is a develpmental thing - but often is just stubbornness - they are too busy playing to be bothered with your potty routine - you just have to keep putting them on there every XX minutes until they figure out that you are more stubborn than they are.

Personally, I think a lot of the 'it's developmental', and 'wait untl they are ready... go back to diapers if it doesn't work' stuff is just advertising for diaper companies. The longer it takes you to potty train, the more $$ in the diaper manufacturer's pocket. T Berry Brazelton is the king of the 'wait until they are ready' bandwagon - and he's also a paid spokesman for Pampers.... I rest my case!

Good luck!
Susan