Anyone Heard of 3 Day Potty Training Method?

There's a book out there called "Toilet Training in Less than a Day" by Nathan H. Azrin and Richard M. Foxx. I've done it with my three boys and I love it. It's intense and at times a bit hard (you're totally focused one-on-one with your child all day - not just for an hour or two, but ALL day!) But, it works great, in my book! It really can be done - my sis. has done it with her four children, too. Good luck.

R.

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never heard of the 3 day approach, but...have recently heard of the potty watch. It's a plastic watch that the child can wear that is set to go off every 30 or 60 or 90 min(you set it)and it plays the little potty song. Mainly just a reminder for the child to go sit on the potty and TRY to go. It seems to be working for alot of parents and children both.It's hard to remember to take the little one to the bathroom at a consistant time frame every day as we tend to get distracted by everyday life things.The phone,the doorbell etc... Maybe this idea will help..best of luck., S.

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I used a method called "3 days and 50 bucks" :-) Potty train in 3 days (OK, with my 2nd it was closer to a week) by letting them run around with nothing on their bottom half. Give them lots to drink and take them to the potty every 15 minutes in the beginning, then slowly work the time up. If they're doing OK with that then you can put underwear on them. By the end of the time you should be able to put pants on them. Then the $50 is for cleaning your carpet when it's all said and done!

They do need to clean up any messes they make (as much as possible anyway). It worked with my two boys, so in a couple of years I'll see how it works with my daughter! HTH!

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I have a friend who did this and said it worked great.
The trick is you need to dedicate 3 dyas or a weekend to do it and all you do is take them to potty every 1/2 hour after giving them lots of juice and water to drink. after the 3rd day she said her little one was going in the bathroom and going potty by herself. The trick is all your attention needs to be on them for that time frame .
Good Luck! I will be trying is soon myself.
SAHM with 2 girls 8 and 2 married 16 years
God Bless,
J. K

I haven't heard of that one, but we did "Toilet Training in Less Than a Day" by Nathan Azrin. We loved it and plan to do it with the next one. I have a friend who has done it with all five of her kids and several other friends who swear by it. It also used salties and sweets, but it worked like a charm. We took it a little slower, so it was 3 days, instead of one. GL!

First remember EVERY child is different. My daugther and my son both potty trained at the same time. My son was 3 and my daughter was 18 months. I spent one day training her with only one accident!! She even stayed dry at nights, with no accidents. My son seemed to take forever. Later I found out he needed medication for over active bladder. Give it time and talk with your pediatrician before starting something that affects their diet. Good luck!!

Honestly, I'm always amazed at the obsession with potty training....kids aren't dumb, they know exactly what they are supposed to do when it comes to going to the bathroom. Its a whole lot of steps to learn, a whole lot of emotional maturity involved, and a big step to becoming an independent child and leaving babyhood behind. Its no wonder some children decide that having the security of diapers means a lot to them and will resist 'training' until they are more emotionally mature.

Potty training is extremely fast if you have a child who is ready. For us, it was less than a day, but was entirely initiated by my daughter who announced 'no more diapers'. From that day out, no accidents, no diapers and she was ready for nighttime training within a week. Again, no accidents. I never pushed her and since I had a second baby to deal with, tried to put her off as much as possible since diapers are easier.

Remember, eliminating, like eating is entirely controlled by your child. Its not an area where you want to get into a power struggle. They will always win. Also, in my book, potty training is where the kids 'goes' when they need to, its not parent training where the kid is in underpants but you're the one dragging them to the toilet every hour coaxing them to go so they don't soil their pants.

As far as the three day program floating around on the internet, its a very harsh program designed for training toddlers at 22 months old. I'm not into berating my toddler for doing something natural like going to the bathroom. To each his own though.

I haven't heard of 3 day potty training but willing to tell you what worked for me. I potty trained my boys at 18 months. I had a portable potty (not as scarey as a big toliet) and offered 1 m&m just to sit on it at first. Then let them wear underware and get the feeling of freedom while running around the house. I reminded them every 20 mins (even set a timer) then sometimes I would find them doing it on their own. Big praise when you find something in the potty!!

I have not heard about the book and am not sure what salty foods or sweet drinks have to do with it. My son is almost 2 1/2 yo and when he potties on the toilet we reward with stickers as does school. Currently we do not punish for still wetting his pull up but are trying to make him sit and pee about every 2 - 3 hours so that he can earn a sticker. I do have a co-worker who's husband is a schycologist and was able to potty train each of their children in 1 day. I wish he would come to my house.

