Potty Training...??? - Raeford,NC

A sticker chart and a sticker each time with something special after 10 successful days of poops in the potty. It could be something inexpensive like a new coloring book, a big bottle of bubbles, a bag of Army men from the dollar store, etc. If you keep taking him to Walmart he may not get trained for years...

2 Skittles or M&M's, that's just 2 individual M&M's, not 2 bags ; )

High~fives. Seriously, my little guy is 28 months, pooping on the potty more regularly now, but stickers worked about 5 days, a Dum Dum pop about 3, and now he just wants the high-fives, so I'm getting off cheap!! (And something I read a few nights ago said that we shouldn't reward them with "things", but praise and a certificate to put on the wall.)

I found the cheapest way out was to continue to tell our soon to be three Monday, "you're a big boy now and you can use the potty". After continuing to remind him and letting him go with dad PLUS our SITTER IS WONDERFUL!!! He told me about three months ago he wanted to wear the underwear we got him and he has been trained since then. Knock on wood, he hasn't wet the at night at all. Positive reinforcement will be the best way out.

my little man is happy with stickers ( we have a chart hanging in the bathroom ) and a few M&M's. Also, you can buy bags of balloons and blow one up each time...my son loves that...

What prize do you get for putting your #2 in the potty? Clean dry underwear . . . so that is a real world "prize". Praise him, let him wear underwear and move on. Bribing a kid to use the bathroom makes no sense. It is not like they are going to wear a diaper to highschool because you didn't buy them toys for using the toilet.

I bought my child a 6 pack of underwear and she gets to pick which one she wants to wear if she uses the toilet. She gets one pair a day (just like grownups) and we talk about keeping our underwear clean and dry by putting our urine and feces in the potty. She gets it. Some days she chooses underwear and some diapers, but she is not even 2 and a half yet, so I am not to worried.

The more you make a big deal out of it, the more of a potential power struggle you create. Let your son have the success of choosing to take care of his body without demeaning him with bribery. He will succeed!!

CHEERING goes a LONG way but they want swag too. We did both and once he "got it" he was able to make the smallest poop just to get a prize. Those kids are SMART! I stocked up at the Dollar Tree and Walgreens (I lucked out because we were potty training around Christmas time and used stocking stuffer items.) I also bought stuff with multiple parts and took it a part and divided up the loot to make it stretch longer.

I looked at it this way, at least I'm not buying DIAPERS or at least not using as many. I was MORE than happy to give Cate S. over 16 pounds of my diaper stockpile once he was potty trained! It all balances out and then it's just a distant memory.

Not to defer from your questions, but I have no idea what your trips to walmart have anything to do with potty training. . .

throw a party - confetti (free), suggest a call from a favorite hero (and have your husband or father call from whereever they are and disguise their voice)(also free) and tell him how proud you are and how you know he's a big boy now and won't have to use a diaper at all anymore - tell him when he's gone three days using thepotty only you'll have aparty. invite gramma and favorite cousins or people he adores. have cupcakes, soda and more confetti sing for he's a jolly good fellow - or even happy birthday. just focus on the good - ignore the mistakes. Only congratulate the good results!

Dollar store has cute toys, bouncy balls, etc. Are you promising a toy from wal-mart? I wouldn't use any prize. When I first started my daughter was like I wanna use the potty so I can get a sticker... so I phased it out. I wanted her to want to use the potty to use the potty, because she was a bigger girl and not a baby in diapers anymore. Encouragement, he does it and you act like a fool lol Dance around like oh good job "name". *high fives* great job buddy.
Kids respond naturally to good jobs and high fives than prizes. Prizes are short term and they lose their glow. Like the mom below said, congratulate the good and ignore the mistakes (accidents happen, he helps clean them up and that's that).

we went to the dollar tree where everythings a dollar and made a basket everytime they pooped they got to pick one thing out of there. for pee they got a tootsie roll hope this helps!