3 Day Potty Training

Hey A.!! We have so much in common. We both have three kiddos, we both are military spouses, and we both have a child who is ready to potty train, but yet stubborn!! Welcome to my world! LOL I have purchased a book online that tells you about a Three day potty training system. So far I have liked what I have read. I only purchased it for $7. If you want me to email you a copy just let me know. Chat with you more later.

~S.

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I have a the 3-daypottytraining guide. I will be happy to email it to you. We finsihed the method and GREAT SUCCESS!!! Just send me a private message with your email and I will surely get it to you. Good luck...

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When I was potty training my daughter I came across this fab website called pottytrainingconcepts.com. It has a ton of info and products to help you potty train successfully including the 3 day method (or as this website calls it ‘The Naked & $75 Method’). The basic principle of this method is that you go cold turkey and take your child completely out of diapers and deal with the mess until they get it, theoretically in about 3 days!!

Personally I couldn't go quite that extreme as I work full time (and I think it needs full time attention) and I can't stomach the thought my child going to the toilet on my carpet! Instead, I downloaded the free Dora potty training chart that is on this website and started rewarding my daughter with a sticker each evening before bed if she had stayed dry all day. We made it a really big deal when she did get a sticker (dancing, cheering, etc.) but also told her why she wasn't getting one if she hadn't stayed dry.

Once she complete a row of stickers (seven in total) she got a small toy as a prize. To start with she was in pull-ups and it took about a week and a half to two weeks for her to get the first row completed. By the end of the first week she was starting to get the hang of it so I went to Babies R Us and bought some plastic pants that go over cloth diapers and put them on over her regular panties. This worked really well as they contain accidents but she also got the full effect of wetting her pants. From there it was really easy. We completed all 5 rows of the chart but I think she was fully potted trained by about the third row.

I would also suggest (if you haven’t done so already) that you let your son pick out his big boy pants too. My daughter loved that was really wanted to be able to wear them.

I hope that this is of some use for you. Good Luck!!

I did 3 day potty training with my son. We had started potty training at 18 months, so by 3 i was fed up. I took a three day weekend and put him in nothing but underwear. I had him go in to the bathroom about every hour or so. If he had an accident I just let him know it was okay and told him that if he didn't like to be wet then he needed to use the potty. He still had poopy accidents for around a month after that but after we got through that no problems. Now he still has an ocational accident. But that is due to playing and ignoring the fct that he has to go.
K.

I don't know anything about 3 day potty training, but with my daughter we just took the underwear off and in less than 3 days she was potty trained (we were pretty sure she was ready, she was just under 19 months). The thing that I think did the trick was making being on the potty fun. I don't like the idea of rewarding going potty (an m&m each time she goes or a potty chart), so I just bought some cool toys that she could only play with on the potty. I changed them out a bit too, if she was getting bored. She spend a lot of time on the potty, but it was worth it. If he's really ready but cries when he's on the potty, maybe you need to make it more fun or make sure he's comfortable??

K.

Have you tried having him go to the bathroom with his older Brother? Talk about being a big boy and get him some underwear with his favorite cartoon star on them. I have also had luck with little boys by putting cherrios in the toliet and tell them to try and sink them by peeing on them. Sounds strange, but it works. When you try to get him to have a bowel movement on the toliet you may try having him sit backwards and put a toy on the back of the toliet. Alot of children feel like they might fall in when sitting forward.

I also used the 3 day potty training methods and was fairly sucessful with it. We started about 3 weeks before his 3rd birthday and it took about 3 months before he was fully trained (could tell us when he had to use the potty) He still poops in pullup at nap or night time, but we are not fighting him on that. We kept him on a schedule (potty every ** minutes) and kept increasing the time between ever week or so until he got to about 2 1/2 hours and then let him tell us. The other reward I used was "potty prizes". I wrapped little things (dum dums, toys from the dollar store, etc) and kept them in a bowl in the bathroom. At the beginning he would get one every time he peed in the potty then after he got the concept made sticker charts and he got a prize every 3rd time (but a sticker every time). Good luck!

Yes we definately did and it works wonderfully!!!!!! My son fully potty trained himself (potty and poop--day and night) in 1 day when he was 2 years and a few months. He decided to throw away his diapers one morning and we did--that was it for the diapers, we never used another one or even a pullup ever again. Just underwear He doesn't even have accidents. www.3daypottytraining.com My advise is to do it when they ready. If you have been trying with resistance from him, back off for a few weeks or more then try this new approach. Do it exactly the way they describe, do not deviate and stay consistent and it will work. It made me a believer and I was skeptical. Good Luck!!!
~LA~

I don't know about the 3 day potty training but with my nephew my father took him in the bathroom and had him watch how big boys use the bathroom. After that he ussed it all the time. But be careful you have a long way to go before the aim is perfect!! Best of luck!!!

I do not know about the 3 day potty training but I do know that I potty trained my boy and grandkids by the use of the moon start on the first full moon, it worked for me. Find an almanac or you can get the information on-line. Hope this is as helpfull for you as it was me.