A little about me:
Full time worker with 2 beautiful children 13 and 28 months.

http://udsf.org/advocate/200709/Newsletter.pdf go to page 8 --
"Toilet training made semi-easy." I followed this advice with my child with a disability, but it also worked great for my three typical sons with great results. Other things: I also promised my youngest son new Spiderman swim trunks and that did the trick for him because he didn't want to have to take them off because of an accident!

If it is called something like Potty Train in Three Days i used it. I just bought it. I didn't even know you could download it. I found it very easy to read and quite informative. I used it as a new mom that had never potty trained before and was very nervous.
I would recommend it.
M.

Hi K.,

I used the 3 day potty training that you speak of thru the e-book on my 29 month old. It worked like a charm. I altered a few of her suggestions. Such as the part when she says you need to be "mean" if they make a mess. I certainly discouraged it but it also didn't happen much. My daughter wanted to go potty by herself the afternoon we started. She had a few wet panties in the morning then she was trained. It was truly amazing & I would highly recommend the process. I think a lot had to do with her. She was ready. I gave her LOTS of drinks and treats. Not necessarily salty foods. I gave her her favorite treats as a reward. The only part I haven't followed thru with yet is night time. I gave up after the first few nights of waking up and changing sheets (I have a 6 moth old so i was exhausted). She's still in a pull-up (she's 34 mos now). But I'm okay with that. We're going to try again soon. Some kids can't wake up to go potty.

Good luck. Your daughter will probably surprise you!
C.

I used the book Potty Training in a Day. It worked great for me for both kids. They never even wet the bed. You have to be committed, but it totally works, and fast!

Are you 100% sure that she is ready to potty-train? If not, then it may backfire, especially if she is strong-willed. My experience with my own kids is that once they are really ready (both physically and emotionally) it will happen very fast, but until then, they have more control over when and where they go that you ever will. 2 1/2 isn't to old to be in diapers.
I know you want to train her quickly, but remember that this is more about her than you. If you KNOW that she is ready, give it a try. But if you have any doubt, give her time. She'll only be a baby once.

I haven't heard of that training, but I used "Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day" by Teri Crane. It is a very positive, fun approach and worked relatively well with my daughter. My daughter was just a nightmare to potty train simply because she had no aversion to walking around in wet or poopy pants! It does take a great deal of preparation for the day, but I liked the approach and since my daughter loved the idea of parties, this was a good fit for her.

This book is great: Toilet training in less than a day by Nathan H. Azrin and Richard M. Foxx

This book was originally written many years ago... all the "new" popular methods are spinoffs of this book. It is amazing. We used it with my daughter and not my son. She doesn't so much as get a spot of pee on her panties... I wish we had used this method with my son. Good luck! T.

K.,

I potty-trained my kids in 1 day. I have 2 daughters, one is 6 and one is 3. When they turned 2 I decided to potty-train them. I woke up in the morning, put panties on them and set the time for every 30 minutes. I had them go to the bathroom every 30 minutes whether they needed to or not until about 3 pm. After that, I would ask them every 30 minutes if they needed to go. The next day they told me when they needed to go. We were done. It works great!

Hi K. -

Check out what your local library has before you buy anything. You only need to skim whatever resource you need and then if it is from the library you can return it and save the money of purchasing. I used the book "Toilet training in less than a day" by Nathan H. Azrin. It was written in 1974 but still works and is valid today.

Good Luck!

Hi K., I actually used the book "Potty Training in Less than a Day" with my 2 younger sons! My middle son was literally trained by his 1 pm nap time! He was ready and very compliant. My youngest son was perhaps not as ready and it took about a week to train him. The boys are now 14 and 11 so I'm sorry to say I don't remember the author's names but I think you could look it up by title. I think one of the authors might have been Fox. In order for it to work, the child should be ready and compliant. Good luck!!

I have it! & guess what, I can forward it to you!!! Don't buy it...email me your email address & I will forward it to you!
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I liked the book & it helped me with potty training my 2 year old in about a week or so. I think it can happen in 3 days if your ones is ready for it. Good luck!

There is a book called Potty Training in less than a day, you can check it out of the library, my sister used it to potty train her 2 kids and she potty trained my son who was 3 and would not ever go potty for me. She swears by this book. She potty trained my son in a day. Hope this helps.