Potty Training - Irving, TX - Mom with 2 kids

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I am not sure if this will help but, when my daughter was almost 3 she knew when she needed to go potty but wouldn't go for me everytime. We finally took her to the store let her pick out some panties that she liked with Dora on them. Then, we also told her that if she would go potty in the potty everytime and not in the panties that I would take her to go get this Winnie the Pooh phone she wanted realy bad. Also, along with that I had printed up a Paper that said Haylee Went POTTY!! at the top and then at the bottom I put Go Haylee!!!. I hung it in the bathroom and everytime she went potty we read the poster and she got to pick out a sticker to put on it. I also got her the Elmo Potty training video and she loved to watch it too because Elmo had the exact same potty she had. She had a great time with all of this. I am not sure but I think the toy part help seal the deal. I hope this is helpful. Right now I am try'n to work with her sister, who will be 2 soon, and hoping that the same type of tricks will work with her. I also have a fried that promissed her kids a themed party like Spider man for her boy and maybe a princes party or Dora party for her girl if they would go potty. You might even try a timer when she is playing. Set it for 15 min. or 20min. and tell her that when the timer goes off that she needs to go sit on the potty and then she can finish play'n. Make a game out of it and see if that might help. I think I might try that myself, LOL. Ok, I think that's all I got. Good Luck!

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My son stays his with his cousin who is 6 months older than him. One day he said he wanted underwear like his big brother and decided he wanted to try, but only sometimes. We rewarded with hersheys kisses. One for peepee 2 for poopoo. Then as he got better at it, he only got those reward if he went on his own, without us telling him too. Then if he was dry for a week, he got a new Cars car. This all started a little before his 2 birthday and was slow at first. Night time was the last thing we worried about but he hates the feeling of it and has only had 1 accident in about a month. Each child is different, you just have to find what works for yours.

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i have been helping my dd with potty training since 2. She just turned 2 in July. I make sure that her potty is avail for her whenever, I have it in our bedroom beside her bed and my bed that way if she needs to use it she can. I just praise her for everything she does and do not force it on her. She has done great so far.
I don't think that the reward system works but that is just my personal choice. I have never used it on her but I see it as a bribe to get her to do something and I just don't agree with that. My sister used small pieces of candy with her ds but eventually figured out that he would "work the system" to get small candy again. And they completely get used to the idea of well mommy will give me a treat. I also think that when they are ready they will go. I have always been obsessed with the idea that she should have been completely trained at age 2 but after talking to some people at work realized that she will train when she wants to. And she is doing really with potty training! good luck!

Hello,

Well, my suggestion to your potty training problem is to make a daily potty chart! I did it for both my sons and it worked like a charm! I got some of those circle garage sale stickers, and every time he went, I would draw a smiley face or silly face on it and he would stick it on the chart himself! He loved it and it only took him a week to start going on his own! Good luck! It is hard work for the first couple of days, however, they really enjoy rewards!

I honestly think that every kid is different, so you should try a bunch of methods and run with whatever works for you. Here are some examples from my experience:

My DD is currently 17 mos old, so really young to potty train. However, she is really interested by the potty, so we talk about it a lot, and we'll have her sit on it about once a day, usually at her request. We never force it. But if we're playing and I can tell that she's peeing or pooping, I'll say, "you're going pp now" or "you're going poopy now." Whenever I notice she has a poopy diaper, I'll talk about it as I change it, "you went poopy. that's normal, we all do it. mommy and daddy go poopy in the potty..." etc. I'll also admit that I have no shame--she watches me go potty, and is fascinated by it, and usually wants to "go" (she usually just sits and doesn't go) right after I do. I also tell her what I'm doing when I'm doing it. But she likes to copy, and if that's what it takes, I'm up for it.

My cousin's daughter was very different--my cousin tried EVERYTHING, and none of it really worked--Avery (her daughter) knew what she was doing, but just found it more convenient to use a diaper. She even once peed on her gramma and laughed and laughed about it (this when she was over 3 years old!). Finally, at 3 1/2, my cousin pulled the plug--no more diapers in the house, only training panties with the extra thick crotch. For 5 days, there were A LOT of messes. But then Avery figured out that she wasn't going to get her diapers back, and accidents were unpleasant, and she's been potty trained ever since.

When I used to work as a nanny, the oldest boy was told by his pediatrician at his 3-year check-up that he was a big boy now and shouldn't use diapers anymore. Tucker said, "okay," went home, threw away his diapers himself, and never had an accident.

The middle girl in the same family, however, was much harder. We tried bribes, we tried punishments, in the end we had her actually changing her own diapers--we'd hand her wipes and a clean diaper, and send her to the bathroom to clean herself up. Eventually she, too, decided it wasn't worth the trouble, and just used the potty (although she ALWAYS wanted to be read to on the potty--she turned potty time into attention-for-me time, but we went with it as long as she used it).