Good Luck,
P.

We tried a potty watch that would play music every 30, 60, or 90 minutes depending on how we set it. It took a lot of pressure off us and made our 3 year old son feel more independent because we weren't telling him when to go. It's pretty cheap too only $10.95. You can get them in 3 colors at www.pottywatchinc.com or at www.onestepahead.com

Good luck

A.,
I know how sick you can be of diapers for that age, your right he could be using the toilet. But, I have 3 kids all toilet trained, and one HUGE lesson I learned was this:
If they are not ready, you will NOT succeed. It is not worth
all thr frustration, the cleaning up the "accidents" ect. If he is crying when you put him on the potty, then I would stop. Even waiting a month could mean the difference. When children are ready, they potty train quickly. I had 2 that I tried to train to when they were not ready, it was exhausting.
I stopped and waited a month or so and then tried again. They were done in a week! Also I used a book called "Toilet Training in a Day" or the title was something close to it. I used some of the basic concepts, it talks about overloading them with liquids, getting rid of the rest of your kids for the day, having special rewards for each time they do go potty. (their favorite treat, like skittles- one for everytime) Getting a baby doll that can go potty and have them "potty train" the doll, when they have an accident, start from the place it happened and with the wet pants on, practice running to the bathroom and going through all the motions of pulling down pants, sitting on potty...3 times.
Also when they do have an accident they have to take off their pants, and put new one on. Not you. Ect... the book is really great. Hope that helps. Honestly, I would wait a little while, otherwise you are just creating a bigger problem for yourself later. Start just talking about the people he loves and respects that go potty, even cartoon characters... friends he plays with that do....

I potty trained my son last summer in about 3 days. I took a favorite stuffed animal and a syringe. I made a big deal about the stuffed animal having to go to the potty. We ran to take the stuffed animal in and made a huge party when the animal "pottied" in the potty. I filled the syringe with water and hid it behind the animal as I sat it on the potty.
I then asked my son if he would like to try. He refused the first time and then the second time he sat and about the fourth or fifth time he actually sat down and went. Within 3 days, we quit using the animal and he was going on his own.

Someone at my church suggested having him sit backwards on the toilet...She said that it helps them not pee on the floor...I have also been told to put Cheerios in the toilet and have them aim for Cheerios, almost like a game...lol Don't know if works, but you never know!

Have you tried to load him up with juice and water while you are potty training. It seems counterintuitive, but it helps a lot! Then his bladder will be full and he'll get a stronger sensation when he has to go. I set the potty chair in an area close to where the kids play, and leave them naked or only put on underwear. That way, it's easy for them to just sit and go when they want to. The child feels more empowered. And, I tried not to go anywhere out of the house for several days. That way, you and your child are focused on drinking and using the potty... all day long! Good luck!

A., I feel your desperation and frustration, however here are some things to take into consideration....

Is there a reason he needs to be potty trained now? If a child is ready to be potty trained, he/she would seek the toilet and know that he/she does not like being wet. Reading your post, it is not that he is ready but you "want him out of diapers as soon as possible." Remember that Potty Training is as much a psychological thing as teaching a lefty to write with the right hand. It is one of those things that you have to let them just say, I've had it with being wet, I NEED THAT TOILET. Where my eldest, who is now 11, was potty trained at age 4.5 yrs, the twins, who are now 10, were just a few months shy of 4 yrs when they were potty trained. The 2 younger ones, who are now 8 and 5, were about 3.5 yrs when they were potty trained.

It is very heartbreaking to hear "I'm sick of changing him all the time especially when i know he can use the toilet, but just doesn't." They don't use the toilet for many reasons. It could be they are hanging on to the attention, toddler years, not ready to be "grown up", many number of things. He will grow up feeling inadequate if he sees your disappointment, let me tell you that DOES carry on to the rest of their lives. For his sake and yours, allow him the space to do this at his pace and not yours. Our children will never be at our pace. In retrospect, given my kids ages now, I am wishing they were still in diapers...lol. That age will never come back again, take your blessings and run with it... you have 3 of them who want and need you, that day when they say "Bye MOM, see you in a few days" is just around the corner.

I am interested in anything that can help potty train too. Last year around this time my then 2 year old son was showing all the signs of being ready. We almost had it and they discovered he had a digestive problem, they had to put him on Miralax and now we are back to step one. Now we are approaching his 4th birthday and he screams anytime we even try to get him to use the potty. The last 6 or 7 months I have just cleaned up the "accidents" but we have decided to just put him back in pullups. My 15 month old daughter has picked up on us training him and has herself almost completely potty trained. We've shifted our focus on her, I just don't know what else to do to train him.

Hello my daughter went thru the same thing with my grandson. We was told to go to the store and let them pick out some candy or sucker which ever he wanted and when he went to the bathroom he was allowed to get a piece of candy for doing good. I hope this helps you out.