Potty Traininggold_leefJanuary 19 2010, 17:58:22 UTC
Just wanted to drop my potty training advice in here. With my son we made a huge error in that we deviated from our original plan, which was just diaper to potty. It had started working but I wanted to try out those training pants so he could learn to pull them up and down like real underwear. It completely backfired on us, after we changed up our routine he refused to even sit on the potty and it set us backward two months.
In the end we worked out rewards for using the potty. we got a huge jar and filled it with individually wrapped life savers which were in our opinion toddler crack, lol. If he went pee or poop in the potty without messing his diaper he got one. After that it was a breeze. There were definitely quite a few times where he was trying to pee when he didn't actually have to go, but it got him really into the habit, by the time the jar was almost empty he was going without even asking for a reward. Obviously there are probably better rewards, I think we did the best we could at the time but looking back if I could change anything the reward wouldn't have been food, or at least candy. Consistency is your best friend. Make a routine, be it diapers, underpants or those training pants, but stick to it once you've got him into it. :D
In the end we worked out rewards for using the potty. we got a huge jar and filled it with individually wrapped life savers which were in our opinion toddler crack, lol. If he went pee or poop in the potty without messing his diaper he got one. After that it was a breeze. There were definitely quite a few times where he was trying to pee when he didn't actually have to go, but it got him really into the habit, by the time the jar was almost empty he was going without even asking for a reward. Obviously there are probably better rewards, I think we did the best we could at the time but looking back if I could change anything the reward wouldn't have been food, or at least candy. Consistency is your best friend. Make a routine, be it diapers, underpants or those training pants, but stick to it once you've got him into it. :D
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