I know it an be a long and frustrating process. GL!

It is much like training a puppy. When they eat look to how much time before they go. I take my day care kids about 45 mins after a meal, and every 45 min all day. As soon as I see a wet diaper they all go. Some on the pot some in diapers. A lot of the older ones just are dry most of the day and a long time inbetween and they are the ones that soon will be trained but poop poop is another deal. Most just do not like to go. I think also eating bananas and fruits that soften stool is a help.When they have harder stool they tend to not want to go. Healthy eating and constantly taking them will be a reward. Years ago the doctor told me to reward one of my kids and not the other I thought that was so mean. I never did it. Trust your God given intuition because so many of the professionals do not see your child daily and they do not know your child and many do not have kids. G. W

Each child is different in when they are ready to use the potty... I have 2 boys, my oldest was easy, I introduced him to the potty would put him on it once in awhile, and one day he decided he was ready and that was the end of it... my youngest I did the same thing, it got to the point where he would go pee but not poop in the potty... I finally got him a little potty to sit on and took his diapers away, he was already 31/2, there was some accidents for a few days but he finally got it that he had to go in the potty. I don't feel parents should pressure the children into it... kids potty train when they are ready... really, do you ever see kindergartners in diapers? Sounds like she is ready, she doesn't want to stop to go, that is normal... I would put panties on her.. .she probably won't like having a wet panties and will start going in the potty even when she is playing.

Like said before, every child is different. With my daughter, at 2 (after having been trying for a while), every time she went in her pants, I would make her sit on the potty by herself, no toys, no food, no company, for about 5 min. Then I would go in, talk to her and make sure she knew why she was in trouble. That worked for a while, but then she kept going when she was playing.

But what finally got my daughter is her cousin who is 6 months older who was potty trained already.... she told my daughter "you can't come to my house anymore and play with me if you keep going potty in your pants." That was it- no more peeing or pooping in the pants!!! Sounds crazy- but her cousin obviously didn't want to stop playing for my daughter to get her pull up changed! lol

I think part of it is that when you put pull-ups on them, it is still that diaper feel- therefore they don't feel any difference. So, putting panties on them and letting it run down their legs sometimes convinces them that it doesn't feel good to go in their pants. I also don't believe in candy/toys or bribes for rewards- only nice words and praises. Because like said- they WILL figure the system out and try to manipulate it to get some more candy or toys! :) Good luck!

My children liked M&Ms as a treat to use the potty and the doctor said they were small enough not to spoil a meal or too much candy. I also used the book "Once upon a Potty"(there is one for a girl and one for a boy) and now they have a DVD to go with the book. I used these with my children and my grandchildren. They loved them and they worked! There are also lots of other books too!

Let your daughter also go to the store and pick out her new "big girl" panties! Lots of praise and let her know that she should be proud of herself when she goes on the potty!

Also my children were between 18 mos and 24 months when they potty trained, but all children are different and will get it in their own time.

Good luck!!

Well, I am definetly not an expert yet because I have 20 month old and 2 month old. However, we have started introducing the potty to my 20 month old. I haven't really pushed it yet b/c her school won't start the potty training until she turns 2. So I wan't to be consistant when we do start. However, I did by a potty and let her sit on it for fun. She brushes her teeth on it, puts her babies in it and we talk about it when we are in the bathroom. I have been putting her in pullups on the weekends and take her to the bathroom after meals during the day. I haven't really pushed her to go, just ask her if she would like to sit on the potty. Sometimes she does and she goes. She actually went to the bathroom on her own yesterday. She left her play area, I followed her and found her in her bathroom. I helpd her take her dry diaper off and we sang "put the poo poo and pee pee in the potty" and she went! I was very proud. I guess my advice so far would be to make it a fun experience with your 18 month old right now. Obviously, he doesn't "need" to be potty trained right now b/c of his age, just introduced to the concept. For your 3 year old... that is unknown to me right now! However, I had a friend that used a sticker chart. Earned a sticker every time she went; then earned a big prize after so many stickers. That worked for her.

Bribes are the best. We did trail mix, 1 piece for pee, 2 for poop, and ten extra for a no accident day.

Then grandpa promised my son when he was potty trained he'd get to go on a real train with him. That meant three weeks with no accidents during the day. One day he declared he was going to go on the train and have no more accidents. He did it and went on the TRE to the Dallas zoo. We kept a calendar and marked the goal day with a train picture on a postit so he could see it. Every day with no accidents got a sticker. If he had an accident we had to move the train to the next three week mark.

I think long term goals really help the process. The little treats along the way help too, but find something that your daughter really wants. Then use it to your benefit.