Potty Charts

I tried the potty chart with my daughter and it worked for a day. I did the MAJOR happy dance, clapping, etc. and that worked briefly. I let her pick out her pretty panties and that didn't motivate her too much. I put her in panties & if she missed and went potty I'd let her clean it up, she didn't care or mind cleaning up. I finally ended up rewarding her with chocolate chips or the large (pink Hersey Kisses) or pink M&M's. I really hated rewarding her with food but a friend told me that kids do respond to food motivation and it was for a short term goal. It worked GREAT! My daughter was fully potty trained in about 2-3 days!

Be patient, it takes time and good luck to you!

The sticker charts were very helpful with my son. I used a really cute one I just printed off of a website, I think it was ablebaby.com. For every pee he got 1 sticker, 2 for going poop. When he filled up the chart he got a prize. I purchased several matchbox cars and similar things from the dollar store. I would hang it up on the wall next to the chart for motivation. He loved it, and when he was completely trained he got a bigger prize for the final prize. We did the charts for awhile and even when we werent home we kept track of home many stickers he would get when we got home. Sometimes I would give him bonus stickers if he did really well, especially away from home. I just tried to make it as fun as I could, and used alot of praise so that it wasnt all about rewards. Good luck

i'd recommend going potty every hour. 30 min will get her frustrated.

You can try any kind of chart or system you want. You will eventually learn that she will get potty trained when she is ready and not a moment before.

I truely wish you luck with whatever chart or system you try

We used the chart after my son was trained when he started having some accidents - usually because he was too busy playing to go to the bathroom.

When my son was 35 months old we told him "no more diapers" and just stopped them. He peed in his pants a couple of times that first day then used the potty. After he used the potty he said, "That wasn't hard! That wasn't scary!" The next day he pooped in the potty and after that he was good. We put him in pull ups at night for a few months until we were sure he was always waking up dry or waking himself to pee at night. A few months later in school he started having accidents because he was "busy" and didn't ask to use the bathroom. That's when we used the chart. It worked great! He got a sticker for every day he stayed dry and after 10 stickers he got a treat or present. We did this for about 2 months and after that no problems.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

i m ove the potty to wear ever the kid is-backyard, tv room whatever. lots of wet food like watermelon and popsicles. and stay home for days until it clicks.

In the beginning, you're on the right track, use a timer. Once she goes potty, let her choose a sticker to put on a sticker chart. Make that part fun, like for mine, i went to the store and bought poster board. I decorated it with markers along the edges with numbers, letter, and simple pictures, and put their name on it, "Aryana's Potty Chart". Everytime she went pee, I'd tell her what a good job she did, and I put the potty chart up high so she got to stand on the counter to put her sticker on it, which just added to how cool it was to be able to put one on. I had several packets of stickers, and everytime she got to put one up, I would just grab one sheet and let her choose. When she went poop, I had gone to the dollar tree and grabbed some toys, put them in a gift bag, and she was able to reach in without looking and grab a toy when she went. I didn't use pullups while I potty trained. I wanted it to be uncomfortable for her to pee her pants, so i put 2 pair of socks on her, and thick sweats, that way most of the pee would be soaked up and there wasn't such a mess to clean up. For my daughter, it took about 6 days or so before she was fully potty trained. For my son it only took 3

All I did to train my boys was put them in undies, and not give in to their requests to have their pull ups back. Once they knew that they were going to have to wear the undies rather than diapers, they started using the potty. This only works if she has shown she understands the concepts, which it sounds to me like she does. I never used rewards or punishments.

Is SHE interested?? Is there an overriding reason that she needs to be potty trained in the near future? If the answer to both of these questions is NO, then I would just keep reading the books about it. Tell her when you are going, point out when her little friends are using the potty and back off. Buy her the coolest panties she can find and put them in a drawer. She can probably dress herself, so tell her that she can wear them when she is ready to keep them clean and dry. One day she will do just that and she will have very few accidents. Using the potty is one of the few things that kids actually have control over, so manipulating it before she is ready can be frustrating for everyone if she doesn't "want" to. When she is ready, she will potty train in about 5 minutes - no charts, no bribes, no messes (well, maybe a couple messes, but not too many!!) Good luck!